El Pinto Restaurant Menu
If you’re in Albuquerque and craving a warm, vibrant dining experience, the El Pinto Restaurant Menu is exactly what you need. Nestled at 10500 4th St NW, this place serves up a delightful range of flavorful dishes that capture the essence of New Mexican cuisine. Whether you’re in the mood for something hearty or light, there’s a dish that’ll hit the spot.
Start with their signature appetizers, perfect for sharing, like the sizzling fajitas or their famous chile con queso. When it comes to the main courses, El Pinto doesn’t disappoint. From tender, juicy steaks to fresh seafood, each dish is crafted with locally sourced ingredients and seasoned to perfection. Of course, you can't miss their traditional enchiladas, smothered in rich, flavorful red or green chile that will have your taste buds dancing.
Finish your meal with one of their decadent desserts, and you’ll see why this place is a favorite for locals and visitors alike. The warm, inviting atmosphere only adds to the charm, making it a great spot for any occasion.
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Dinner Menu - Appetizers
Famous Red Chile Ribs
Our signature baby back ribs were named by the Food Network as the #3 Ribs in America. The ribs are marinated in Hatch red chile and slow baked to fall off the bone. This is an El Pinto original recipe and favorite. (Full Rack Serves 3-4)
Fiesta Appetizer Platter
Famous Red Chile Ribs, chile con queso, fresh guacamole, and chips. (Serves Four)
El Pinto Chile Con Queso
Featured on the White House menu to celebrate "Cinco de Mayo." Our creamy blend of cheeses, fresh chopped green chile, and 50 years of perfection creates this "authentic" flavor of New Mexico.
Fresh Guacamole
We use only the best Hass avocados. Voted "Best Guacamole" by the people in Albuquerque in Albuquerque The Magazine five years in a row.
Fresh Greens Salad
A healthy mix of fresh greens with tomatoes, topped with sliced avocado and homemade red chile croutons. Traditional dressings are available, but try low calorie El Pinto salsa.
Hatch Chile & Chicharróns
This is a classic New Mexican tradition. Chicharróns from humanely raised Kyzer Farms heritage pork served with roasted Hatch Green Chile and fresh butter. Served with tortillas.
Green Chile Strips
Unique to El Pinto. Flash fried Hatch green chile strips served with red chile ranch dressing. (Full Order serves 4)
"The Best Nachos in America".
Wall Street Journal, January 2006 Tortilla chips topped and double stacked with cheddar and monterey jack cheese, dryland pinto beans, guacamole, sour cream, El Pinto's famous green chile, and fresh jalapeños (Full Order Serves Four)
Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortillas with cheddar and monterey jack cheese topped with guacamole, garnished with lettuce and tomato, and sour cream. (Serves Four)
Posole
Authentic New Mexican recipe with pork, hominy, and El Pinto's Hatch red chile, served with a flour tortilla.
Green Chile Stew
Authentic fire roasted Hatch green chile with chicken, potatoes, and corn served with a flour tortilla.
Dinner Menu - New Mexico Grill
28-32 oz. Dry Aged Prime, Bone in, Hand Cut Tomahawk Ribeye
Our USDA Prime tomahawk ribeye is dry aged at El Pinto for 30+ days, cut on site, and cooked to perfection. Dry aging naturally tenderizes and concentrates flavor. Served with a cheese enchilada, a baked potato, and side salad.
14 oz. Ribeye
The Ribeye has the most marbling of any cut, has a very flavorful taste, and is extremely tender.
12 oz. New York Strip
New York Strip wet aged for 21 days and then charbroiled to perfection. This cut comes from the most tender section of beef.
Red Chile Ribs
Our exclusive baby back ribs were named by the Food Network as the #3 Ribs in America. The ribs are marinated in Hatch red chile and slow baked to fall off the bone.
22 oz. Kyzer Farms Tomahawk Pork Chop
Humanely raised heritage pork from the South Valley of Albuqerque. Hormone and antibiotic free. Never frozen. Cut at El Pinto by hand. Served with an enchilada and a baked potato or salad.
10 oz. Kyzer Farms Pork Chop & Enchilada
Humanely raised heritage pork from the South Valley of Albuqerque. Hormone and antibiotic free. Never frozen. Served with two enchiladas and beans.
Grass Fed Green Chile Queso Burger
8 oz. patty, from pasture raised cattle that are source verified (no hormones, antibotics or feedlots), charbroiled, and smothered with our special blended queso, green chile, sweet onion pickle relish, bibb lettuce, and tomato. Fries and guacamole on the side.
Grass Fed Burger
8 oz. patty, from pasture raised cattle that are source verified (no hormones, antibotics or feedlots), charbroiled, and served with a side of El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a pickle slice.
Dinner Menu - Traditional Plates
Combination Plate #1
Rolled beef or chicken taco, tamale, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne and pinto beans.
Combination Plate #2
Two rolled beef or chicken tacos, tamale, green chile cheese enchilada and pinto beans.
Combination Plate #3
Rolled taco, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne, chile relleno and pinto beans.
Vegetarian Combination Plate
Two cheese enchiladas served with red or green chile, a chile relleno, dryland pinto beans and rice.
Dinner Menu - Burrito Plates
Carne Adovada Burrito
Marinated lean pork with pinto beans in flour tortilla. Garnished with lettuce and tomato with rice on the side.
Dinner Menu - Enchilada Plates
Chile con Carne Enchiladas
"A House Specialty" made with flat or rolled corn tortillas, filled with pork marinated in El Pinto's fresh Hatch red chile.
Chile Verde Con Carne Enchiladas
Three flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with green chile and pork.
Enchilada Combo Plate
Three rolled corn tortilla enchiladas: Chile con carne, red chile cheese, and green chile cheese.
Carne Adovada Plate
Flour tortilla topped with deliciously hot and spicy lean pork marinated in red chile served with pinto beans and rice.
Huevos Rancheros
Flour tortilla with El Pinto organic fed and pasture-raised eggs topped with your choice of chile and cheddar cheese served with papitas and pinto beans.
Tamale Plate
Three tamales served with pinto beans, rice and choice of chile.
Tostada Compuestas
Three tostada cups filled with chile con carne and dryland pinto beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Bowl of Chile con Carne
Lean pork in red chile with pinto beans. Served with a tortilla
Chile Rellenos
Two flame roasted New Mexican Hatch green chiles stuffed with cheese and served with pinto beans and rice.
Dinner Menu - Health Conscious Plates
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast served on a white or wheat bun with a side of El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, red onion and pickle slice.
Salsa Twins Salad
A full meal using a healthy mix of fresh greens with fresh broccoli, fresh tomatoes, carrots, and topped with fresh salsa, fresh roasted green chile, and guacamole.
Rice Bowl
Bowl of rice, dryland pinto beans and choice of chicken, beef or pork with chile and a tortilla on side.
Low Fat Enchilada Plate
Three steamed corn tortillas, low-fat cheese, red or green chile, served with rice, pinto beans, and garnished with lettuce and tomato
Grilled Chicken Salad
Mixed greens, red onions, bacon, tomatoes, pasture-raised eggs and topped with grilled chicken breast, avocado slices homemade red chile croutons and bleu cheese crumbles.
Grilled Sockeye Salmon
8 oz. Alaskan Sockeye Salmon fillet grilled to order. The Salmon is ruby-red from the krill they feed on. Choose two sides
Vegetarian Burrito
Dryland pinto beans and rice in a flour tortilla, smothered with your choice of red or green chile and topped with cheese.
Calabacitas Burrito
Calabacitas and dryland pinto beans in a flour tortilla, smothered in your choice of red or green chile and topped with Monterey Jack cheese with rice on the side.
Vegetarian Combination Plate
Two cheese enchiladas served with red or green chile, chile relleno and pinto beans and rice.
Chicken Filet
An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast served with your choice of two sides
Chicken Adovada
An 8 oz. chicken filet marinated in red chile, grilled, and served with calabacitas, pinto beans and rice.
Dinner Menu - Extras
French Fries
Chicharrón
Chile Con Carne
Guacamole
Calabacitas
Spanish Rice.
Carne Adovada
Tortillas
(3)
Enchilada Meat
Blue Corn Tortilla
Enchilada
Sour Cream
Relleno
Hen Hotel Egg
Taco Folded.
Red Chile Sauce
Rolled Taco
Slaw
Tamale
Papitas
Pinto Beans
Baked Potato
Refritos
Gluten Free Menu
Salsa Twins Salad
A full meal using a healthy mix of fresh greens with fresh broccoli, fresh tomatoes, carrots, and topped with fresh salsa, fresh roasted green chile, and guacamole
Grilled Alaskan Sockeye Salmon
8 oz. Alaskan Sockeye Salmon fillet grilled to order. The Salmon is ruby-red from the krill they feed on. Choose two sides
28-32 oz In-House Dry Aged Prime, Bone in Tomahawk Ribeye
Our USDA Prime tomahawk ribeye is dry aged at El Pinto for 30+ days, cut on site, and cooked to perfection. Dry aging naturally tenderizes and concentrates flavor. Served with an enchilada, a baked potato, and side salad
14 oz. Ribeye
The Ribeye has the most marbling of any cut, has a very flavorful taste, and is extremely tender. Served with a side salad and baked potato or substitute one for your choice of two sides
12 oz. New York Strip
The New York Strip is wet aged for 21 days and then charbroiled to perfection. This cut comes from the most tender section of beef. Served with a side salad and baked potato or substitute one for your choice of two sides.
22 oz. Kyzer Farms Tomahawk Pork Chop
Humanely raised heritage pork from the South Valley of Albuqerque. Hormone and antibiotic free. Never frozen. Cut at El Pinto by hand. Served with an enchilada and a baked potato or salad
10 oz. Kyzer Farms Pork Chop & Enchilada
Humanely raised local heritage pork. Hormone and antibiotic free. Never frozen. Served with two enchiladas and beans.
World Famous Red Chile Ribs
Our signature baby back ribs were named by the Food Network as the #3 Ribs in America. They are grilled, then marinated in red chile overnight, and slow baked until they fall off the bone. An El Pinto original recipe and favorite. Served with a side salad and baked potato or substitute one for your choice of two sides.
Grilled Chicken Fillet
An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast with green chile served with a choice of two of the following sides
Low Fat Enchilada Plate
Three steamed corn tortillas, low-fat cheese, red or green chile, served with rice pinto beans and garnished with lettuce and tomato.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Mixed greens, red onions, bacon, tomatoes, eggs and topped with grilled chicken breast, avocado slices and bleu cheese crumbles
Huevos Rancheros
Corn tortilla with two El Pinto Hen Hotel pasuture rasied eggs topped with your choice of chile (ask for gluten free red chile) and cheddar cheese served with papitas and pinto beans.
Green Chile Grass Fed Burger w/ GF Bun
8 oz. patty, from pasture raised cattle that are source verified (no hormones, antibotics or feedlots), charbroiled, and served with a side of El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a pickle slice.
Posole
Authentic New Mexican recipe with pork, hominy, and El Pinto’s hand processed red chile, served with a corn tortilla.
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