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Representation of a Mexican kitchen; in front are Mexican food and spices, while in the background there are typical utensils. Pozole is a traditional soup or stew from Mexico. The Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century.
Huachinango a la Veracruzana (Snapper Veracruz style) The cuisine of Veracruz is the regional cooking of Veracruz, a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico.Its cooking is characterized by three main influences—indigenous, Spanish, and Afro-Cuban—per its history, which included the arrival of the Spanish and of enslaved people from Africa and the Caribbean.
[1] [2] [3] Like the rest of Mexican cuisine, Oaxacan food is based on staples such as corn, beans, and chile peppers, but there is a great variety of other ingredients and food preparations due to the influence of the state's varied geography and indigenous cultures. Corn and many beans were first cultivated in Oaxaca.
La Cultura del Antojito [The Culture of Snack/Street Food] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Diana. ISBN 968-13-2527-3. Luengas, Arnulfo (2000). La Cocina del Banco Nacional de México [The Cuisine of the National Bank of Mexico] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Fomento Cultural Banamex. ISBN 968-7009-94-2. Malat, Randy, ed. (2008).
Pozole (Spanish pronunciation:; from Nahuatl languages: pozolli, meaning cacahuazintle, a variety of corn or maize) is a traditional soup or stew from Mexican cuisine.It is made from hominy with meat (typically chicken or pork), and can be seasoned and garnished with shredded lettuce or cabbage, chili peppers, onion, garlic, radishes, avocado, salsa or limes.
Mesoamerican cuisine – (covering Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica and Mexico) [1] has four main staples: maize (many varieties based on what climate it is grown in), [2] beans, [3] squash and chili. [4]
Chiles en nogada is a Mexican dish of poblano chiles stuffed with picadillo (a mixture usually containing shredded meat, aromatics, fruits and spices) topped with a walnut-based cream sauce called nogada, pomegranate seeds and parsley; it is typically served at room temperature. It is widely considered a national dish of Mexico. [1]
The concept of a national cuisine was, in Mexico City, divided between the continental European style cuisine associated with Mexican elites and the typical commoner's fare. [3] Gorditas prepared for Day of the Dead celebrations in Coyoacan. Once considered plebeian fare, by the 19th century, tacos had become a standard of Mexico City's cuisine.