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Carnitas originate from a traditional French dish that was introduced to Mexico via Spain. According to Mariano Galvan Rivera’s cookbook —Diccionario de cocina (1845)— “carnitas” was the vulgar name given by Mexico’s lower classes to the dish known as “Chicharrones de Tours”, and were specifically made and sold in working class neighborhood slaughterhouses or pork shops: [3]
Rajas con crema. Rajas con crema is the name given to a Mexican dish consisting of sliced poblano pepper with cream (the name literally means "slices" in Spanish). [1] It is very popular in Mexico, particularly in the central and southern parts of the country.
Duros with chili and lemon flavoring Round flour duros puff up when fried.. Duros de harina (also known as pasta para duros, duritos, durros, pasta para durito, chicharrones, churritos, Mexican wagon wheels or pin wheels) are a popular Mexican snack food made of puffed wheat, often flavored with chili and lemon.
The most common and representative variation of this dish is the "gordita de chicharrón", filled with chicharron (a spiced stew of pork rind) which is widely consumed throughout Mexico. Gorditas are often eaten as a lunch dish and accompanied by several types of sauce.
A tlacoyo [tɬaˈkoʝo] is a Mexican dish of pre-Hispanic origin made of masa.Tlacoyos are thicker than fresh corn tortillas and are stuffed with cheese, fava beans, cooked ground beans, chicharron, and other ingredients before being fried or toasted.
The taco is a folded tortilla with some kind of filling. Mexican street taco fillings vary from one region to another. [2] Most tacos are made with corn tortillas, except in the very north of the country where wheat flour tortillas dominate.
A plate of chicken tinga. Tinga (Spanish: tinga de pollo) is a Mexican dish made with shredded chicken in a sauce made from tomatoes, chipotle chilis in adobo, and sliced onions.
According to one legend, the dish was invented in the 1920s by Fidencia Quiroga, who was known locally as "Tía Lencha" (Aunt Lencha). [1] [8] [10] Although there is minimal evidence that the dish originated with her, there is little doubt that she popularized it when she began to serve it in her restaurant to construction workers building the nearby Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway in 1928. [11]