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ESSENTIALS KITCHEN
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2731 FM 1463 # 800
KATY, TX 77494
(832) 437-4305
11:30 AM - 8:00 PM
96% of 80 customers recommended
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APPETIZERS
Home Made Chips Appetizer
Plantain chips, Essential cilantro sauce
$7.00
Essentials Poutine Appetizer
French fries and slow-braised pork, cotija cheese, pico de gallo, jalapeño, avocado, gravy
$13.00
Croquetas de Yuca Appetizer
Cheese and yuca fritters stuffed with goat cheese with Essentials cilantro sauce
$6.00
Tequeños Appetizer
Fried cheese sticks wrapped in dough
$7.00
Essentials Cilantro Sauce Appetizer
$7.00
Bread
$2.50
Arepita Frita
3 Fried Arepitas stuffed with chicken, avocado and cilantro sauce salad
$9.00
Sampler Platter
Arepitas Texas my Way and Opera Tostones Katy, Novaterra and Eccoqui 3 tequeños 3 croquetas de yuca
$20.00
Crab Cake
Crab croquetas, arugula, grapes, almonds, honey vinaigrette, topped with chipotle aioli
$16.00
Carpaccio
Thinly sliced beef tenderloin, arugula, pine nuts, manchego cheese, Italian salsa verde aioli.
$12.00
Sausage Duo
$12.00
Camarones Lucila
$12.00
Croquetas de Paeiia
$9.00
SOUP and SALADS
Chupe de Pollo
Chicken chowder, corn, potato, cilantro, fried cheese arepita
$7.00
Essentials Salad
Grilled salmon, chopped kale, mango, avocado, almonds, honey vinaigrette
$14.00
Bice Salad
Grilled chicken and quinoa salad. arugula, crispy bacon, hardboiled egg, avocado, cotija cheese, grape tomatoes, honey mustard vinagrette
$14.00
Sopa de Tomate
Tomato and Smoked Gouda Bisque. Tequeño
$7.00
Mediterra
$16.00
Chupe de Camarones
$12.00
MAIN DISH
Katy
Slow-braised pork leg, guava BBQ sauce, coleslaw
$14.00+
Texas my Way
Braised brisket stew, cotija cheese, arugula, Essentials cilantro sauce
$15.00+
Novaterra
Coconut chipotle chicken, coleslaw, jack cheese
$11.00+
Lomito
Tenderloin, chimichurri, pico de gallo
$15.00+
Opera
Fried sweet plantain, queso fresco, avocado crema, Essentials cilantro sauce
$11.00+
L'Express
Shrimp, avocado, mango, arugula, chipotle aioli
$15.00+
Eccoqui
Slow-braised pork, oregano mojo, white cheese, avocado salsa criolla
$13.00+
Toky Paty
$14.00+
PASTAS
Gamberetti Pasta
Shell pasta, shrimp, bacon, red grapes, alfredo sauce
$17.00+
Salsiccia Pasta
Argentinean sausage, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, basil pesto sauce
$18.00+
Conchiglie Balsamico Pasta
Shell pasta, sauteed chicken, asparagus, balsamic cream sauce
$15.00+
Rigatoni Bolognese
Ground beef, carrots, celery, onions, and tomato stew
$17.00+
Rigatoni al Telefono
Tomato and cream sauce, asparagus, mozzarella and basil. Add Chicken, Salmon, Lomito extra charge.
$14.00+
Spaghetti allo Scoglio
Shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, lightly spicy tomato sauce.
$21.00+
Pasta Tomato Sauce Adult
$12.00+
Pasta Alfredo Adult
$14.00+
CEVICHE
Served with Quinoa, Choclo, edamame, sweet potato mousse, avocado and plantain chips
Ceviche de Camarones
Shrimp and Passion Fruit
$12.00
Ceviche Mixto
Shrimp, Mussels, Catch of the Day, Fresh Lime
$13.00
Ceviche de Pescado
Catch of the Day, Fresh Lime
$11.00
EMPANADAS
Beef Empanadas
Beef, golden raisins, olives, hard-boiled eggs
$2.50
Manchego Empanadas
Spinach, dates, manchego
$2.50
Chicken Empanadas
Chicken stew, jack cheese
$2.50
KIDS MENU
Kid Pasta Tomato Sauce
$4.00
Kid Pasta Alfredo
$6.00
Kid Chicken Quesadilla
$6.00
Essentials Fries
$6.00
Kid Grilled Salmon
$9.00
Kid Grilled Chicken
$6.00
Arepa Con Queso
$8.00
Chicken Nuggets
$6.00
Kids Bolognese
$8.00
DRINKS
Green Tea Strawberry & Basil
$4.75
Green Tea Mango & Fruit
$4.75
Tizana
$5.25
Water
$1.50
Soda
$1.50
Pellegrino Water
$2.50
Coffee
$2.50
Cafe Late
$3.50
Cafe Americano
$2.50
Apple Juice
$2.50
Orange Juice
$2.50
Pasion Fruit Juice
$3.50
Hot Tea
$2.50
Ice Tea
$2.50
Papelon con Limon
$3.50
Lemonade
$2.50
Pellegrino Grande
$5.00
Kombucha Raw Lover
$5.00
Fruit Punch
$4.75
Arnold Palmer
$3.50
Desserts
Tres Leches
$8.00
Passion Fruit Dessert
$7.00
Chocolate Cake
$8.00
Tres Leches To Go
$9.00
Quesillo
$7.00
Brazo Jitano
$6.00
CACHAPA
Extra Sauce
$1.00
Cachapa con Queso
$9.00
Succotash
$7.00
SPECIALS
Paella Norah
Shrimp, bay scallops, calamari, chicken and chorizo.
$22.00
Risotto Champoñes
$22.00
Cauliflower Paella
$24.00
Pasta Special
Shrimp, bacon, asparagus, aglio olio sauce
$20.00
Steak Night
$28.00
Roasted Pork
Roasted Pork, wild rice, black beans, sweet plantain
$17.00
Grilled Fish
Sea bass, buttered baby potatoes, asparagus, puttanesca sauce
$25.00
Pabellon
Shredded beef stew, corn and bacon risotto, black beans, sweet plantains.
$18.00
Espetada
Picanha, blood sausage, Argentinean sausage, grilled baby potatoes with chimichurri, kale Caesar salad.
$68.00
Fideua Negro
Black Fideua or Paella... shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, chorizo, chistorra, sea bass
$24.00
Fideua Essentials
$22.00
Arroz con Pollo
Yellow rice, chicken, chorizo, andouille sausage, garbanzo, peas, carrots, sunny side up eggs, sweet plantain.
$17.00
Grilled Rib Eye
$36.00
Half Espetada
$35.00
Parrilla de Mariscos
$28.00
Lobster Special
$38.00
EXTRAS
Extra Chicken
$4.00
Bread
$2.50
Extra Lomito
$6.00
Extra Avocado
$1.25
Extra Cheese
$1.00
Extra Camarones
$6.00
Side Kale Salad
$4.00
Essentials Sauce Cilantro
$6.00
Platanos Con Queso
$3.50
Essential Sauce Chipotle
$6.00
Bread with Butter
$2.50
Lobster Tail
$20.00
Cork Fee Whisky
$20.00
Extra Salmon
$7.00
Half Queso de Mano
$4.00
Extra Brisket
$6.00
Wine Cork Fee
$15.00
Cerveza
Crawford Bock
$5.50
Summer Pill
$5.50
Michelob Ultra
$5.50
Love Street
$5.50
WINE
Rioja Valserrano
$38.00
Pinot Grigio Valdomino
$24.00
Malbec Alpasion
$35.00
Cabernet Alpasion
$33.00
Glass Cabernet Sauvignon
$9.00
Glass MALBEC Alpasion
$10.00
Prossecco Peninsola Brut
$30.00
El Tiempo Merlot
$35.00
Glass El Tiempo Merlot
$10.00
Sauvignon Blanc Glass
$8.00
Rioja Valserrano
$38.00
Cima Blended
$28.00
Foirellino Moscato
$39.00
Glass Fiollino Moscato
$12.00
Le Mesnil Champagne
$35.00
262 Sparkling Rose
$26.00
Moscato Fiorellino
$39.00
Glass Moscato
$12.00
Glass Astore Pinot Grigio
$9.00
Astore Pinot Grigio
$29.00
Domaine De La Croix
$38.00
Chateau Sainte Marie
$38.00
Glass Chateau Sainte Marie
$10.00
Tete a Tete Domaine de la Terre
$35.00
Glass Tete a Tete
$10.00
Domaine della Guillaman
$24.00
Glass Domaine della Guillaman
$7.00
Cabert Prosecco
$38.00
Pinot Grigio Adagio
$29.00
Glass Pinot Grigio Adagio
$9.00
Ferret Rose
$24.00
Glass Ferret Rose
$7.00
Glass Chateau Bordeau Blanc
$8.00
Chateau Bordeaux Blanc
$29.00
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