Taste Mexico
México
Mexican food is not a single salsa. Oaxaca's moles, Yucatán's achiote and sour orange, Sonora's wheat tortillas, Veracruz's seafood, Mexico City's late-night tacos: they share maize nixtamalised into masa, and they disagree about everything else. Street food is a serious craft, not a casual afterthought.
16 recipes · 2 cuisines
Essential dishes
Tacos al pastor
Tacos al pastor
Mexico City pork tacos with achiote, chilli and pineapple — shawarma technique that became something entirely Mexican.
3 hr 10 minMedium🌶️🌶️
Frijoles de la olla
Frijoles de la olla
Pot beans — onion, a little fat, time — the Mexican weekday protein that is not a burrito filling first.
9 hr 40 minEasyNo chilli
Salsa roja
Salsa roja
A cooked or roasted red table sauce — tomato, chilli, garlic — not a jar of taco topping.
25 minEasy🌶️🌶️
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles
Yesterday's tortillas, today's salsa — softened, not soggy if you are lucky, with cream, cheese and an egg.
30 minEasy🌶️🌶️
Elote
Elote
Street corn — grilled, then mayo, cheese, chilli and lime. Eat it over a napkin.
25 minVery easy🌶️
Pozole
Pozole
A feast soup of nixtamal corn and pork — red, white or green — that you finish at the table with radish, cabbage and lime.
2 hr 25 minMedium🌶️🌶️
Quesadilla
Quesadilla
A tortilla folded on cheese on a hot comal — Mexico City may put no cheese in some, but this one does.
13 minVery easyNo chilli
Guacamole
Guacamole
Crushed avocado, onion, chilli, lime and coriander — a mash, not a sour-cream dip.
10 minVery easy🌶️
Carnitas
Carnitas
Pork cooked in its own fat until it shreds and the edges crisp — Michoacán's taco filling, not a dry roast.
3 hr 50 minMediumNo chilli
Huevos rancheros
Huevos rancheros
Fried eggs on tortillas with a cooked salsa — ranch breakfast, not brunch theatre.
25 minEasy🌶️🌶️
Cajun spiced fish tacos
Cajun spiced fish tacos from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
25 minMedium🌶️
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Chicken Enchilada Casserole from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 15 minMediumNo chilli
Chickpea Fajitas
Chickpea Fajitas from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
40 minA bit of work🌶️
Stuffed Bell Peppers with Quinoa and Black Beans
Stuffed Bell Peppers with Quinoa and Black Beans from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 7 minA bit of work🌶️
Braised Beef Chilli
Braised Beef Chilli from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
2 hr 20 minA bit of work🌶️
Crock Pot Chicken Baked Tacos
Crock Pot Chicken Baked Tacos from Mexico. Times were inferred from the source steps.
4 hr 45 minA bit of work🌶️
Regional cuisines
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Take the Mexico food quizFood history
Mesoamerican maize, beans, squash, chilli and cacao met Iberian livestock, dairy, rice and frying after the 16th century. The result is neither 'pre-Hispanic frozen in amber' nor 'Spanish with salsa'. Al pastor is a 20th-century Mexico City story: Lebanese shawarma technique, pork, achiote and pineapple, eaten on a corn tortilla.