List of Mexican cuisine dishes
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Below is a list of dishes found in Mexican cuisine.
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[edit] Appetizers (botanas) and side dishes
- Arroz amarillo (yellow rice)
- Arroz con lima (rice with lemon)
- Arroz Español (Spanish rice)
- Arroz verde (green rice)
- Atepocates
- Bolillos (salty bread)
- Calabaza (squash)
- Camote (Mexican sweet potato)
- Caviar de Carpa
- Ceviche, a seafood dish commonly served in the Gulf of California areas
- Chapulines, toasted grasshoppers seasoned with salt and lime.
- Sopa, typically pasta flavored with meat or tomato consomme
- Consomme (broth), either made from drippings of meat roasted for barbacoa, or dry bouillon cubes and powder. Usually known by its most common brand name, Knorr-Suiza.
- Cuitlacoche, a fungus that grows on corn plants, often served in soups
- Curtido
- Elote
- Ensalada de fruta (fruit salad)
- Fideos (noodles)
- Frijoles
- Frijoles pintos (pinto beans)
- Frijoles negros (black beans)
- Frijoles charros
- Frijoles refritos (refried beans)
- Guacamole
- Jicama
- Jocoque
- Lentil soup (lentil beans)
- Nopalitos
- Pambazos
- Papas (potatoes)
- Pico de gallo
- Queso de cuajo
- Queso flameado
- Salsa
- Sopa de albondiga (meatball soup)
- Sopapilla (not typical in Mexico, but common in New Mexico)
- Tortillas
- Totopo
- Yuca Cassava
- Iris
[edit] Main courses
- Ancas de Rana al Mojo de Ajo
- Alambres
- Albóndigas, Mexican meatballs
- Arroz con camarones
- Arroz con pollo
- Barbacoa
- Birria
- Bistec a la Mexicana
- Bistec picado
- Burrito
- Caldo, soup, (generally considered an entree rather than an appetizer) which has many variations, such as:
- caldo de pollo, chicken soup
- caldo de res, beef soup
- caldo de queso, cheese soup
- caldo de camaron shrimp soup, typically made from dried shrimp
- carne en su jugo, meat and beans in a meat broth
- caldo de mariscos, seafood soup, similar to the Italian dish zuppa di pesce. Popularly known as an aphrodisiac[dubious ]
- caldo tlalpeño, chicken and vegetable soup with rice, chopped avocado, white cheese, and a chipotle chile pepper
- Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
- Carne asada, grilled beef
- Carne guisada, stewed beef in spiced gravy
- Carne Tampiqueña, Tampico-style of carne asada that is usually accompanied by a small portion of enchiladas (or chilaquiles), refried beans, and a vegetable (often rajas; grilled slices of Poblano peppers).
- Carnitas
- Cecina
- Cemitas sandwiches
- Chalupa
- Chapulines and escamoles
- Charales, small fish, basically a type of smelt
- Chicharrón and chicharrones
- Chilaquiles
- Chiles en nogada
- Chile relleno
- Chiltomate
- Chilorio
- Chilpachole de jaiba
- Chimichangas
- Choriqueso
- Chorizo
- Churipo
- Coachala
- Cochinita pibil
- Cocido
- Codzito
- Corunda
- Cóctel de camarón and other seafood cocktails
- Huaunzontles
- Empanadas
- Empanada Mexicana
- Entomatadas
- Enchilada (red or green)
- Flautas
- Fritadas de camaron
- Gorditas
- Glorias
- Gringas
- Huaraches
- Huevos divorciados
- Huevos motuleños
- Huevos rancheros
- Huachinango a la Veracruzana
- Lengua
- Longaniza
- Machaca
- Mancha manteles
- Memela
- Menudo
- Milanesa
- Mixiotes
- Mole
- Molletes
- Molotes
- Moronga
- Mulitas
- Nachos
- Panucho
- Papadzules
- Parilladas
- Pastel Azteca
- Pasties, a speciality of Cornwall, adopted as comida tipica of Pachuca, Mexico
- Pejelagarto asado
- Picadillo
- Poc chuc
- Pollo asado
- Pollo Encacahuatado
- Pollo picado
- Pollo rostizado
- Pozole
- Pulpo (octopus)
- Quesadillas
- Rajas con crema
- Romeritos
- Salbutes
- Sincronizadas
- Sopes
- Sopa Azteca
- Sopa de pescado siete mares, a seven-fished bouillabaise popular in the Gulf of California and Pacific areas
- Sopa de pollo (chicken soup)
- Sopa de tortilla (tortilla soup)
- Sonoran hot dog (regional to Sonora)
- Sopa tarasca
- Tacos
- Tamales
- Taquitos
- Tortillas
- Tortas (sandwiches)
- Tortas de...., Small omelettes similar to egg foo yung patties. See also romeritos.
- Tostadas
- Tlacoyos
- Tlayudas
- Tripas
- Venado (venison), particularly in the Yucatan.
[edit] Drinks
- Agua De Horchata
- Aguas frescas
- Atole
- Bacanora
- Barrilitos
- Café de olla Coffee with cinnamon
- Champurrado
- Chia Fresca
- Chocolate Generally known better as a drink rather than a candy or sweet
- Colonche
- Jamaica (drink)
- Jarritos
- Lechuguilla (drink)
- Mexican beer and soft drinks are very popular and are major export products.
- Mezcal
- Michelada
- Pulque, a popular drink of the Aztecs
- Tejate
- Tejuino
- Tepache
- Tequila
- Tuba (drink)
[edit] Desserts and sweets
Mexico's candy and bakery sweets industry, centered in Michoacan and Mexico City, produces a wide array of products.
- Alegrías
- Arroz con leche, rice with milk and sugar
- Buñuelos
- Cajeta
- Capirotada
- Carlota de limón
- Champurrado
- Chongos zamoranos, a milk candy named for its place of origin, Zamora, Michoacán.
- Churros
- Coyotas
- Dulce de leche
- Empanadas
- Flan
- Glorias
- Ice cream. Pancho Villa was noted as a devotee of ice cream. The Mexican ice cream industry is centered in the state of Michoacan; most ice cream stands in Mexico are dubbed La Michoacana as a tribute to Michoacan's acknowledged leadership in the production of this product.
- Jamoncillos
- Jarritos (spicy tamarindo candy in a tiny pot), as well as a brand of soda
- Obleas
- Pan de Acambaro (Acambaro bread), named for its town of origin, Acambaro, Guanajuato. Very similar to Jewish Challah bread, which may have inspired its creation.
- Pan dulce, sweet pastries in many shapes and sizes that are very popular for breakfast. Nearly every Mexican town has a bakery (panaderia) where these can purchased.
- Pan de muerto, sugar covered pieces of bread traditionally eaten at the Día de muertos festivity.
- Paletas, popsicles (or ice lollies), the street popsicle vendor is a noted fixture of Mexico's urban landscape.
- Pastel de queso, cheesecake
- Pastel de tres leches (Three Milk Cake)
- Pepitorias
- Platano
- Polvorón
- Rosca de reyes,
- Tacuarines, Biscochos, or Coricos
[edit] See also
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