El Rancherito
3809 Main St, East Chicago
(219) 354-0260
Customers' Favorites
Carna Con Chile Pork Stew & Rice and Beans
Flauta & Enchilada Especial 13
Chile Relleno Lunch Special
Stuffed Peppers with Cheese
Enchiladas Red Chili Dinner
Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
Milanesa Taco Especial 17
Torta De Milanesa Dinner
Chilaquiles Con Bisted
Bissteak Ala Mexicana
Breakfast
Chilaquiles
Tortillas mixed with scrambled egg, covered with red or green sauce, onions and cheese.
Eggs and Ham
Scrambled eggs with ham.
Burrito Tempranero
Eggs with beans, cheese, chorizo, lettuce and tomato.
Veggie Breakfast Burrito
Rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato and avocado.
Chilaquiles el Ranchero Style
2 eggs any style with steak covered with red or green sauce and cheese.
Steak and Eggs
Skirt steak and eggs served to your liking.
Eggs Ranchera Style
Eggs done to your style with salsa ranchera on top.
Eggs a la Mexicana
Eggs marinated with peppers, onion and tomato.
Egg with Chorizo
2 eggs scrambled with chorizo.
Appetizers
Cheese Dip
Served with tortilla chips.
Guacamole
Avocado dip served with tortilla chips.
Bean Dip
Refried beans with melted cheese on top.
Chorizo Dip
Mexican sausage dip served with chips.
Quesadillas
Cheese melted in a tortilla corn or flour.
Quesadillas with Meat
In a tortilla corn or flour.
7 Mozzarella Sticks
Soup Bowls
Menudo Bowl
Pozole Bowl
Caldo de Res Bowl
7 Mares Bowl
Salads
Taco Salad
Comes with beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and avocado.
Steak Fajita Salad
Skirt steak marinated then delivered sizzling hot over bed of sauteed onions and green peppers.
Chicken Fajita Salad
Chicken marinated then delivered sizzling hot over bed of sauteed onions and green peppers.
House Salad
Served with lettuce, tomato, carrot and cucumber.
Shrimp Fajita Salad
Shrimp marinated then delivered sizzling hot over bed of sauteed onions and green peppers.
Seafood
Camarones Momia
Our famous mummy shrimp filled with cheese wrapped in delicious bacon.
Mojarra Nayarit Style
Mojarra fish cooked Nayarit style with shrimp.
Mojarra Frita
Mojarra al Ajo
Mojarra a la Diabla
Camarones Cucaracha
Jumbo shrimp in our famous sauce Nayarit.
Mejillones
Chapuzon
Langostinos
Ostiones
Ostiones Especiales
Empanadas
Shrimp or cheese.
Camarones a la Diabla
Includes fries.
Camarones al Ajo
Shrimp in garlic sauce.
Filete Empanizado
Breaded fish.
Calamares Frito
Fried calamari ring.
Paella del Mar
Our paella from the sea with our exclusive receipt of rice and seafood.
Huachinango
Al ajo, diablo or Nayarit.
Coctel Camaron
Mixed with octopus for an additional charge.
Fish Ceviche
Shrimp Ceviche
Mixed Ceviche
Camarones a la Plancha
Sauteed shrimp, onions, green pepper, tomato and grilled onions bulbs.
Tilapia el Ranchero Style
Served with rice, shrimp and vegetables.
Shrimp Brochetas
Grilled shrimp tapped with melted cheese and served with rice, guacamole and salad.
Aguachile Mango Habanero
Spicy plate of shrimp and mango with habanero cooked to perfection in lime juice.
Tostadas de Ceviche
Choice of 2.
Mojarra Frita
Comes with fries, rice, salad and garlic bread.
Coco Relleno
Filled with shrimp, octopus, crab and scallops.
Pina Rellena
Filled with shrimp, octopus, crab and scallops.
A la Carte
Flauta
Corn tortilla deep fried, rolled and filled with your choice of meat.
Enchilada
Soft rolled tortilla stuffed with choice of meat dipped in red sauce and topped with cheese.
Tostada
Hard corn tortilla with beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and avocado.
Tostada Swiss
Melted cheese on top.
Gordita
A pocket made of corn dough with beans, sour cream, tomato, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
Sope
Served with beans, sour cream, tomato, avocado, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
Chimichanga
Comes with beans, cheese, guacamole and smothered with sour cream.
Torta
A Mexican sandwich that includes avocado, beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato and choice of meat. Add extras for an additional charge.
Steak Torta
A Mexican sandwich that includes avocado, beans, sour cream, lettuce and tomato. Extra meat for an additional charge.
Milanesa Torta
A Mexican sandwich that includes avocado, beans, sour cream, lettuce and tomato.
Tamales
Veggie Quesadilla
Filled with grilled bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, melted cheese and sour cream.
Tacos
Chicken Taco
Pork Taco
Ground Beef Taco
Steak Taco
Chile Relleno Taco
Taco Lengua
Milanesa Taco
Chorizo Taco
Shrimp Taco
Fish Taco
Al Pastor Taco
Cheese Steak Taco Dinner
Burritos
Burrito del Mar
Comes with shrimp and crab inside a side of fries and cheese dip on top.
Burrito California
California burrito comes with lettuce, tomato, beans and fries inside, also with cheese dip on top.
Burrito Texano
A Texan burrito with shrimp, steak, chicken, chorizo and beans, include fries and salad.
Burrito
13" flour tortilla that includes beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato and choice of meat. Extra meat for an additional charge.
Steak Burrito
13" flour tortilla that includes beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato. Extra meat for an additional charge.
Burrito Swiss
Burrito with cheese, melted on top, choice of meat.
Burrito Gordo
16" burrito, comes with rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, chile verde.
Burrito Stuffed Pepper
Comes with beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Combo Burrito
Any 2 choice of meat.
Avocado Burrito
Comes with lettuce, tomato, cheese, beans, rice and avocado.
Milanesa Burrito
Comes with beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Burrito Bandera
Regular 13" flour burrito with our 3 signature sauce on top.
Burrito Fajita
13" flour burrito that includes beans, lettuce, sour cream and choice of meat.
Burrito Dinner
A burrito with beans, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
Steak Burrito Dinner
A burrito with beans, lettuce and cheese.
Burrito Swiss Dinner
A burrito with beans, lettuce and cheese.
Wet Burrito
Burrito filled with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese covered with red sauce and melted cheese.
Chimichanga Dinner
Deep fried burrito with beans, cheese, smothered with sour cream and guacamole.
Especials
1. Taco and Enchilada Special
2. Tostada and Enchilada Special
3. Sope and Enchilada Special
4. Flauta and Tamal Special
5. Quesadilla and Tamal Special
6. Sope and Flauta Special
7. Two Tamales Special
8. Two Tostadas Special
9. Taco and Quesadilla Special
10. Tostada and Taco Special
11. Sope and Quesadilla Special
12. Two Enchiladas Special
13. Flauta and Enchilada Special
14. Tostada and Flauta Special
15. Tostada and Quesadilla Special
16. Two Quesadillas Special
17. Two Tacos Special
Dinners
Tapatio Dinner
A plate of flavor with shrimp, chorizo, steak, chicken and cheese dip on top.
Alambre Dinner
The plate includes steak, bacon, queso fresco, chile poblano and cheese dip.
Tierra y Mar Dinner
The best of both world with chicken and shrimp with pico de gallo and guacamole.
Choripollo Dinner
The plate combines a chicken breast with chorizo scattered on top create 1 amazing flavor.
Sope Dinner
Crispy corn dough with beans, tomato, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
Gordita Dinner
A pocket made of corn dough with beans, sour cream, tomato, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
3 Tamale Dinner
Torta Dinner
A Mexican sandwich that includes avocado, beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato and choice of meat.
Steak Torta Dinner
A Mexican sandwich that includes avocado, beans, sour cream, lettuce and tomato.
2 Chile Relleno de Queso Dinner
Mexican peppers stuffed with cheese.
Steak a la Mexicana Dinner
Steak with onions, peppers and tomato.
Milanesa Dinner
Breaded steak with fries.
Cheese Quesadilla Dinner
Choice of corn or flour tortilla.
Quesadilla Dinner with Meat
Choice of corn or flour tortilla.
Carne Asada Dinner
Carne Asada Dinner with Shrimp
Nayarit style or a la diabla.
Bistek con Rajas and Cheese Dinner
Chile poblano sliced with steak and cheese on top.
Combination Plate
Your choice of 3.
Tostada Dinner
Beans, tomato, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
Swiss Tostada Dinner
Beans, tomato, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, cheese and choice of meat.
3 Taco Dinner
Corn, flour or hard shell with choice of meat.
3 Flauta Dinner
Rolled corn crispy tortilla filled with choice of meat, with sour cream and guacamole.
Tampiquena Dinner
Skirt steak served with an enchilada on top.
Steak Ranchero Dinner
Skirt steak sauteed in our ranchero sauce.
Red Enchiladas Dinner
3 soft rolled tortillas with choice of meat dipped in red sauce cheese on top.
Green Enchiladas Dinner
3 soft rolled tortillas with choice of meat dipped in green sauce cheese on top.
Pollo a la Plancha Dinner
Marinated chicken breast.
Milanesa Rellena Dinner
Breaded steak stuffed with ham and your choice of American or Chihuahua cheese.
Lomo Chile de Arbol Dinner
Rib eye steak with onions in spicy red sauce.
Carne con Chile Dinner
Pork stew.
Chicharron en Salsa Dinner
Preparado en salsa roja, verde o ranchera.
Fideo con Pollo Dinner
Carne Charra Dinner
Fajita Skillets
Chicken Fajitas
Chicken marinated then delivered sizzling hot over a bed of tomato, sauteed onions and green peppers.
Shrimp Fajita Jalisco
Shrimp marinated then delivered sizzling hot over a bed of tomato, sauteed onions and green peppers.
Chicken a la Mexicana Fajita
Chicken marinated in pepper, onion and tomato.
El Ranchero Fajita
Chicken, steak and shrimp marinated then delivered sizzling hot over a bed of tomato, sauteed onions and green peppers and shot of tequila.
Steak Fajitas
Steak marinated then delivered sizzling hot over a bed of tomato, sauteed onions and green peppers.
Combination Fajitas
Chicken, steak and shrimp marinated then delivered sizzling hot over a bed of tomato, sauteed onions and green peppers.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Hawaiian Fajitas
Chicken fajitas with 3 big slices of pineapple.
Parrilladas y Molcajetes
Molcajete Cora
Molcajete Ranchero
Chicken, steak, shrimp, nopales, onions, cheese dip and cheese slices.
Parrillada
Chorizo, steak, chicken, shrimp, carnitas, nopales, onions, queso fresco and jalapenos.
Parrillada for 2
Chorizo, steak, chicken, shrimp, carnitas, nopales, onions, queso fresco and jalapenos.
Nachos
Nacho Supreme
Choice of meat, tomato, lettuce, sour cream, beans, pickled jalapenos and guacamole.
Nacho Fajitas
Choice of meat comes with cheese dip on top.
Sides
Chips
5 Chiles Toreados
Cebollitas
Stuffed Peppers
16 oz. Salsa
Rice
Beans
Sour Cream
Jalapenos
Fries
Kids
Kids Enchilada and Rice
Kids Taco and Rice
Kids Tostada and Rice
Kids Quesadilla and Rice
Kids Flauta and Rice
Kids Sope and Rice
Kids Tamale and Rice
Kids Chicken Nuggets and Fries
Kids Gordita and Rice
Kids Chicken Finger and Fries
Kids Cheeseburger and Fries
Desserts
Flan
Cheesecake
Fried Ice Cream
Slice of 3 Leches
Bebidas
Aguas
Refresco Botella
Refresco Bote
Milk
Choco-Milk
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Recent Reviews
The tacos were fantastic! And the Jamaica so flavorful! After I was done eating, for a moment I wished for a much larger stomach to fill as I caught the aroma of those steaming fajitas at the table next to mine.
July 2024
Shout out to Ramon, he had the best attitude and best food recommendations. Please try their Fajitas, better than Mexico. Go next door for dessert at the bakery. Same owner I Believe. Horchata was fire.
April 2024
Food is inexpensive. I went there this morning for breakfast and ordered chilaquiles for breakfast that come with rice and beans. They have the kitchen up front and I clearly seen the rice and beans being heated up in the microwave which told me that they were not fresh.
April 2023
