Our Menu

Chico's serves only homemade food, prepared from the finest, fresh ingredients available. No articificial coloring, MSG, or additives are used! Corn and canola oil are used in deep frying, olive oil for sauteeing, and every meal is cooked to order for your satisfaction. Thank you and enjoy! -Chico

CHEF'S SUGGESTIONS
CHICO'S SIGNATURE ENTREES
REGULAR MENU - appetizers, seafood, house specialties, tacos & burritos, eggs, salads, gringo delights
SOUPS

SPECIAL APPETIZERS

SPECIALS


CHEF'S SUGGESTIONS
Entrees below are served with refried beans and rice
New York Strip Steak with Chipotle Sauce - Trimmed strip steak grilled to order and topped with Chipotle sacue
Chicken Chipotle - Strips of chicken breast sauteed and smothered in Chipotle sauce
Enchilada Suiza - Two enchiladas covered in our tangy tomatillo sauce and topped with sour cream (your choice of filling)
Green Chile Enchiladas - Two enchiladas covered in our green chile sauce, containing poblano and California chilies, onions, tomatoes, and garlic (your choice of filling)
Portabello Mushroom Enchiladas - Two corn tortillas stuffed with sauteed portabellas and Monterey Jack Cheese, topped with out red chile sauce
CHICO'S SIGNATURE ENTREES
Carne Asada - Thin sliced sirloin steak sauteed with onions, cilantro and lime. Served with fried potato quesadilla and rice
Baja Fish Tacos - Batter dipped and fried Fresh Catch on lightly fried corn tortillas, topped with shredded cabbage, onions, tomato and queso fresco. Served with guacamole and roasted chile arbol sauce
Chile Rellenos - Roasted poblano chilies stuffed with jack cheese, dipped in egg foam batter and fried. Topped with a roasted tomato sauce
REGULAR MENU
--Appetizers--
Menudo Soup of the day
Guacamole Chile Con Carne
Stuffed Jalapenos - Six jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and breaded, fried to a golden brown
Grilled Mushroom - One large portabella mushroom, marinated and grilled to perfection
Sauteed Mushrooms - Sliced portabella mushrooms sauteed in olive oil with our spicy garlic sauce
Quesadilla - "Soft" warmed flour tortilla folded in half with cheeses, with your choice of; Tomatoes, onions, and green chilies; Shredded beef, pork, or chicken; Fresh spinach and portabella mushroom; or Veggie (Bell Pepper, Carrot, Zucchini)
Cheese Crisp - Oven baked flour tortilla with cheese; with your choice of Tomatoes, onions and green chilies; or Shredded beef, pork or chicken
Flautas - "Flutes" of fried flour tortills with marinated chicken, cheese
Nachos - Fried corn chips topped with onions, tomatoes, and green chilies, covered with Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses melted under the broiler. Available as Regular, Super (ground beef, beans or both), Chicken, or Shredded beef
Chips and Salsa - Complimentary chips and salsa are served on the table
--Seafood Specialties--
Yellowtail Snapper with Spicy Garlic - 8 oz. filet, lightly sauteed and topped with spicy garlic sauce
Seafood Enchiladas - Two corn tortillas stuffed with grouper, shrimp, scallops and crab meat and topped with red chile enchilada sauce
Shrimp Enchiladas - Two corn tortillas stuffed with sauteed shrimp and Monterey Jack cheese, then topped with red chile enchilada sauce
Fish Taco Dinner - Two softshell corn tacos topped with fresh sauteed fish seasoned with garlic and cilantro, topped with lettuce, tomato, onion and queso fresco
Fish Adobado Grilled in Corn Husks - Fresh local catch marinated in a red chile puree, seasoned with garlic, herbs and spices. Wrapped in a corn husk and grilled over an open fire
--House Specialties--
Fajitas - Delicious strips of sauteed vegetables topped with your selection. Served with guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo, rice, refried beans, and of course, piping hot flour tortillas. Served steaming hot to your table, family style.
Vegetable Chicken and Beef Combo
Chicken Shrimp
Beef Shrimp and Beef Combo
--A la Carte--
Single Fajitas (3 tortillas) - Vegetable, beef or chicken
Two Enchiladas - Your choice of filling, tightly wrapped in a corn tortilla, topped with Red Chile Enchilada Sauce and cheddar cheese, baked to perfection. With any enchilada you get your choice of a spicy variety; verde sauce or green chile sauce.
Cheese, onion, and black olive Shredded Beef
Chicken Shredded Pork
Chimichangas - Filling, wrapped in a flour tortilla deep fried and served with guacamole and sour cream.
Shredded Beef Shredded Pork
Chicken Bean
--Huevos (Eggs)--
Huevos Rancheros - Two eggs on corn tortillas, topped with ranchero sauce, cheese, rice, and beans
Chorizo con papa y huevo - Homemade Mexican Sausage with fried potatoes and scrambled eggs
--Salads--
Taco Salad - Served on a bed of corn chips with lettuce, onion, cheese, tomato, guacamole, sour cream, broccoli, and black olives.
Beef and/or beans -- Chicken -- Shredded Beef
Tostada - Two fried corn tortillas with lettuce, onion, cheese, tomato, guacamole, sour cream, broccoli and olives
Beef and/or beans -- Chicken -- Shredded Beef
Cayo Hueso Special - "Key West" Salad; fried flour tortilla, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, broccoli, and olives.
Beef and/or beans -- Chicken -- Shredded Beef -- Fajita Beef or Fajita Chicken
--Tacos and Burritos--
Available with bean, beef, bean and beef, deluxe bean and beef, chicken, deluxe chicken, shredded pork, deluxe shredded pork, shredded beef, deluxe shredded beef. Deluxe served with sour cream and guacamole. Wet your burrito with enchilada sauce and cheese, melted cheese, chili and cheese, verde, or green chile.
Also available as combinations.
--Gringo Delights--
Hot dog Hamburger
Chili dog French Fries
Chico Burger - "Our Famous!" 1/3 lb. burger with lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, chili and guacamole


The following is a complete list of our rotating soups and specials. Many are only available seasonally. Sign up for our mailing list and be the first to know what's available. We also offer an extensive menu.
SOUPS

Albondiga- a vegetable beef soup with little meatballs.

Caldo de Res-  A spicy beef vegetable soup with zucchini, yellow squash, yucca, onions, carrots, green beans, corn.

Caldo Tlalpeno- A spicy chicken soup with green beans, zucchini, carrots, onions, yucca and potato.

Chipotle Conch Chowder- Classic style conch chowder spiced up with Chipotle adobado.

Esquites- (As close as we can get with our available ingredients) Fresh corn sautéed with onions, and garlic in a vegetarian broth, garnished with queso fresco chile and lime

Fideos Aguada- sautéed vermicelli noodles in chicken stock with pureed tomatoes and onions.

Gazpacho- A cold soup, tomato broth with diced mixed vegetables.

Mexican Corn- Chicken broth with pureed roasted poblano chiles and corn, garnished with jack cheese

Mexican Chicken Noodle- Chicken Broth with vegetables and fine egg noodles garnished with avocado, mint and lime

Mexican Lentil- lentil beans in chicken stock with tomato, onions jalapeno green chilies and cilantro.

Minguichi- Chicken stock with pureed roasted tomatoes, diced roasted poblano chilies, and corn, garnished with jack cheese

Potato leek- Sautéed leeks and potatoes in chicken stock garnished with red chile and lime.

Pozole Blanco- Chicken and pork stock with white hominy, garnished with cabbage, avocado, radish and lime

Tortilla Lime- chicken Stock with sautéed onions , chilies and tomatoes with fresh lime juice garnished with fried tortilla strips

Tortilla Oaxaquena- chicken stock with pureed onions garlic and tomatoes Chipotle adobado garnished with queso fresco and lime.

White Bean-  white beans in ham stock with onions, garlic tomatoes, calavasa and chorizo

Zesty Spinach- sautéed onions, carrots, and celery pureed in chicken stock with chopped fresh spinach. Garnished with hardboiled egg and toasted sesame seeds

SPECIAL APPETIZERS

Crabmeat Stuffed Mushrooms with Cream Chipotle-
Blue crabmeat, vegetable mirepoix and cream chipotle sauce filled mushroom caps garnished with Monterey Jack cheese and baked

Tuna Ceviche- Raw tuna marinated in lime  juice with tomatoes, onions, Serrano chile and cilantro.

SPECIALS

Achiote Grouper- Fillet of fresh grouper marinated in recado rojo (Achiote, herbs and spices) wrapped in a banana leaf with sautéed onions and peppers then grilled.

Albondiga en Chipotle Quemado- Meatballs made of ground pork and beef with rice, onions and zucchini. Served in a sauce of charred chipotles and roasted tomatoes.

Asparagus Enchiladas with Green Chile- Asparagus sautéed with garlic and butter topped with jack cheese wrapped in lightly fried corn tortillas topped with classic green chile sauce and baked

Birria- Slow cooked chile marinated lamb served in broth topped with green onions cilantro. Served with corn tortillas and lime.

Bistec Picado- Diced striploin steak sautéed with poblano chilies, onions, garlic and tomatoes. Served with rice beans and flour tortillas.

Bistec Ranchero- Grilled palomilla (sirloin) steak topped with a ranchero sauce of roasted tomatoes chilies and bacon.

Carnitas- Seasoned fried pork chunks on a bed of sautéed onions served with guacamole, pico de gallo, beans and rice.

Chayote Rellenos- Chayote squash stuffed with queso fresco, dipped in an egg foam batter and fried. Topped with a roasted spicy tomato sauce

Chicken Achiote Tamales- Chicken, Achiote, tomato, potato, green pepper and mint encased in home made tamale dough wrapped in a banana leaf of cornhusk and steamed.

Chicken Mole Coloradito-  Classic Oaxaquena chile Colorado (too many ingredients to list) cooked with chicken.

Chicken Mole Enchiladas- chicken wrapped in lightly fried corn tortillas topped with classic mole coloradito and baked.

Chicken Pipian Verde- One of Oaxaca 's seven moles, Sautéed chicken breast topped with a sauce of ground pumpkin seeds, tomatillos herbs and spices.

Chile Colorado- Chunks of beef with potatoes and onions smothered in red chile gravy. Served with rice beans and flour tortillas.

Chintestle Marinated Grilled Chicken-  Chintestle is paste of smoked pasilla chilies garlic and salt . The chicken is marinated then grilled served on a bed of sautéed onions, with rice and beans guacamole and pico de gallo as condiments.

Grilled Dolphin- Grilled fillet of fresh dolphin (mahi mahi) topped with cilantro garlic sauce.

Grilled Tuna with Toasted Chile Sauce- Grilled tuna steak topped with a sauce consisting of fine sliced chilies, (ancho, pasilla, cascabel, chipotle) garlic, lime and cilantro.

Grilled Tuna with Cilantro Garlic Sauce-  Grilled Black fin tuna topped with our special cilantro butter garlic sauce.

Grilled Rack of Lamb with drunken chile sauce- Rib chops topped with a sauce of pasilla chilies, tequila, beer, sour orange and honey.

Lobster with Cream Chipotle Sauce- Sautéed lobster smothered in a cream chipotle sauce, Served on a bed of zucchini with rice beans and tortillas.

Masa Encrusted Dolphin with Mango Pico de Gallo - Fresh dolphin breaded with masa flour and fried topped with mango pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans

Masa Encrusted Grouper with Mango Pico de Gallo- Fresh grouper fillet breaded with masa flour and fried. Topped with mango pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.

Pork Adobado Tacos- Thin sliced pork loin marinated in adobado. Sautéed and served with onions, lime lettuce tomato and queso fresco.

Shrimp with Creamed Chipotle Sauce- Sautéed shrimp smothered in a cream chipotle sauce, Served on a bed of zucchini with rice beans and tortillas.

Shrimp with Roasted Tomato chipotle sauce- Sautéed shrimp smothered in a roasted tomato chipotle sauce, served on a bed of zucchini with rice, beans and tortillas.

Snapper Veracruz - Sautéed Yellowtail snapper topped with salsa veracruzana( Sautéed tomatoes, onions, garlic, capers,  green olives and chilies)

Sopa de Marisco- A spicy seafood soup with fresh dolphin, shrimp and crabmeat. Served with corn tortillas and lime.

Stone Crab Enchiladas- Fresh stone crab in lightly fried corn tortillas seasoned with a little cilantro garlic,  jack cheese, rolled and topped with our red chile enchilada sauce . Served with rice and beans

Stone Crab Chilpachole- Spicy stone crab soup. Picked stone crab claws in broth with pureed roasted tomatoes, onions, and garlic and chipotle chile garnished with green onion and epazoteServed with lime and corn tortillas.

Steak Tacos- Petite cut New York Strip steak grilled to perfection, sliced, served on 2 lightly fried corn tortillas. Shredded lettuce, tomato, queso fresco, pickled onions and guacamole served as condiments.

Tamales Chicken Verde- Homemade masa in the classic style. Filled with shredded chicken and verde sauce wrapped in a cornhusk and steamed.

Tamales Pork With Red Chile- Homemade masa in the classic style. Filled with shredded pork and red chile sauce. Wrapped in a cornhusk and steamed.

Tamales Pork with Roasted Tomato Jalapeno sauce- Homemade Masa in the classic style. Filled with shredded pork and roasted tomato jalapeno sauce and steamed.

Yucatecan Style Grilled Pork Chops- 2 pork chops marinated in recado rojo (achiote, garlic, herbs, lime). Grilled to order served with rice beans and tortillas. Garnished with sliced raw onion and lime.

Yucatecan Style spare ribs- St. Louis cut pork ribs marinated in recado rojo (achiote, garlic, herbs, lime). Grilled to order, topped with an orange achiote glaze. Available by the ½ rack or Full rack.

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Chico's Cantina
A Key West Mexican Restaurant
5230 U.S. 1
Stock Island, FL 33040
(305) 296-4714