ESSENTIALS KITCHEN Online Ordering Menu

2731 FM 1463 # 800
KATY, TX 77494

11:30 AM - 8:00 PM

97% of 70 customers recommended

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APPETIZERS

Home Made Chips Appetizer

Plantain chips, Essential cilantro sauce

Essentials Poutine Appetizer

French fries and slow-braised pork, cotija cheese, pico de gallo, jalapeño, avocado, gravy

Croquetas de Yuca Appetizer

Cheese and yuca fritters stuffed with goat cheese with Essentials cilantro sauce

Tequeños Appetizer

Fried cheese sticks wrapped in dough

Essentials Cilantro Sauce Appetizer

3 Fried Arepitas stuffed with chicken, avocado and cilantro sauce salad

Sampler Platter

Arepitas Texas my Way and Opera Tostones Katy, Novaterra and Eccoqui 3 tequeños 3 croquetas de yuca

Crab croquetas, arugula, grapes, almonds, honey vinaigrette, topped with chipotle aioli

Thinly sliced beef tenderloin, arugula, pine nuts, manchego cheese, Italian salsa verde aioli.

SOUP and SALADS

Chicken chowder, corn, potato, cilantro, fried cheese arepita

Essentials Salad

Grilled salmon, chopped kale, mango, avocado, almonds, honey vinaigrette

Grilled chicken and quinoa salad. arugula, crispy bacon, hardboiled egg, avocado, cotija cheese, grape tomatoes, honey mustard vinagrette

Tomato and Smoked Gouda Bisque. Tequeño

MAIN DISH

Slow-braised pork leg, guava BBQ sauce, coleslaw

Braised brisket stew, cotija cheese, arugula, Essentials cilantro sauce

Coconut chipotle chicken, coleslaw, jack cheese

Tenderloin, chimichurri, pico de gallo

Fried sweet plantain, queso fresco, avocado crema, Essentials cilantro sauce

Shrimp, avocado, mango, arugula, chipotle aioli

Slow-braised pork, oregano mojo, white cheese, avocado salsa criolla

PASTAS

Gamberetti Pasta

Shell pasta, shrimp, bacon, red grapes, alfredo sauce

Salsiccia Pasta

Argentinean sausage, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, basil pesto sauce

Conchiglie Balsamico Pasta

Shell pasta, sauteed chicken, asparagus, balsamic cream sauce

Rigatoni Bolognese

Ground beef, carrots, celery, onions, and tomato stew

Rigatoni al Telefono

Tomato and cream sauce, asparagus, mozzarella and basil. Add Chicken, Salmon, Lomito extra charge.

Spaghetti allo Scoglio

Shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, lightly spicy tomato sauce.

CEVICHE

Served with Quinoa, Choclo, edamame, sweet potato mousse, avocado and plantain chips

Ceviche de Camarones

Shrimp and Passion Fruit

Shrimp, Mussels, Catch of the Day, Fresh Lime

Ceviche de Pescado

Catch of the Day, Fresh Lime

EMPANADAS

Beef, golden raisins, olives, hard-boiled eggs

Manchego Empanadas

Spinach, dates, manchego

Chicken Empanadas

Chicken stew, jack cheese

KIDS MENU

Kid Pasta Tomato Sauce

Kid Pasta Alfredo

Kid Chicken Quesadilla

Essentials Fries

Kid Grilled Salmon

Kid Grilled Chicken

Arepa Con Queso

Chicken Nuggets

DRINKS

Green Tea Strawberry & Basil

Green Tea Mango & Fruit

Pellegrino Water

Pasion Fruit Juice

Papelon con Limon

Pellegrino Grande

Desserts

Passion Fruit Dessert

CACHAPA

Cachapa con Queso

SPECIALS

Paella Essentials

Shrimp, bay scallops, calamari, chicken and chorizo.

Risotto Special

Cauliflower Paella

Shrimp, bacon, asparagus, aglio olio sauce

Roasted Pork, wild rice, black beans, sweet plantain

Sea bass, buttered baby potatoes, asparagus, puttanesca sauce

Shredded beef stew, corn and bacon risotto, black beans, sweet plantains.

Picanha, blood sausage, Argentinean sausage, grilled baby potatoes with chimichurri, kale Caesar salad.

Grilled Rib Eye

Available sides: 1) fried yuca succotash, 2) mushroom risotto, 3) grilled baby potatoes with chimichurri.

Black Fideua or Paella... shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, chorizo, chistorra, sea bass

Fideua Essentials

Arroz con Pollo

Yellow rice, chicken, chorizo, andouille sausage, garbanzo, peas, carrots, sunny side up eggs, sweet plantain.

EXTRAS

Extra Camarones

Side Kale Salad

Essentials Sauce Cilantro

Platanos Con Queso

Essential Sauce Chipotle

Bread with Butter

Cerveza

WINE

Rioja Martinez Alesanco

Pinot Grigio Le Casette

Glass Pinot Grigio

Malbec Alpasion

Sauvignon Blanc TOA

Cabernet Alpasion

Glass Cabernet Sauvignon

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