El Jacal Restaurante Mexicano Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to El Jacal Restaurante Mexicano, a hidden gem nestled in Sweetwater, TN, renowned for its vibrant and authentic Mexican fare. The menu is a delightful journey through traditional flavors, showcasing standout dishes like the Molcajete Steak, a savory blend of steak, shrimp, chicken, and chorizo served in a traditional stone bowl, oozing with melted cheese and accompanied by fresh tortillas. For a classic favorite, try the Chile Colorado Steak or the Carnitas Pork, both exquisitely paired with rice and beans.
Starters are equally mouthwatering, featuring Nachos with Cheese and Queso Fundido, which set the stage for a hearty meal. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, complemented by attentive service that leaves patrons eager to return. Diners rave about the generous portions and incredible flavors, consistently declaring El Jacal among the best Mexican spots in town.
Appetizers
Nachos with Cheese
Nachos with Cheese & Bean
Nachos with Chicken or Beef
Bean Dip
Cheese Dip
Small (4oz) 5.99 Large (8oz) 10.49
Guacamole Dip Small (4oz)
Mexican Guacamole
Queso Fundido
Mexican sausage & cheese dip.
Chicken Wings
5 pieces 8.99 10 pieces 13.99 20 pieces 23.99
Queso Dip El Jacal
Cheese, ground beef, pico.
Tossed Salad
Guacamole Salad
Grilled Chicken Salad
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla with rice chicken or beef, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
Grilled chicken or steak with bell peppers, tomatoes & onions in a crispy flour tortilla with rice melted cheese. Topped with lettuce, sour cream & pico de gallo.
Taco Salad Texano
Cooked shrimp, steak and chicken with onions, peppers and tomatoes in a crispy flour tortilla with rice. Covered with cheese dip. topped with lettuce, cheese, sour cream & pico de gallo.
Shrimp Taco Salad
Salads
Steaks
Steak 'El Jacal'
Your choice of t-bone steak or rib eye with shrimp, mushrooms onions, peppers, tomato. Served with rice & beans. Topped with cheese sauce.
Steak Miramar
Topped with cooked onions mushrooms, & cheese dip. Served with rice, beans & tortillas. Your choice of t-bone or rib eye.
Steak Ranchero
Smothered with ranchero sauce. Served with rice & beans. Your choice of t-bone or rib eye.
Molcajete
Steak, chicken, shrimp & chorizo with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes & cactus with melted cheese cooked with a special sauce. Served in a real molcajete with rice, beans, with grilled jalapeno & tortillas on the side.
Chile Colorado
Steak or grilled chicken cooked with red or green sauce. Served with rice, beans & tortillas.
Carne Asada
A tender steak served with grilled onions, rice & refried beans, with with grilled jalapeno & tortillas.
Carnitas
Pork with rice, beans, grilled onions, and grilled jalapeno.
Enchiladas Supremas
Four enchiladas (1 beef, 1 chicken, 1 cheese, & 1 bean) topped with enchilada sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.
Enchiladas Suizas
Two chicken or ground beef enchiladas, topped with spinach sauce, lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Deluxe
Two grilled steak or chicken enchiladas, served with rice & beans, topped with shrimp & cheese dip on top.
Enchiladas LCV
Three cheese enchiladas, topped with shrimp, crabmeat, onion, tomato & cheese dip, served with your choice of rice or beans.
Enchiladas Verdes/ Rojas
Three beef or chicken enchiladas topped with green sauce or red sauce. Served with guacamole salad & rice.
Enchiladas Degollado
3 grilled chicken enchiladas, topped with spinach sauce, sour cream & pico de gallo. Served with rice.
Enchiladas
Quesadilla
Quesadilla Texana
10' grilled quesadilla with grilled chicken, steak & shrimp.
Quesadilla Rellena
Chicken or beef quesadilla.
Quesadilla Yola
A 10'' tortilla filled with melted cheese, grilled spinach & mushrooms.
Fajita Quesadilla
A 10'' grill steak or chicken fajita with onions, bell peppers & tomatoes.
Shrimp Quesadilla
A 10'' flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp, cheese, onions, bell pepper & tomatoes.
La Casa Vieja Quesadilla
A 10'' tortilla stuffed with cheese, shrimp, spinach, mushrooms & onions.
Quesadilla Josefina
A 10'' tortilla with grilled chicken, spinach, mushrooms.
Pizza Mexicana
Two layers of flour tortillas grilled and stuffed with grilled shrimp, steak, chorizo, chicken, cheese, beans, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Chimichanga
A flour tortilla deep fried and filled shredded chicken or beef topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Trio Chimichanga
Three flour tortillas deep-fried, one filled with chicken, one filled with beef and one filled with shrimp, topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Grande Chimichanga
One large flour tortilla deep-fried and filled with steak or grilled chicken topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Chimichanga Grande Shrimp
Chimichangas
Burritos
Burrito De Carne Asada
A 10'' flour tortilla stuffed with steak & onions with cheese dip on top. Served with rice & beans lettuce, sour cream & tomatoes.
Burrito Degollado
10'' burrito stuffed with steak, chicken & shrimp covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice & beans.
Burrito Fajitas
A 10'' tortilla filled with steak or chicken with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, served with rice, beans & topped with cheese dip.
Burrito Especial
Chicken or beef burrito with red sauce. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes. Served with rice & beans.
Burrito Deluxe
Two burritos; 1 chicken & beans & 1 ground beef & beans. Topped with red sauce, tomatoes, lettuce, shredded cheese & sour cream.
Burrito Supremo
A 10'' tortilla filled with chicken or ground beef, rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream & cheese dip on top.
Burrito Jalisco
Carnitas, red sauce, cheese sauce and green sauce on top, served with rice and beans on the side.
Nachos Supremos
Cheese nachos with beef, chicken & beans. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.
Fajita Nachos
Chicken or steak fajitas served on a bed of crisp nachos & topped with vegetables & melted cheese.
Seafood Nachos
Cheese nachos with grilled shrimp, scallops & crab meat with sautéed vegetables.
Nachos Texanos
Steak, chicken, & shrimp fajitas style, served on a bed of crispy nachos & topped with vegetables & melted cheese.
Nachos Shrimp
Shrimp served on a bed of crispy nachos & topped with vegetables & melted cheese.
Nachos
Fries
French Fries
Fries & Cheese Dip
Papas A La Grille
Fries, grilled steak, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and cheese dip on top.
Papas Locas
Fries, grilled steak, chorizo, beans, cilantro, and cheese dip on top.
Peepaw Papas
Fries, ground beef, pico de gallo, and cheese dip on top.
Cheese Burger
Bacon Cheese Burger
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Hamburgers
Antojitos Mexicanos
Sopes
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak, with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream Add Cheese Dip on top to any order for 1.25 We charge for any extras.
Tortas
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak, with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream Add Cheese Dip on top to any order for 1.25 We charge for any extras.
Tacos
With chopped onions and cilantro. Hot sauce on the side • Steak 3.99 Grilled Chicken 3.99 Carnitas 3.99 Chorizo 3.99 Fish 4.99 Shrimp 4.99 Steak & Chorizo 4.99 Papa & Chorizo 4.99 Pastor 3.99
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken in a bed of rice with cheese sauce.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken with cheese dip, served with rice and beans.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken with chorizo covered with cheese dip, served with rice and beans.
Pollo Don Jorge
Grilled chicken with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, broccoli and mushrooms on a bed of rice and cheese dip on top.
Pollo Con Camaron
Grilled chicken & shrimp, covered with cheese dip, served with rice and beans.
Pollo Feliz
Grilled chicken with onions, mushrooms, cheese dip on top served with rice.
Pollo Hawaiian
Grilled chicken cooked with pineapple smothered in cheese dip with rice.
Chicken
À La Carte
Taco Supremo
Lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese, sour cream.
Tacos (1)
Hard shell beef or chicken, lettuce & shredded cheese.
Soft Taco (1)
Burritos
Beef, Chicken, Bean (1) 6.99 Seafood (1) 9.99 Grilled Chicken or Steak with cheese dip on top 8.99
Enchiladas
Beef, Cheese or Chicken (1) 3.99 Seafood (1) 4.99
Quesadillas
Cheese (1) 4.99 Chicken or Beef (1) 6.99 Grilled Chicken or Steak (1) 7.49 Spinach and Mushrooms (1) 6.49 Chorizo 7.49
Chimichanga (1)
Chalupa (1)
Bean.
Tostada (1)
Beef or chicken.
Chile Relleno (1)
Tamal (1)
Grilled Steak, Chicken or Mixed Fajitas
For (1) 15.99 For (2) 28.99
Fajita Texana Steak, Chicken,& Shrimp
For (1) 18.45 For (2) 34.99
Fajitas Camarón (Shrimp)
For (1) 19.99 For (2) 36.99 • Grill, seasoned shrimp with bell pepper, onions, and tomatoes.
Fajita 'El Jacal'
For (1) 21.99 For (2) 38.99 • Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, pork & chorizo, with broccoli, zucchini and mushrooms, covered with cheese dip.
Seafood Fajita
For (1) 19.99 For (2) 36.99 • Shrimp, scallops & crab meat with bell peppers, onions & tomatoes.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, and a salad on the side with rice, beans and tortillas.
Fajitas
Seafood
Camarones A La Diabla
Seasoned shrimp cooked with onions. Served with Mexican rice & refried beans.
Shrimp & Rice
Shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions, broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms & tomatoes served over Mexican rice. Cheese topped with cheese sauce.
Burrito Acapulco
Two cheese burritos topped with shrimp, crabmeat, onion & tomatoes wrapped in a flour tortilla. Topped with a creamy cheese sauce. Served with your choice of beans or rice.
Filete De Pescado (Tilapia)
Tilapia filete, served with rice, refried beans, tortillas & avocado salad.
Mojarra Fried (Whole Fish)
Served with rice & beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole & tortillas.
Camarones Con Queso
Plump shrimp covered with melted cheese, served with pico de gallo, rice, beans & tortillas.
Camarones A La Mexicana
Shrimp with pepper, tomatoes, and onions served with rice and beans on the side.
Order of Shrimp (6)
Combinations
Served with rice and beans. Choose 2 items: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Tamal, Chile Relleno, Chimichanga.
Combinations
Side Orders
Rice and Cheese
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Tortillas
Sour Cream
Shredded Cheese
Jalapeños
Pico De Gallo
Hot Sauces
#1
One enchilada, Spanish rice & refried beans
#2
One taco, Spanish rice & refried beans
#3
Chicken nuggets
#4
Burrito & taco
#5
Cheese burger with french fries
#6
Cheese quesadilla & fries
Kids' Plates
Desserts
Fried Ice Cream
Sopapilla
Flan
Mexican Corn
Mexican cheese, tajin, lemon and mayonnaise.