El Cortez Mexican Restaurant

El Cortez Mexican Restaurant Menu

(708) 478-7766
10128 191st St, Mokena, IL 60448

Desayunos

Breakfast.
Huevos con Chorizo Desayunos
$7.25
Scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage, served with beans.
Huevos a la Mexican Desayunos
$6.50
Hot. Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes and peppers, served with beans.
Huevos Rancheros Desayunos
$6.75
Eggs over easy, covered with ranchero sauce and served with beans.
Huevos Paula Desayunos
$6.99
Mexican cheese omelette covered with green sauce, served with beans.
Huevos Paula con Chorizo Desayunos
$7.50
Served with Mexican sausage.
Breakfast Tacos
$7.25
Two flour or corn tortillas filled with eggs and chorizo, served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and a side order of rice and beans.
Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
$4.75
Stuffed with eggs and chorizo.
Mexican Breakfast Burrito
$4.75
Stuffed with eggs a la Mexican.
1 Scrambled Egg Desayunos
$1.29
Chilaquiles Desayunos
5.99
Hot. Eggs scrambled with corn tortillas, tomatoes, onions and peppers, served with beans.

$Appetizers


Quesadilla Pacifico
$12.50
Flour tortillas filled with Mexican cheese, chiles poblanos and grilled shrimp, served with sour cream and avocado slices.
Alas
$8.50
Hot and spicy bbq chicken wings served with celery and blue cheese.
Queso Fundido
$10.75
Melted cheese blended with fried Mexican sausage, served with your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Chips & Salsa
6.50
Thinly sliced and crispy.

$Ensaladas

Salads.
Grilled Chicken Salad
$11.25
Crisp lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers with tender chunks of chicken grilled with onions and green peppers served over rice, sprinkled with cheese.
Taco Salad
$11.00
A flour tortilla fried and filled with your choice of seasoned beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, and cheddar cheese.
Garden Salad
3.89
Green salad with mixed vegetables.

$Caldos

Soups.
Caldo de Res
$7.50
Hearty beef soup with chunks of tender beef and fresh vegetables in a savory beef broth.
Caldo Xochitl
$7.50
Chicken soup in a spicy green sauce with a little rice.
Menudo
8.00
Our slow-simmered tripe soup is a true Mexican tradition. We'll add hominy to the soup upon request.

$Botanas


Botana Suprema
$16.50
Chicken pounded out round, sandwiched between two flour tortillas, cut in pieces. Served with sour cream and guacamole chicken.
Nachos
$9.50
Beans, cheese, guacamole, and jalapenos loaded onto flat fried tortillas.
Chicken Fingers
8.95
Always a popular choice. Tender battered chicken strips served golden brown with a hot bbq sauce and french fries.

$Tacos


Taco Dinner
$11.00
3 of a kind corn or flour tortillas filled with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork, served with rice and beans.
Steak Taco Dinner
$12.00
3 corn or flour tortillas filled with tender steak and served with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese.
Tilapia Taco Dinner
$12.25
2 corn or flour tortillas filled with grilled or breaded tilapia, garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pastor Taco
$3.75
Marinated pork taco served with cilantro, onions and green sauce.
Cortez Taco
$3.50
Chicken, sour cream, guacamole, and green sauce mixed together and rolled in 2 corn tortillas.
Shrimp Taco
$4.00
Grilled shrimp with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese on a corn or flour shell.
Norteno Taco
$3.25
Breaded steak served on a flour tortilla with sour cream and avocado slice.
Ranchero Taco
$3.75
Marinated steak taco with cilantro, onions and green sauce.
Sombrero Taco
$4.25
Hot. Tender pieces of sauteed steak with chorizo, onions, jalapenos, cilantro, bacon, and 3 different types of sauce, all piled on a corn tortilla.
Picudo Taco
3.75
Hot. Tender chicken breast chunks grilled with tomato, onion, jalapeno peppers, and topped with a slice of avocado.

$Burritos


Burrito Dinner
$7.50
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and your choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Served with rice and beans.
Supremo Dinner Burrito
$11.25
Choice of beef, chicken or pork with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream and guacamole in a 9-inch flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans.
Mini burrito
2.50
3 inch burrito filled with bacon, cheese, home-made hot sauce, and sour creme

$Quesadillas


Quesadilla Dinner
$11.25
3 of a kind tortillas flour or corn filled with your choice of beef, chicken or pork, and plenty of cheese, served with sour cream, rice, and beans.
Steak Quesadilla Dinner
12.50
3 of a kind tortillas flour or corn filled with steak and plenty of cheese, served with sour cream, rice, and beans.

$Tortas

Mexican sandwiches. Garnished with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, and jalapeños
Molletes con Carne Torta
$9.50
Grilled onions, tomatoes, peppers mild or hot, refried beans and melted cheese over bread with choice of steak, beef or chicken. No garnish included.
Pollo Torta
$7.25
Grilled, shredded, or breaded chicken.
Pastor Torta
$7.50
Seasoned pork.
Carne Asada Torta
$7.75
Steak.
Milanesa Torta
$7.75
Breaded steak.
Chorizo Torta
$7.25
Torta Club
8.75
Stacked with ham, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado, cheese, and sour cream. Served with fries. No other garnish included.

$Tostadas

Flat tacos.
Tostada Dinner
$10.75
3 of a kind flat tortillas layered with beans, then covered with your choice of beef, chicken or pork. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and a sprinkle of cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Specialty Tostadas
12.50
3 of a kind crispy flat tortillas covered with your choice of beef, chicken or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$Enchiladas


Enchiladas Dinner
$11.00
3 corn tortillas rolled and filled with your choice of one of the following cheese, ground beef, chicken or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and served with rice and beans.
Cortez Enchiladas Dinner
11.50
3 red enchiladas filled with cheese, Mexican sausage and potato, sprinkled with more cheese and served with sour cream, rice, and beans on the side.

$Flautas

Rolled tacos.
Flauta Dinner
$11.25
3 of kind corn tortillas hard or soft rolled up and filled with choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Includes guacamole and sour cream on the side. Served with rice and beans.
San Marcos Dinner
11.95
3 of a kind corn tortillas rolled up and fried, filled with your choice of beef, chicken or potato and covered with cabbage, cheese, sour cream, and red sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$Vegetarianas


Veggie Fajitas Vegetarian
$15.00
A sizzling mix of carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
Veggie Burrito Supremo Vegetarian
$12.95
9-inch burrito stuffed with grilled bell pepper, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese. Served with rice and bola beans.
Chiles Rellenos Vegetarian
$16.50
2 cheese-stuffed peppers served with Mexican rice and bola beans.
Guacamole Tostada Dinner Vegetarian
$11.25
3 flat tortillas topped with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Includes rice and bola beans.
Veggie Quesadillas Vegetarian
$12.50
3 tortillas filled with cheese, grilled tomato, onion, bell pepper and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice and bola beans.
Molletes Vegetarian
8.50
2 pieces of bread topped with grilled onions, peppers mild or hot, refried beans tomatoes, and melted cheese.

$Carnes

Meat entrees.
Ricky's Especial
$21.50
Incredibly tender 8-oz filet mignon cut into delicious chunks and topped with bacon, on a sizzling skillet with grilled onions and refried chorizo beans with melted cheese.
Steak Laredo
$23.00
Broiled strip steak with sauteed onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, and a special sauce. Served with refried beans.
Steak Cortez
$23.50
New York strip steak served with beans, cubed potatoes, and a side salad.
Puntillas
$22.00
Hot. Choice of skirt steak or chicken or shrimp with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, hot banana peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers and chorizo served with rice and beans.
Filete Estrella
$19.50
Thin pounded tenderloin topped with melted cheese and covered in green salsa, served with refried beans.
Steak Fajita Dinner
$18.25
Chunks of tender steak seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers. Served with beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Carne Asada
$21.00
Skirt steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Milanesa de Res
$15.75
Breaded steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Bistec a la Mexicana
16.50
Succulent chunks of skirt steak simmered in a Mexican sauce, served with rice and beans.

$Mariscos

Seafood.
Camarones Vallarta
$21.50
Shrimp lightly breaded, seasoned with wine, served on a bed of white rice with your choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Camarones Diablos
$21.75
Hot. Shrimp simmered in our spicy pico de gallo sauce with bacon, served on a bed of white rice with onions and avocado slices on the side, with your choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Tilapia a la Vizcaina
$17.50
Flaky fillet of tilapia lightly breaded and fried served with white rice and corn medley with vizcaina sauce on the side.
Shrimp Fajita
$21.75
Grilled shrimp with onions and bell peppers sizzled on a skillet, served with rice, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Camarones Ajillo
$21.75
Shrimp sauteed in garlic and wine served with white rice and choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Camarones Empanizados
$21.75
Breaded shrimp served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and barbeque sauce.
Tostada de Ceviche
$6.95
Shrimp finely chopped on a hard shell tortilla topped with pico de gallo, sour cream, and diced avocados. Makes a great starter or add-on.
Cocktel de Camaron
$12.25
Succulent shrimp in your choice of a cocktail sauce or our pico de gallo sauce.
Chimichangas Marinera
13.75
A blend of shrimp and crab meat in a flour tortilla, fried and served with a side order of rice and avocado slices.

$Platillos de Pollo

Chicken entrees.
Pollo Carbon
$16.00
Strips of chicken breast marinated in two types of sauce, grilled and served over rice with sour cream, guacamole, and a small dinner salad.
Pollo Estrella
$16.50
Chicken breast pounded out and topped with melted cheese, covered with molcajete sauce, served with rice.
Milanesa de Pollo
$14.50
Breaded chicken breast served with rice, beans, and fries.
Chicken Fajita Dinner
$16.75
Chicken breast chunks seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers, served with refried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Pollo Rojo
$15.00
Pieces of tender chicken breast sauteed in a red sauce and mixed with cubed potatoes and onions, served with a side of rice, pico de gallo, and avocado slices.
Pollo en Mole
$12.50
Chicken thigh served in mole sauce with rice and beans.
Whisky Chicken
16.75
Tender pieces of chicken grilled with bacon, chiles poblano, onions, tomatoes, served with rice, beans, slices of avocado, and cheese sprinkled on top.

$Combinaciones

Combinations.
Fajita Mix Any 2
$21.75
Fajita chooses your own combination of steak, chicken, and or shrimp. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole. Combo of any 3.
Fajita Mix Any 3
$23.75
Fajita chooses your own combination of steak, chicken, and or shrimp. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole. Combo of any 3.
Plato Cortez
$12.50
A flour taco, enchilada Suiza, and tostada Suiza, all made with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Served with rice and beans.
Combinacion Nortena
$18.25
Tender 4-oz filet mignon served with a cheese-stuffed pepper, rice, beans, and a touch of guacamole.
Plato Mexicano
$12.00
1 corn beef taco, 1 cheese Mexican enchilada, one bean tostada, served with rice and beans.
Vallarta Especial
$18.99
Surf and turf the Mexican way! Garlic beef tenderloin with shrimp served with papas ajillo and white rice.
Steak Tampiquena
21.00
A flavorful tradition! Tender skirt steak, a cheese Mexican enchilada and a cheese quesadilla served with fries and a touch of guacamole.

$Combo Cortez


Combo Cortez
16.50
A big combo platter of popular appetizers: chicken fingers, two tamales, 2 quesadillas, and 2 chicken flautas with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and cheese sprinkled on top. Great for sharing or as a meal.

$Especialidades De La Casa

House specialties.
Steak Campesino Special
$21.00
New York strip steak simmered in a special sauce, topped with carrots mushrooms upon request and served with rice and refried beans.
Parrillada Special
$22.00
Tender skirt steak served with zesty chorizo, grilled jalapenos, and onions.
Cook's Especial
$18.95
Chunks of steak with slices of poblano peppers, covered with melted cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on the side. Served with beans and rice.
Manny Special
$17.50
Grilled chicken breast smothered in poblano peppers, onions and tomato sauce served on a bed of rice with 3 slices of avocado.
Enchilada Aguascalientes Special
$15.00
A tender bone-in chicken dipped in red sauce, 3 Mexican cheese enchiladas and red cubed potato sprinkled with cheese.
Chimichangas Special
$14.50
Hot. Your choice of seasoned shredded beef or chicken rolled in flour tortillas, fried, covered with tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. Served with a side order of rice.
Tamale Dinner Special
$10.00
2 pork tamales in the husk served with rice and beans.
Tamales Cortez Special
11.50
2 pork tamales without the husk, topped with sour cream and hot sauce, smothered with melted cheese and served with a side of rice.

$Lunch Deals


#1. Chicken Quesadillas Lunch
$8.50
2 flour tortillas stuffed with chicken and cheese. Includes lettuce, tomato, sour cream, rice, and beans.
#2. Beef Burrito Suizo & Beef Taco Lunch
$9.50
Burrito stuffed with beef, lettuce, and tomato, topped with red sauce and cheese. Soft flour taco with beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
#3. 2 Tacos Lunch
$9.50
Both filled with beef, chicken or pork, both made with flour or corn tortillas, served with rice and beans.
#4. Enchiladas Suiza Lunch
$9.50
2 enchiladas, both beef, chicken, or pork, served with rice and beans.
#5. Chicken Fajita Tacos Lunch
$10.25
Two soft tacos flour tortillas served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice, and beans.
#6. Enchilada Suiza & Tostada Lunch
$9.75
Both made with beef, chicken or pork. Tostada also has beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Includes rice and beans.
#7. Steak Fajita Tacos Lunch
$11.25
2 soft flour tacos, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
#8. Cheese Chile Relleno Tacos Lunch
10.25
2 tacos flour or corn tortillas served with rice and beans.

$Especially for Kids

For children 12 years and under. Refried beans and Mexican rice may be substituted for the french fries.
1. Kid's Tacos
$6.00
2 meat and cheese tacos served with rice and beans.
2. Kid's Burrito
$6.00
Meat and cheese burrito served with rice and beans.
3. Kid's Nachos
$5.75
Bean and cheese nachos.
4. Chicken Fingers Kids
$5.75
Served with fries.
5. Kid's Quesadillas
$6.00
Two cheese quesadillas made with corn or flour tortillas served with rice and beans.
6. Kid's Grilled Steak
$8.50
Chunks of grilled steak served with salad and Mexican rice.
7. Kid's Grilled Chicken
8.25
Chunks of grilled chicken breast with salad and Mexican rice.

$Side Orders


Individual Tortillas
$0.69
Four flour or corn tortillas.
Papas
$2.89
French fries.
Rice
$1.99
Beans
$1.99
Rice & Beans
$2.99
Sour Cream
$1.79
Beans with Chorizo
$3.95
Frijoles Borrachos
$5.25
Drunken beans.
Tamale
$3.25
Pork.
Jalapenos
$1.79
Papas Mexicanas
$5.25
Cubed potatoes in sauce sprinkled with cheese, served with avocado.
Papas Ajillos
$5.25
Garlic potatoes.
Papas Ags
$3.50
Cubed potatoes in traditional Mexican red sauce and cheese.
Pan Ajillo
$1.79
Garlic bread.
Pico de Gallo
$2.79
Cebollitas
$1.79
Salsa
2.00
Suiza, verde, queretana, poblano, or ranchero.

$Desserts


Fried Ice Cream
$4.99
Bunuelos
$4.59
Golden crispy sweet strips of pastry served with chocolate syrup and strawberry dipping sauce.
Mexi-chango
$5.49
Fried tortilla stuffed with cream cheese. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with choice of strawberry or chocolate syrup.
Flan
4.99
Creme caramel custard.

$Beverages


Soft Drinks
$2.49
Brewed Unsweet Iced Tea
$2.49
Cafe
$1.99
Coffee.
Jarrito
$2.00
Variety of flavors fruit punch, lime, mandarin, strawberry, pineapple, grapefruit and guava.
Horchata
$2.49
Rice water.

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