Mexico

Pepito is a traditional Spanish sandwich made using beef, pork or chicken. It is also widely consumed throughout Latin America, in particular Venezuela where it is a popular street food and Mexico. Additional primary ingredients used to prepare this sandwich include refried beans, black beans or pinto beans. The bread can be a soft roll, …

Cemita Poblana is an overstuffed sandwich filled with meat, avocados, oaxaca cheese and papalo. Other fillings include onions and peppers. A cemita is a large Mexican bread roll made with eggs and topped with sesame seeds. The most common meats used are beef and chicken but veal and pork are also used. The meat is …

Ensalada de pollo is a creamy chicken salad from Mexico, a popular, hearty dish to serve at parties and holidays. This salad is made with chicken, combined with chopped up vegetables and lettuce, coated with a creamy mayonnaise-based dressing. Origin & Cultural Significance Ensalada de pollo is served at parties and large gatherings across Mexico, …

Chicken mole is a traditional Mexican dish prepared using chicken and mole sauce, which is made using cloves, cinnamon, anise, coriander, dried chiles and chocolate. Other ingredients include fruits, nuts, chilli peppers, and spices like black pepper, cinnamon, or cumin. The dish is fairly spicy and bittersweet, with a hint of earthy flavor. It is …

Escamoles, also known as Mexican caviar or insect caviar, are the edible larvae and pupae of ants found in Mexico. They have somewhat of a nutty, buttery flavor (particularly when prepared in butter), but tend to become crunchy after frying. Similar to cottage cheese in texture, escamoles are usually eaten on their own but can …

Camarones a la Diabla is a Mexican seafood dish of spicy shrimp which is first sauteed briefly then simmered in a spicy tomato chili sauce. Camarones a la Diabla, in English, translates to Devil’s Shrimp. The sauce portion of this dish is referred to as the diablo sauce. It is made from several types of …

Stinking Toe Fruit, also known as locust fruit or jatobá, is the fruit of the West Indian Locust, the largest tree in the Caribbean. A popular fruit throughout Latin America, it is known as Stinking Toe Fruit as its shape is similar to a big toe and its pungent smell is like a sweaty foot. …

Cabrito is a Mexican dish made of roasted goat kid. Traditionally, the kid should be less than three weeks old and only have been fed milk in its lifetime. This is what gives the meat its mild, delicate flavor.  The goat meat may be soaked in a brine and/or seasoned with herbs and spices before …

A gordita is a Mexican dish consisting of a thick corn flour tortilla, which is made into a pocket to be stuffed with meat and cheese. The gordita dough is prepared, shaped and fried in hot oil before it is filled with meat, and served with salsa. Traditionally, these are filled with chicharron, a spiced …

A burrito is a Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla filled with many ingredients including meat (most often beef, chicken, or pork), rice, cooked beans, vegetables (which include mostly lettuce, tomatoes and cheese) and condiments like salsa, pico de gallo, guacamole, or crema. Burritos can also be seen served wet, which involves covering them …

Sincronizada is a Mexican flour tortilla-based sandwich which is prepared using ham, vegetables (such as tomatoes, lettuce, onion, etc.) and Oaxaca cheese (or any kind of cheese). The ingredients are placed in between the two flour tortillas and grilled or lightly fried until the cheese tends to melt and the tortillas are a little crispy. …

Gringas (the feminine form of gringo) are a type of Mexican taco prepared using flour tortillas, which are packed with al pastor-marinated pork meat, cheese and pineapple slices. Other ingredients include onions, chili sauce, and coriander, which are added according to the consumer’s preference. They are then grilled in the same way as a quesadilla …

Pejelagarto is a rare species of fish which is generally found in water bodies along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico (particularly throughout Tabasco). The species is most well known for having existed for 100 million years in which time it survived dramatic evolutionary changes. Pejelagarto is traditionally fried or roasted (depending on the …

Beef Tongue tacos are an unusual Mexican dish made using the tongue of a cow. Widely known as Neat’s Tongue or Ox Tongue, Beef Tongue can be cooked in many ways. It can be boiled and seasoned, cooked in a sauce or can simply be roasted (if you prefer to eat your meat without spice). …

Tacos Gobernador is a Mexican dish consisting of tacos filled with shrimps, chillies, some cheese and a tomato sauce wrapped in a corn tortilla. The dish is a fairly new tradition, named after a governor who particularly enjoyed the flavor of shrimp with cheese. There are many variations on the recipe, including the level of …

Mexican Garnacha is a crispy tortilla topped with an assortment of tomato sauce, meat and potatoes. Seasoned with spices, very much in the mestizo style, which alters the ingredients to make the flavor more delicate. Its preparation is very similar to that of Mexican sopes, but the filling is what makes the difference. Garnacha is …

Chongos zamoranos is a Mexican dessert that is typically prepared with raw milk, sugar, rennet tablets and cinnamon. This dessert is prepared in a way which is very similar to that of cheese and is typically eaten after the largest meal of the day, usually dinner. This dish is quite popular in its native country …

Huitlacoche is a soft and spreadable fungus that grows on the ears of corn, eaten in Mexico. Other names for this is corn smut, cuitlacoche, or Mexican truffle. Sound delicious? Thought not! If it sounds a little weird that’s because it is certainly a very unusual delicacy, but if you are tempted to try it …