List of Mexican dishes facts for kids

Representation of a Mexican cuisine, in front you can find Mexican food and spices, while in the background there are typical utensils.

Pozole is a traditional soup or stew from Mexico

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century. The basic staples since then remain native foods such as corn, beans, squash and chili peppers, but the Europeans introduced many other foods, the most important of which were meat from domesticated animals, dairy products (especially cheese) and various herbs and spices, although key spices in Mexican cuisine are also native to Mesoamerica such as a large variety of chili peppers.

Antojitos

Street food in Mexico, called antojitos is prepared by street vendors and at small traditional markets in Mexico. Most of them include corn as an ingredient.

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  Cemita with milanesa

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  Preparation of huaraches

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  Chilaquiles

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  Menudo

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  Molotes

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  Cochinita pibil is a traditional Mexican slow-roasted pork dish from the Yucatán Peninsula of Mayan origin

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  Flautas with guacamole

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  Sopes

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  Tacos al pastor

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  Tacos prepared with a carnitas filling

Cheese dishes

• Caldo de queso
• Queso de cuajo
• Queso flameado

Egg dishes

Huevos rancheros

• Huevos motuleños
• Huevos rancheros
• Migas

Meat dishes

Beef dishes

Bistec

• Albóndigas, Mexican meatballs.
• Aporreadillo
• Beef brain
• Bistec
• Carne asada, grilled beef
• Carne guisada, stewed beef in spiced gravy
• Carne a la tampiqueña, carne asada that is usually accompanied by a small portion of enchiladas (or chilaquiles), refried beans, fresh cheese, guacamole, and a vegetable (often rajas; grilled slices of Poblano peppers).
• Cecina – In Mexico, most cecina is of two kinds: sheets of marinated beef, and a pork cut that is pounded thin and coated with chili pepper (this type is called cecina enchilada or carne enchilada).
• Milanesas – Chicken, beef, and a pork breaded fried bisteces.

Goat dishes

• Cabrito

Pork dishes

• Calabacitas con puerco
• Carnitas
• Chilorio
• Chorizo
• Cochinita pibil
• Pickled pigs' feet
• Poc Chuc

Poultry dishes

• Pollo asado
• Pollo Encacahuatado
• Pollo Morelense
• Pollo motuleño
• Pollo picado
• Pollo rostizado

Other meat and protein dishes

• Ancas de Rana
• Barbacoa
• Birria – a spicy stew from the state of Jalisco traditionally made from goat meat or mutton
• Chapulines – toasted grasshoppers seasoned with salt & lime
• Escamol – the edible larvae and pupae of ants
• Pastel azteca
• Puntas
• Queso de Puerco, head cheese prepared with vinegar, garlic, oregano and black pepper, among others. Wheels are often sold covered in paraffin wax. Non dairy.

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  Barbacoa

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  Chapulines – toasted grasshoppers

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  Puntas

Moles, sauces, dips and spreads

• Chamoy
• Guacamole
• Mole blanco
• Mole sauce
• Mole verde
• Pepian – green or red, meat, pork
• Salsa
• Salsa chipotle
• Salsa verde

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  Guacamole with tortilla chips

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  Habanero, chipotle and chimichurri salsas

Rice dishes

Arroz rojo (Spanish rice)

• Arroz a la tumbada (rice with seafood)
• Arroz amarillo (yellow rice)
• Arroz con camarones (rice with shrimp)
• Arroz con huevo (rice with eggs)
• Arroz con leche
• Arroz con lima (rice with lemon)
• Arroz con pollo (rice with chicken)
• Arroz negro (black rice)
• Arroz poblano
• Arroz rojo (red rice, Mexican rice, or Spanish rice)
• Arroz verde (green rice)
• Morisqueta

Seafood dishes

• Aguachile
• Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
• Huachinango a la Veracruzana
• Pescado Zarandeado

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  Huachinango a la Veracruzana (Veracruz-Style Red Snapper)

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  Pescado zarandeado

Soups and stews

Caldo tlalpeño

Sopa de fideo

• Birria
• 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
• caldo tlalpeño, chicken, broth, chopped avocado, chile chipotle and fried tortilla strips or triangles – may include white cheese, vegetables, chickpeas, carrot, green beans
• Chilpachole de jaiba
• Fideos (noodles)
• Menudo
• Pozole
• Sopa, typically pasta flavored with meat or tomato consomme
• Sopa Azteca
• Sopa de fideo
• sopa de flor de calabaza
• Sopa de lima, from Yucatán
• Sopa de nueces, walnut soup
• Sopa de pescado siete mares, a seven-fished bouillabaisse popular in the Gulf of California and Pacific areas
• Sopa de pollo (chicken soup)
• Sopa de tortilla (tortilla soup)
• Sopa tarasca

Vegetable dishes

Chiles en nogada

• Chile relleno
• Chiles en nogada
• Cuitlacoche, a fungus that grows on corn plants, often served in soups
• Frijoles
• Frijoles pintos (pinto beans)
• Frijoles negros (black beans)
• Frijoles charros
• Frijoles refritos (refried beans)
• Nopalitos
• Papas (potatoes)
• Pico de gallo

Desserts and sweets

Close up shot of a bionico with strawberries, banana, raisins, shredded coconut and granola

Mexico's candy and bakery sweets industry, centered in Michoacán and Mexico City, produces a wide array of products.

• Alegrías
• Alfajor
• Amaranto
• Arroz con leche, rice pudding
• Bionico, a type of fruit salad with cream
• Buñuelos
• Brazo de gitano
• Cajeta
• Calavera
• Capirotada
• Carlota de limón
• Champurrado
• Chongos zamoranos, a cheese candy named for its place of origin, Zamora, Michoacán.
• Chocolate
• Chocolate brownie
• Churros
• Cocadas
• Cochinito de Piloncillo
• Concha
• Coyotas
• Crepas de cajeta
• Dulce de leche

Flan

• Flan
• Fresas con crema
• Gelatina
• Glorias
• Gorditas de azucar
• Ice cream ("nieves" and "helados").
  • Fried ice cream
• Jamoncillos
• Jarritos (spicy tamarindo candy in a tiny pot), as well as a brand of soda
• Macarrones de dulce de leche
• Manjar blanco
• Mazapán de Cacahuate
• Nicuatole
• Obleas
• Paletas, popsicles (or ice lollies), the street popsicle vendor is a noted fixture of Mexico's urban landscape.
• Palmier
• 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.

A piece of sugary pan de muerto

• Pan de muerto, sugar covered pieces of bread traditionally eaten at the Día de muertos festivity.
• Pan de nata
• 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.
• Pastel de queso, cheesecake
• Pastel de tres leches (Three Milk Cake)
• Pepitorias
• Platano
• Plátano frito
• Polvorón
• Rice pudding
• Rosca de reyes
• Sopaipilla
• Tacuarines, Biscochos, or Coricos

Beverages

Non-alcoholic

Hot bowl of champurrado as served at a Mexican breakfast

• Aguas frescas
• Atole
• Café de olla, coffee with cinnamon
• Chamoyada
• Champurrado
• Chia Fresca
• Chocolate, generally known better as a drink rather than a candy or sweet
• Hot chocolate
• Horchata
• Jamaica (drink)
• Jarritos (drink)
• Jugos frescos
• Lechuguilla
• Licuado, a drink that includes banana, chocolate, and sugar
• Mangonada
• Mexican Coke
• Mexican tea culture
• Pópo
• Pozol
• Sangria Señorial
• Tascalate
• Tamarindo
• Tejate

Alcoholic

Tequilas of various styles

• Bacanora
• Cerveza, Mexican beers such as "Sol" and "Corona"
• Colonche
• Mexican wine
• Mezcal
• Michelada
• Pulque, a popular drink of the Aztecs
• Sotol
• Tejuino
• Tepache
• Tequila
• Tubâ

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Platillos mexicanos para niños