El Jimador Mexican Grill Menu (2025 Update)

Welcome to El Jimador Mexican Grill, a culinary gem located at 121 Homer Rd, Minden, LA. Renowned for its inviting atmosphere and delightful flavors, El Jimador offers a menu that celebrates traditional Mexican cuisine with a modern twist.

The highlights of the menu include the Ranchero Specials, featuring the delectable Ranchero Desoto, which combines grilled chicken, bacon, shrimp, and steak for only US$15.50. Seafood lovers will appreciate the Ranchero Seafood dish, filled with scallops, shrimp, and crab, also priced at US$15.50. Vegetarians are not left out, with the Ranchero Vegetariano delighting with a colorful assortment of fresh vegetables for just US$11.99.

The quesadilla selection, such as the Quesadilla Jimador, provides a comforting palate of grilled chicken and bacon enveloped in a warm flour tortilla. Add to that the Street Tacos served with your choice of meats, and you'll find yourself in a Mexican food paradise.

Chimichangas

Chimichanga

A stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, deep-fried to a crispy golden glaze and covered with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.

US$12.50

Chimichanga Balboa

Stuffed flour tortilla with steak, grilled chicken, and shrimp, deep-fried to a golden brown and topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.

US$13.99

Shrimp Chimichanga

A flour tortilla loaded with grilled shrimp, onion, bell pepper, and tomato, deep-fried to a crispy golden glaze and covered in cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.

US$13.99

Guacamole Mexicano

US$9.99

Featured Item

Appetizers

Nachos With Beef

US$8.00

Quesadilla (Single)

Chicken, beef, or mushrooms.

US$5.00

Nachos With Chicken

US$8.00

Quesadilla Cheese

US$3.50

Quesadilla (Double)

Chicken, beef, or mushrooms.

US$9.00

Surf & Turf Dip

A delicious dish of grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp, smothered in melted cheese and tortillas.

US$10.99

Nachos With Beans

US$7.00

Guacamole

US$8.00

Bean Dip

US$6.75

Nachos With Beef & Beans

US$8.00

Cheese Dip

Substitution cheese dip for salsa for an additional charge.

US$8.00

Sampler

Beef nachos, beef enchiladas, chicken quesadilla, chicken taquito, and guacamole salad.

US$12.50

Nachos With Cheese

US$7.50

Tortilla Soup

Our special house recipe tortilla soup stocked with rice, avocado, and pico de gallo.

US$7.99

Shrimp Soup

Delicious house soup with boiled shrimp, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo.

US$7.50

Chicken Soup

Chicken broth loaded with shredded chicken, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo.

US$7.99

Vegetarian Soup

Delicious house soup with rice, avocado, pico de gallo, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and squash.

US$7.99

Soups

A la Carte

Enchiladas

Chicken, beef, or cheese.

US$2.49

Tamale

US$4.00

Chimichanga

Chicken, beef, shrimp, or steak for an additional charge.

US$7.99

Soft Taco Fajita Meat

US$4.00

Burrito

Beans, chicken, or beef for an additional charge.

US$6.85

Soft Taco

US$2.25

Tostaguac

A flat crispy corn tortilla covered with beef, beans, lettuce, cheese, sliced tomatoes, and guacamole. served with rice and beans.

US$4.50

Tostada

Beef.

US$4.50

Taco

Chicken or beef.

US$1.99

Chile Poblano Pepper

US$5.85

Nachos Monterrey

Cheese nachos with grilled chicken, beans, and along with pico de gallo.

US$13.99

Nachos Michoacan

New. Cheese nachos topped with beans, grilled chicken, steak, and bacon.

US$14.99

Nachos Jimador

Cheese nachos with ground beef and shredded chicken and beans, covered with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

US$12.99

Nachos Mexicanos

Cheese nachos made with your choice of grilled chicken or steak with sauteed onion and bell pepper.

US$14.99

Nachos (Mexican Grill)

Vegetarian

D. One Bean Burrito. Quesadilla & Chalupa

US$9.99

G. Vegetarian Quesadilla

A grilled jumbo flour tortilla, filled with cheese, mushroom, and spinach. Served with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and squash.

US$9.99

B. Two Bean Burritos

With cheese sauce.

US$9.99

H. Nachos Vegetarianos

Cooked grilled onion, tomato, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Served with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, squash, and pico de gallo.

US$9.99

A. One Chalupa, One Cheese Enchilada

Served with beans.

US$9.99

F. Vegetarian Fajitas

Cooked onion, tomato, bell pepper, and mushroom. Served with broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, and squash.

US$12.99

E. One Poblano Pepper Stuffed With Cheese & One Bean Burrito

Served with rice and beans.

US$9.99

Jimador Steak

12 oz. rib-eye steak covered with cheese sauce.

US$20.99

Carne Asada Plate

Grilled skirt steak to the original mexican way, with sauteed onion. One cheese enchilada covered with red sauce. Served with beans, rice, guacamole, salad, and tortillas.

US$18.99

El Valle Especial

6 oz. grilled chicken breast and 6 oz. skirt steak. One cheese enchilada covered with red sauce. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, salsa, and tortillas.

US$18.99

Steak Mexicano

12 oz. rib-eye steak topped with sauteed onion, bell pepper, and tomato.

US$20.99

Desoto Steak

12 oz. rib eye steak cooked with bacon, mushroom, onions, and covered with cheese sauce.

US$21.99

Steak & Shrimp

Grilled 12 oz. rib-eye and shrimp with sauteed onion, pepper, and tomato.

US$26.50

Steaks

Ranchero Specials

Ranchero Shrimp

Grilled shrimp.

US$15.50

Ranchero

Chicken, steak, or mix for an additional charge.

US$13.99

Ranchero Vegetariano

Grilled mushrooms, spinach, bell pepper, tomato, onion, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, and squash.

US$11.99

Ranchero Desoto

Grilled chicken, bacon, shrimp, and steak.

US$15.50

Ranchero Seafood

Grilled scallops, shrimp, and crab.

US$15.50

Ranchero Jalisco

Grilled shrimp, steak, and chicken.

US$15.50

Fiesta Salad

Grilled chicken, topped with shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and bell pepper.

US$10.99

Taco Salad

A crispy flour tortilla bowl of lettuce, tomato, beans, guacamole, and sour cream with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken.

US$10.50

Tossed Salad

A bed of lettuce, topped with tomato and shredded cheese and dressing.

US$4.99

Fajita Taco Salad

Your choice of steak, grilled chicken, or mixed with bell pepper, onion, tomato, beans, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.

US$12.99

Shrimp Taco Salad

A crispy flour tortilla bowl of bell pepper, onion, tomato, lettuce, shredded cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and mouthwatering grilled shrimp.

US$12.99

Guacamole Salad

A bed of lettuce, topped with tomato and shredded cheese with fresh homemade guacamole.

US$6.25

Seafood Salad

Lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado, topped with crab, scallops and shrimp, and shredded cheese.

US$12.50

Ensaladas / Salads

Pollo / Chicken

Pollo Adobado

Tender grilled strips of chicken in a creamy cheese sauce and spinach.

US$15.99

Quails

New. Two dip fried quails served on a bed of grilled bell peppers and onions.

US$14.99

Pollo Tapatio

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast topped with bacon, mushrooms, and cheese sauce.

US$16.99

Pollo Mexicano

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast with sauteed onion and bell pepper.

US$14.99

Pollo El Jimador

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast covered with cheese sauce.

US$14.99

Pollo Chihuahua

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast and sliced ham covered in cheese sauce.

US$14.99

Pollo Desoto

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast and chorizo, with sauteed mushroom, onion, and cheese.

US$16.99

Pollo Y Camaron

12 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast and shrimp with sauteed onion, bell pepper, and tomato covered with cheese sauce.

US$18.99

Quesadilla Rellena

A flour tortilla with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken with beans. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and rice.

US$10.99

Fajita Quesadilla

A flour tortilla with melted cheese and your choice of steak, grilled chicken, shrimp, or mix, with beans, sauteed onion, and bell pepper. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and rice.

US$12.99

Quesadilla Jimador

New. A flour tortilla with melted cheese, grilled chicken, and bacon. Served with rice and beans.

US$11.99

Quesadillas (Mexican Grill)

Fajitas

Desoto's Fajitas

Grilled chicken, steak, bacon, and shrimp.

US$20.99

Jalisco's Fajitas

Grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp.

US$20.99

Chicken & Shrimp Fajitas

Grilled chicken and shrimp.

US$19.99

Fajitas (Grilled Chicken)

US$16.99

Shrimp Fajitas

Grilled shrimp.

US$22.00

El Jimador's Parrillada

Strips of grilled chicken, pork, steak strips, shrimp, and chorizo.

US$35.99

Fajitas (Steak)

US$19.99

Mix Fajitas (Steak & Grilled Chicken)

US$19.99

Churros

US$6.99

Chimichanga Cheesecake

US$6.99

Flan

Traditional Mexico city style, cream caramel.

US$5.00

Fried Ice Cream

Scoop of ice cream with sugar, corn flakes, cinnamon, covered with whipped cream, strawberry, chocolate topping, and cherry on top.

US$5.99

Sopapilla

A flour tortilla deep-fried to a golden brown and topped with honey, butter, and cinnamon. Served with a scoop of ice cream.

US$6.00

Desserts

Enchiladas

Enchilada Supremas

Four corn tortillas: beef, chicken, cheese, and beans, covered with enchilada sauce, tomato, and sour cream.

US$12.50

Enchiladas Rancheras

Three cheese enchiladas topped with shredded beef, cooked tomato, onion, and bell pepper all covered in enchilada sauce. Served with a guacamole salad and rice.

US$12.50

Green Enchiladas

Three enchiladas: cheese, chicken, and beef, covered in both green sauce. Served with rice and beans.

US$12.50

Enchiladas Tipicas

Three cheese enchiladas topped with grilled chicken or steak, covered with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and rice.

US$12.99

Enchiladas Mexicanas

Three enchiladas: one beef with enchilada sauce, one cheese covered in cheese sauce, and one chicken covered in green sauce. Served with rice and beans.

US$12.50

Yolandas

Three chicken or beef enchiladas covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice.

US$12.50

Ranchero Vegetariano

Grilled mushrooms and spinach.

US$9.99

Ranchero

Chicken, steak, or mix for an additional charge.

US$10.99

Ranchero Seafood

Grilled scallops, shrimp, and crab meat.

US$12.99

Ranchero Shrimp

Grilled shrimp.

US$12.99

Ranchero Jalisco

Grilled shrimp, chicken, and steak.

US$12.99

Ranchero Desoto

Grilled chicken, bacon, shrimp, and steak.

US$12.99

Ranchero Specials (Lunch)

Seafood

Shrimp Nachos

Cheese nachos topped with grilled shrimp, covered with sauteed onion and bell pepper.

US$14.50

Fish Tacos (3)

Grilled tilapia soft tacos, served with white rice, lettuce, guacamole, and tomato.

US$13.50

Seafood Nachos

Cheese nachos topped with grilled shrimp, scallops, and crab, covered with sauteed onion and bell pepper.

US$14.50

Seafood Enchiladas

Three cheese enchiladas topped with shrimp, scallops, and crab meat covered in cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and white rice.

US$14.25

Seafood Fajitas

Shrimp, scallop, crab meat with onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with flour tortillas, beans, and white rice.

US$36.50

Salmon

Seasoned grilled salmon, served with white rice and sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and squash.

US$14.99

Camarones A La Diabla

Shrimp with dry chile spicy.

US$15.75

Shrimp Cocktail

Shrimp in a special cocktail sauce mixed with onion, tomato, cilantro, and avocado.

US$14.00

Tilapia Fillet

Grilled tilapia fillet, covered with tomato, onion, and bell pepper. Served with a guacamole salad and white rice.

US$14.50

Camarones Al Ajillo

Grilled shrimp with chopped garlic and melted butter. Served with white rice, lettuce, slices of fresh avocado, onion, and tomato.

US$15.75

Burrito De Carnitas

A flour tortilla loaded with pork tips covered with cheese sauce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

US$10.99

Burrito El Jimador

A large flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken covered with red sauce lettuce tomatoes, sour cream, and shredded cheese. Served with rice and beans.

US$11.99

Burrito Barcelona

One chicken burrito and one chicken enchilada covered with red sauce. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.

US$11.99

Burrito Mexicano

A flour tortilla stuffed with shredded beef or chicken, covered with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.

US$10.50

Burrito Los Lagos

One jumbo flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken covered with cheese sauce.

US$12.99

Burrito Cortez

One jumbo flour tortilla wrapped around marinated strips of steak or grilled chicken, covered in cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

US$14.99

Burrito Balboa

One jumbo flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of marinated strips of steak or grilled chicken covered with cheese sauce.

US$14.99

Burrito Reyes

Two flour tortillas filled with your choice of steak or grilled chicken, covered with both green and cheese sauce. Served with rice.

US$14.99

Burritos

Street Tacos

Soft Tacos (Order Of 3)

Soft corn or flour tortilla. Served with onion, cilantro, red, and green salsa on the side. Choice of steak and chorizo or mix, barbacoa, carnitas, chicken (recommended corn tortilla), shrimp, or tilapia (recommended flour tortilla).

US$12.99

Coffee

US$2.75

Iced Tea

US$2.75

Soft Drinks

Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Dr Pepper, Orange Fanta, or Pink Lemonade.

US$2.75

Milk

US$2.75

Drinks

Child's Plates

6. Child's Pollo El Jimador

4 oz. grilled boneless chicken breast covered with cheese sauce.

US$6.99

2. Burrito

Covered with red sauce, served with rice and beans.

US$4.99

1. Enchilada

Covered in red sauce, served with rice and beans.

US$4.99

8. Chicken Strips

With French fries.

US$5.99

4. Nachos

Covered in cheese with ground beef or shredded chicken.

US$4.99

5. One Taco

Hard or soft taco, served with rice and beans.

US$4.99

7. Cheeseburger

With lettuce, tomatoes, and French fries.

US$5.99

3. Cheese Quesadilla

Served with rice and beans.

US$4.99

Molcajete Jimador (For Two)

Grilled chicken strips, steak, shrimp, bell pepper, onion, and tomato, covered with tomatillo salsa and cheese sauce, presented in an authentic mexican stone bowl. Served with a guacamole salad, flour tortillas, rice, and beans.

US$26.99

Tamales El Jimador

Three beef tamales covered with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and rice.

US$12.99

Chile Verde

Choice of chicken, beef chunks, or pork tips with green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

US$13.50

Taquitos Mexicanos

Three deep-fried corn tortillas loaded with shredded beef or shredded chicken. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomato, rice, and beans.

US$11.99

Carnitas Plate

Tender pork tips with guacamole salad, tortillas, rice, and beans.

US$11.99

Chile Poblano Pepper Dinner

Two green poblano peppers stuffed with cheese, lightly battered, and deep-fried, covered with traditional red sauce. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.

US$12.99

Chile Colorado

Choice of chicken, beef chunks, or pork tips with red chile sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

US$13.50

Hamburger Dinner

Cheeseburger grilled over an open fire with tomato, onion, and lettuce. Served with French fries.

US$9.99

Milanesa

Choice of 10 oz thin sliced steak or chicken breaded on deep-fried served with rice, beans, and garnished with lettuce, avocado, tomato, sour cream, and tortillas.

US$15.75

Specialties

Combination Dinners

5. One Beef Enchilada, One Taco

Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$11.99

10. One Enchilada, One Beef Burrito & One Chile Poblano Relleno

US$11.99

8. Two Beef Tacos

Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$11.99

12. One Burrito, One Enchilada

US$11.99

6. One Enchilada, One Chile Poblano Relleno

Rice and refried beans.

US$11.99

18. Building Your Own Combo

With your choice of 4 items.

US$11.99

13. One Chile Poblano Relleno, One Taco

US$11.99

1. One Taco, Two Enchiladas

Mexican rice.

US$11.99

16. One Chile Poblano Relleno, One Beef Burrito

US$11.99

7. One Enchilada, One Tamale

Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$11.99

11. One Beef Burrito, One Enchilada & One Chalupa

US$11.99

15. One Taco, One Beef Burrito

US$11.99

14. One Burrito, One Chile Poblano Relleno & One Taco

US$11.99

2. One Enchilada, One Taco & Chile Poblano Relleno

US$11.99

3. Two Tacos, One Enchilada & One Chile With Beef & Cheese

US$11.99

4. Two Beef Enchiladas

Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$11.99

9. One Beef Burrito, One Taco & One Enchilada

US$11.99

17. 1 Beef Burrito, 1 Chicken Quesadilla

A choice of rice or beans.

US$11.99

Sour Cream

US$0.99

Grated Cheese

US$1.99

Guacamole

US$9.51

Cheese Dip

Substitution cheese dip for salsa for an additional charge.

US$4.50

French Fries

US$1.99

Tortillas (3)

US$1.99

Pico De Gallo

US$1.75

Jalapenos

US$1.59

Mexican Rice

US$2.25

Large Salsa To-Go

US$4.50

Refried Beans

US$2.25

Side Orders

Special Lunch

Special Lunch No. 4

One beef burrito, one beef taco, and rice.

US$7.75

Special Lunch No. 3

One bean burrito, one cheese enchilada, and rice.

US$7.75

Special Lunch No. 5

One chicken quesadilla, one beef enchilada, and rice.

US$7.75

Special Lunch No. 1

One chile poblano, one crunchy taco, beans, and a guacamole salad.

US$7.75

Special Lunch No. 2

One burrito, rice, and beans.

US$7.75

Burrito El Jimador

A large flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken, covered with red sauce lettuce tomatoes, sour cream, and shredded cheese. Served rice and beans.

US$9.99

Speedy Gonzalez

One crunchy taco, one enchilada covered in red sauce, and your choice of rice or beans.

US$8.99

Taco Salad

A crispy flour tortilla bowl with ground beef or shredded chicken, lettuce, tomato, and shredded cheese with sour cream, covered in cheese sauce, and guacamole.

US$9.99

Taquitos Mexicanos

Two deep-fried corn tortillas loaded with shredded beef or shredded chicken. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomato, rice, and bean.

US$8.99

Huevos Con Chorizo

Two grilled eggs topped with mexican sausage, served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.

US$8.99

Chimichanga

A stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, deep-fried to a crispy golden glaze and covered with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.

US$9.99

Taco Salad Fajita

A crispy flour tortilla with your choice of strips of marinated chicken, beef skirt, or mix. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole.

US$11.99

Tostaguac

A flat crispy corn tortilla covered with beef, beans, lettuce, cheese, sliced tomatoes, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.

US$7.99

Tamale (1)

Two tender beef wrapped in a soft corn husk covered with seasoned ground beef and mild sauce. Served with rice and beans.

US$7.99

Quesadilla Jimador

A flour tortilla with melted cheese and your choice of grilled steak or grilled chicken. Served with rice and beans.

US$11.99

Chile Poblano Relleno (1)

Two poblano pepper stuffed with monterrey jack cheese, lightly battered and deep-fried, covered in red sauce. Served with rice and beans and tortillas.

US$8.99

Nachos Mexicanos

Cheese nachos made with your choice of grilled chicken or steak with sauteed onion and bell pepper.

US$12.99

Quesadilla

A flour tortilla with melted cheese and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with rice and beans.

US$9.50

Chilaquiles Mexicanos

A corn tortilla stuffed with shredded chicken and covered with special sauce. Served with guacamole salad and rice.

US$9.99

Enchilada (2)

Two ground beef or shredded chicken rolled in a soft corn tortilla, covered with enchilada sauce and shredded cheese. Served with rice and beans.

US$8.99

Pollo Jimador

Lunch portion of one of our popular "pollo" dinner entrees: pollo jimador, pollo mexicano, or pollo chihuahua. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, flour tortillas, rice, and beans.

US$12.99

Fajitas

Grilled chicken, steak, or mix with sauteed onion and bell pepper. Serve with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, flour tortillas, rice, and beans.

US$12.99

Taco (2)

Two crispy taco stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken, lettuce, and shredded cheese. Served with rice and beans.

US$8.99

Lunch