El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant

El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant Menu

(760) 941-0749
1565 North Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92084

Appetizers


Finger Taquitos
$6.00
4 corn tortillas filled with shredded beef, rolled up, fried until just crisp and cut. served with guacamole, sour cream, and picante sauce.
Vegetable Quesadilla
$9.99
Large flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled and served with fresh guacamole and sour cream.
Fiesta Plate
$9.00
Rolled taquitos, nachos, chicken quesadilla, guacamole, sour cream and salsa picante.
Cheese Quesadilla
$6.50
Large flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled and served with fresh guacamole and sour cream.
Chicken Quesadilla
$9.99
Large flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled and served with fresh guacamole and sour cream.
Nachos Rancheros
$8.00
A mound of tortilla chips covered with ranchera sauce heaped with cheese and garnished with tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream and jalapeno.
Steak Quesadilla
$9.99
Large flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled and served with fresh guacamole and sour cream.
Beef Quesadilla
$9.99
Large flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese, grilled and served with fresh guacamole and sour cream.
Guacamole Dip
8.99
Preparing this chunky dip takes carefully chopped avocados and adds the native flavors of serrano chiles, tomatoes and tortilla chips.

$Soup


Tostadas Soup
$10.99
Flour tortilla shells, layered with beans, beef or chicken, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, taco sauce, Jack cheese, guacamoleand sour cream.
Albondigas Soup
$11.99
Mexico meatballs, fresh vegetablesand cilantro in mild broth. Served with rice and warm tortillas.
Tortilla Soup
$10.99
Made with fresh vegetables in broth sprinkled with cheese, tortilla strips, avocadoand cilantro. Served with rice and lime.
Pork Pozole
$10.99
Tostada with Enchilada Soup
$11.99
Flour tortilla shells, layered with beans, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, taco sauce, Jack cheese, and sour cream. Topped with 2 chicken or cheese enchiladas.
Menudo
$11.99
A Mexican favorite served with onions, cilantro, and warm tortillas. Served with or without hominy.
Garden Salad
6.00
Fresh mixed greens with shredded carrots, tomatoes, tortilla strips, and delicious ranchera dressing.

$Seafood


Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
$16.99
Large shrimp in a cup with diced onions, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and all mixed together in a spicy broth. Served with saltine crackers. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Carne Asada with Shrimp
$19.99
Marinated steak and shrimp sauteed with fresh vegetables. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, roasted picante sauceand warm tortillas. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Mojarra Frita
$16.99
Whole fried fish, served with rice, frijoles de la olla guacamole, roasted picante sauceand warm tortillas. Garnished with onion, tomatoesand cilantro. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Enchilada Del Mar
$19.99
Fish and shrimp sauteed with tomatoes, onionsand our special sauce wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with rice and black beans. Garnished with cabbage, sliced avocado, pico de galloand roasted picante sauce. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Shrimp Burrito
$18.99
A soft tortilla filled with sauteed shrimp, fresh vegetables and rice. Served with rice, black beans, guacamole, and roasted picante sauce. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Seafood Chimichanga
$19.99
Filled with sautéed snow crab, shrimp, fish and rice, all wrapped in a crisp flour tortilla. Topped with salsa de Enchilada, sour cream sauce and Jack cheese. Served with rice, black beans, guacamole, sour cream, and roasted picante sauce.
Camarones Rancheros
$19.99
Shrimp sauteed with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, cilantroand our special sauce. Served with rice, black beansand tortillas. Garnished with sliced avocado. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Arroz con Camaron
$19.99
Sizzling shrimp sauteed with vegetables and piled high on a bed of rice. Topped with sauce and cheese. Served with black beans, tortilla, and sour cream. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Seafood Combo
$19.99
Grilled mahi-mahi fillet covered with pica sauce. Served with sauteed shrimp and sizzling fresh vegetables. Served with rice, black beansand warm tortillas. Garnished with lemon and cilantro. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Shrimp Soup
$17.99
Made with shrimp and fresh vegetables in a mild broth. Served with rice and tortillas. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Garlic Shrimp
$19.99
Shrimp sauteed with fresh vegetables in a tasty garlic sauce. Served with rice, black beansand guacamole, pico de gallo and roasted picante sauceand warm tortillas. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Fish Burrito
$18.99
A soft tortilla filled with sauteed fish, cabbage, rice, pico de Gallo and chipotle sauce. Topped with salsa verde and sour cream sauce. Served with rice, black beans, guacamole and roasted picante sauce. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Fish Tacos
17.99
Two fish tacos made with sauteed mahi-mahi, in folded corn tortillas. Topped with chipotle sauce, pico de gallo, cabbage, roasted picante sauceand Jack cheese. Served with rice and black beans. Comes with tortilla soup or salad.

$Combinations


Mini Tostada & Enchilada
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Two Mini Tacos
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Mini Tostada
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Chicken Taco
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Chicken Enchilada
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Pork Tamale
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Beef Taco
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Cheese Enchilada
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Pork Tamale & Enchilada
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Two Chile Relleno
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Enchilada & Chile Relleno
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Taco & Enchilada
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Chile Relleno
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Beef Enchilada
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Potato Taco
$8.99
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Two Tamales
$11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.
Chile Relleno & Taco
11.00
Served with rice, beansand sweet corn cake.

$Soft Tacos & Grilled Chimis


Ricos Tacos
$13.99
Two flour tortillas filled with tender chicken breast, lettuce, guacamole, salsa picante, pico de gallo and Jack cheese. Served with rice and frijoles de la olla. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Twin Grilled Chimis
$12.99
Two chimichangas - 1 beef and 1 chicken. Topped with salsa verde, sour cream, sauce and jack cheese. Served with rice, frijoles de la olla, guacamole, sour cream and salsa picante. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Tacos Al Pastor
$13.99
Two flour tortillas filled with marinated pork guacamole, salsa Picante and pico de gallo. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Special Plate
$17.99
Shrimp and mahi-mahi strip sauteed with nopalitos cactus, bell pepper, onions, and squash. Topped with Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans, and warm tortillas. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Tacos Al Carbon
$13.99
Two flour tortillas filled with your choice of carnitas or steak, lettuce, guacamole, salsa picante, pico de gallo and Jack cheese. Served with rice and frijoles de la olla. Comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Vegetable Tacos
12.99
Two flour tortillas, vegetables, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, salsa Picante and Jack cheese. Served with frijoles de la olla. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.

$Burritos & Chimichanga


Carnitas Burrito
$12.99
A soft flour tortilla filled with tender delicious pork carnitas, pico de gallo, sauce and rice. Topped with salsa de enchilada and Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans, guacamole, sour cream, and roasted picante. All served with sweet corn cake.
Carne Asada Burrito
$12.99
Burrito made with marinated steak, pico de gallo salsa, wrapped in a flour tortilla topped with ranchera sauce and Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante. All served with sweet corn cake.
Bean Burrito
$8.99
Large flour tortilla filled with beans. cheese and topped with enchilada sauce. Served with rice, guacamole, sour creamand roasted picante sauce. All served with sweet corn cake.
Burrito Ranchero
$11.99
A soft flour tortilla filled with beans and shredded beef topped with ranchera sauce and melted Jack cheese. Served with rice, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante sauce. All served with sweet corn cake.
Macho Chimi
$13.00
1 1/2 pound Chimichanga! Made with shredded beef and chicken, rice and beans, wrapped in a crisp flour tortilla and topped with three sauces and Jack cheese. Served with guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante sauce.
Chicken Chimichanga
$11.99
Made with chicken and beans wrapped in a crisp flour tortilla, topped with enchilada sauce. Served with rice, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante sauce. All served with sweet corn cake.
Taco Burrito
$11.99
A soft flour tortilla filled with chicken, beans, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Pico de Gallo, sauce and rice. Topped with Ranchera Enchilada sauce and Jack cheese. Served with rice, guacamole, sour cream, and roasted picante.
Burrito Colorado
$12.99
A soft flour tortilla filled with tender chunks of pork simmered in red chili sauce, topped with salsa de enchilada and Jack cheese. served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante. All served with sweet corn cake.
Beef Chimichanga
$11.99
Made with rice and shredded beef, topped with salsa de enchilada, salsa verde, sour cream and Jack cheese. Served with beans, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante sauce. All served with sweet corn cake.
Burrito de Pollo
$11.99
Made with chicken and beans, wrapped in a flour tortilla topped with salsa verde and Jack cheese. Served with rice, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante. All served with sweet corn cake.
Burrito Verde
12.99
A soft tortilla filled with chunks of tender pork and simmered in a green chili sauce topped with salsa verde and Jack cheese. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream and roasted picante sauce. All served with sweet corn cake.

$Grandes Combo


Beef Mini Tostada
$13.99
Beef and cheese enchilada. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Chile Relleno
$13.99
Tamale and mini burrito colorado. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Mini Chicken Chimichanga
$13.99
Mini beef chimichanga and chile relleno. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Mini Beef Chimichanga
$13.99
Potato taco and pork tamale. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Two Burritos
$13.99
One green, redand mini beef chimichanga. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Mini Tostada
$13.99
Chicken and cheese enchilada. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Enchilada
$13.99
Chile relleno and a beef taco. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Quesadilla
$13.99
Mini beef tostada and 2 rolled tacos. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Three Enchiladas
$13.99
Chicken, beefand rice. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.
Three Tacos
13.99
Chicken, beefand potato. Includes soup or salad and fried ice cream. Served with rice and beans.

$Enchiladas


Enchilada Vegetariana
$12.99
Two corn tortillas filled with sauteed, fresh vegetables topped with ranchera sauce and jack cheese. Served with rice, black beans, guacamoleand tomatoes. Comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Enchiladas Rancheras
$12.99
Two corn tortillas filled with chicken and Jack cheese. Topped with ranchera sauce and Jack cheese Served with rice, frijoles de la Olla, guacamole, sour cream and salsa picante. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Sour Cream Enchiladas
$12.99
Two corn tortillas filled shredded beef, topped with sour cream and Jack cheese. Served with rice, black beansand guacamole. Garnished with lettuce and tomatoes. Comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Enchiladas Verdes
$12.99
Two corn tortillas filled with pork meat in green chiles. Topped salsa verde and jack cheese. Served with rice, frijoles de la olla, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa picante. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.
Enchilada Roja
12.99
Two corn tortillas filled with pork meat in red chiles sauce. Topped with enchilada sauce and Jack cheese. Served with rice, frijoles de la olla, guacamole, sour cream, and salsa picante. It comes with tortilla soup or salad and sweet corn cake.

$House Specialties


Taquitos a lo Ranchero
$13.99
4 crispy corn tortillas stuffed with shredded beef and topped with guacamole, sour cream, tomato, and Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Chile Colorado
$16.99
Tender chunks of pork simmered in red chili. Served with beans, rice, roasted picante sauce, warm tortilla and garnished with cilantro and onions. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Carne Asada Combo
$17.99
A marinated steak with your choice of a cheese enchilada, a beef taco, or a chile relleno. Served with beans, guacamole, and warm tortillas. Garnished with onions and cilantro. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Flautas
$15.99
2 crisp flour tortillas stuffed with shredded beef and topped with guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream and Jack cheese Served with rice and beans. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Tortas De Camaron Con Nopales
$16.99
Made with tender nopalitos cactus, pork meat and grounded shrimp tortitas in a red chile sauce. Served with rice, frijoles de la olla, and warm tortillas. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Carnitas
$16.99
Savor our delicious pork carnitas served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, roasted picante sauce, guacamole, lime, and warm tortillas. Garnished with onions and cilantro. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Chile Verde
$17.99
Lean, diced pork slowly simmered in a green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, roasted picante sauce, warm tortillas and garnished with cilantro and onions. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Arros Con Pollo
17.99
Tender strips of chicken sauteed with fresh vegetables and piled high on a bed of rice. topped with our sauce and cheese. Served with beans, tortillas and sour cream. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.

$Sizzling Fajitas


Combo Fajitas
$18.99
Doubly delicious! Tender strips of chicken and steak served sizzling on a platter with fresh sautéed vegetables, beans, rice, and roasted picante sauce.
Chicken Fajitas
$18.99
Tender strips of fresh chicken served to sizzle with sauteed fresh vegetables, beans, rice, and roasted picante sauce. Fajitas are served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and warm tortillas. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Fajitas Supremas
$19.99
Made with chicken, steak and shrimp served sizzling skillet with fresh vegetables, rice and beans, and roasted picante sauce. Fajitas are served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de Gallo and warm tortillas. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.
Steak Fajitas
18.99
A tender strip of grilled steak served sizzling with sauteed fresh vegetables, beans, rice, and roasted picante sauce. Fajitas are served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and warm tortillas. It comes with tortilla soup or salad.

$A La Carte


Beef Enchilada
$2.75
Pico De Gallo
$1.99
Steak Taco
$3.25
Chile Relleno
$3.50
Beef Taco
$2.50
Cheese Enchilada
$2.75
Chicken Enchilada
$2.49
Pork Tamale
$3.49
Chicken Taco
2.50

$Extras


Fish Taco
$3.49
Refried Beans
$2.75
Sliced Avocado
$2.50
Table Sauce Quart
$7.99
Tortillas
$1.00
Mexican Style Rice
$2.75
Cheese
$1.50
Sour Cream
$1.50
Guacamole
$2.75
Table Sauce Pint
$5.49
Mini Tostada
$4.99
Potato Taco
2.49

$Desserts


Flan
$5.99
Egg custard glazed with a hint of caramel and garnished with whipped cream.
Bunuelos
$5.99
A crispy shell topped with cinnamon, sugar, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and whipped cream.
Strawberry Crisp
$5.99
A crispy shell topped with cinnamon, sugar, vanilla ice cream, strawberries and whipped cream.
Fried Ice Cream
$5.99
Low-cal chocolate chip ice cream in a crisp coating with whipped cream.

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