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Popular Mexican Dishes

Authentic Mexican food is usually prepared with many
of the same ingredients.
Savoury Mexican Food
Pico de gallo is a savory mixture of chopped up tomato,
onion, cilantro, peppers, and other personal preferences
that are a favorite party favor with flour tortilla or pan
dulce, another Mexican bread.

An assortments of meats is not uncommon and many
dishes can be prepared with any type.
that sell what are known as “street foods”: quesadillas,
Enchiladas are wrapped tortilla rolls, filled with either tacos, tamales, chalupas, churros, and so on.
beef, chicken, seafood, potato, beans, or other combina-
tions, with a chili pepper sauce sprinkled on top. These food items are more likely to be seen on the
streets than in an actual home cooked meal because
Even snacks like carnitas are they are of the more informal variety. Still amazingly
made of simmered or braised pork delicious, they are great when walking around and site
that can be served with any of the seeing, as they usually do not require forks and knives
above mentioned. in order to eat.
Mexican Holiday Foods
Of course, Mexican food can-
not be mentioned without tacos. If you are traveling to Mexico at certain times of the
There are so many varieties of year, you will also have the opportunity to try some
tacos to choose from: fish, carne holiday treats.
asada, fajita, beef and bean, chick- • The Day of the Dead is celebrated on the first of No-
en mole, chipotle pork, chorizo vember, and with it comes Pan de Muertos (Day of the
and potato, and the list goes on. Dead Bread), a round, sweet bread that is topped with
sugar or sesame seeds.
Guacamole is an easy dish to pre-
pare and its health benefits are very well known, seeing • Tamales are a season favorite, as well as Mole Negro.
that guacamole comes from avocados. • A yellow squash or a pumpkin cooked with brown
sugar and cinnamon is also a seasonal dish called Cala-
Rice and cheeses are always on the table. They can come baza en Dulce.
in the form of side dishes, or be the main ingredients of • There are Calaveras de Azucar, or sugar skulls, cook-
small cakes such as a Zacatecan-style baked mesa cake. ies with sugar and/or chocolate for a sweet delight.
• The Christmas season has circular shaped butter cook-
Soups and stews can often carry a meal. Pork and red
chile stews, or carne adobada, are hearty dishes, as well ies that have green and red sprinkles to look like little
as pork neck and purslane stew, or rebocado. Christmas wreathes. These sugar cookies are called Galle-
tas con Chochitos.
A fava bean soup is commonly filled with potatoes, fava • And not to forget Cinco de Mayo: churros with coco-
beans, corn, and tomato. nut sauce, Mexican lasagna, pinto bean salsa salad, and
chicken mole enchildas are so full of color and taste that
Sweet Mexican Dishes the meal itself is a full on celebration!
For desserts, Mexican cuisine is uniquely creative.
Churros are a favorite outside of Mexico as well, but Mexican Drinks
their origin is strictly Mexican. Some traditional Mexican drinks that people enjoy are
hot chocolate, horchata blanca – a white rice drink,
Rice pudding ice pops, or paletas de arroz con leche, horchata de arroz tostado – a toasted rice drink, horcha-
are quite popular, as well as pineapple rice pops, tama- ta de arroz con almendras – an almond rice drink, and
rind-chile ice pops, and strawberry and cream ice pops. chico – a blackberry liqueur.
Mexican Street Food Margaritas are a classic favorite. You can mix them with
A great things about Mexican food is that when you any fruit: strawberry, mango, pineapple, watermelon, or
travel the country, there are street vendors all around raspberry, or you can have Mexicali beer margaritas.

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