El Pinto Restaurant Menu

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.

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.

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.

Carne Adovada Burrito

Marinated lean pork with pinto beans in flour tortilla. Garnished with lettuce and tomato with rice on the side.

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.

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.

French Fries

Chicharrón

Chile Con Carne

Guacamole

Calabacitas

Spanish Rice.

Carne Adovada

Tortillas

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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

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.