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Mexican cuisine, which unites the culinary traditions of several nations, will appeal to everyone who loves juicy and bright flavors. Knowing certain tricks, anyone can cook its most popular dishes. All you need is a small list of familiar ingredients and, of course, your desire to experiment.

website I have selected 6 excellent Mexican dishes that will delight guests and are easy to prepare at home.

Fajitas

This is perhaps the most popular dish in Mexican cuisine. It is customary to serve the filling hot, right in the frying pan, and always along with traditional tortillas. This way, each guest can choose what to wrap in the flatbread and what sauces to eat it with.

Ingredients:

• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 1 red onion
• 1 chili pepper
• 1 can canned red beans
• 300 g beef
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
• 1 lime
• 4 wheat or corn tortillas

Preparation:

1. Cut beef tenderloin, bell pepper and chili pepper into thin strips.
2. Marinate the meat in lime juice for 1 hour.
3. Place vegetables on a hot frying pan and fry for 10 minutes.
4. Add the beef to the vegetables and fry for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Add tomato paste and beans to the contents of the frying pan, stir and keep on fire for a couple of minutes.
6. The filling for fajitas is ready! Serve it with flatbread, spicy tomato sauce and sour cream.

Guacamole

Adored by gourmets all over the world, avocado paste can be used as a side dish, for example, with meat or fish. But traditionally it is consumed as a snack and eaten with corn chips.

Ingredients:

• 2 tomatoes
• 3 ripe avocados
• 1 onion
• 1 chili pepper
• 1 lime
• 1 clove of garlic
• bunch of cilantro

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the onion, garlic and cilantro. Grate the lime zest.
2. Remove the seeds from the chili peppers, remove the skins from the tomatoes and also chop them.
3. Mash all ingredients with a fork. Salt and mix again.
4. Add a couple of tablespoons of water and lime juice.
5. Peel the avocado, remove the pit and cut into several pieces.
6. Add the avocado to the tomato and chili paste and mash thoroughly with a fork.

Serve with corn chips. Bon appetit!

Cut the tomatoes, put them in boiling water, cool and peel them. Then cut them into cubes. Chop the onion and garlic in the same way. Chili pepper into slices. Mix all ingredients, season, pepper, add cumin and tomato paste. Spread with lime juice and olive oil.

Mexicans love beans and add them to every meal. Popular dishes from their cuisine include traditional Mexican bean soup. It's spicy, it smells amazing, it's nutritious and, of course, delicious! Beat the beans for at least 8 hours. Then rinse and cook in vegetable broth. Set one cup of the broth aside, you will still need it.

Fresh Mexican salsa

Spicy Mexican sauce goes well with potatoes and meat and adds piquancy and richness to dishes.

Ingredients:

• 3 tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 chili peppers
• juice of 1 lime
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil
• cumin, salt, pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Remove the skin from the tomatoes and cut into cubes.
2. Chop the onion and garlic in the same way.
3. Remove seeds from chili peppers and cut into strips.
4. Mix all the ingredients, salt and pepper, add cumin and tomato paste.

Season with lime juice and olive oil.

Bean soup with chili

Mexicans love beans and add them to almost everything. Dishes with it, like this spicy and aromatic soup, turn out to be very nutritious and tasty.

Ingredients:

• 300 g red beans
• 2 liters vegetable broth
• 1 bunch of cilantro
• 8 cloves garlic
• 2 red chili peppers
• 1 tbsp. l. cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp. l. coriander seeds
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 4 tbsp. l. olive oil
• salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Soak the beans in cold water and leave for 8–10 hours.
2. Drain the water from the beans, fill them with vegetable broth and set to cook for 1 hour.
3. Pour 2 cups of broth into a separate pan and set aside for a while.
4. Remove a small amount of beans from a saucepan. It will be useful for decoration.
5. Grind the remaining broth along with the beans in a blender.
6. Chop the garlic and seeded chili pepper.
7. In a dry frying pan, fry the cumin, coriander and allspice for 2 minutes.
8. Place garlic and chili in a frying pan and add vegetable oil. Fry for 1.5 minutes.
9. Place the reserved broth on the fire, transfer the contents from the frying pan and puree from the blender into it, add salt and pepper. The soup only needs to be heated, not boiled.
10. 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
11. bunch of parsley

Preparation:

Cut the chicken into small pieces and fry in a pan. Meanwhile, cut up tomatoes, onions and peppers. Add vegetables, tomato paste, salt and pepper to the pan with the meat. Over moderate heat, take about 5 minutes. Boil the rice and mix it with the meat and vegetable mixture.

Add the cheese and herbs to the mixture and serve. Fill the tortilla mixture and roll it up. On the contrary, the Spaniards were accustomed to keeping domestic animals for milk and meat production. With their approach, fishing increased and tequila was introduced. Mexico - big country, it now consists of 32 federal states. It is therefore logical that individual countries have their own specific cuisine due to their geographical location, climate or cultural background. There are a few basic elements that are imprinted in some way on every regional cuisine.

1. Finely chop the onion and garlic. Fry in vegetable oil.
2. Finely chop the tomatoes, peppers and parsley. Add to the frying pan along with tomato paste, simmer for a few minutes and place on a plate.
3. In the same frying pan, fry the coriander seeds and then the sausage pieces.
4. Place the prepared vegetable mixture on top. Pour eggs over all ingredients. Cook for 7–10 minutes.

Serve with greens.

Building Base Stones This is the food that forms the basis of most Mexican dishes. As is the case with the main ingredients, the forms of their processing are very diverse. Drunk most of Yams are cooked over fire in Mexico, and most dishes are drunkenly blessed. As a counterbalance to this, the diet is a deeply rooted tradition of sweet even good cuts that do not avoid the combination of meats. Consumption raw vegetables doesn't have great tradition in Mexico, at least in traditional cuisine.

It is most often used as an additive in various peanuts, and it is even more heat-processed. The consumption of raw fruits has a completely different situation, its consumption is relatively high. But the best thing about fruit in Mexico is its wide variety. Cuckoo, beans and meat are chapters unto themselves. All three goods are nutritionally essential, just as potatoes were for the South American Indians or rice for the Incas.

Burrito

Housewives all over the world love this simple and incredibly tasty Mexican fast food for its versatility: you can wrap any filling in a tortilla, experiment with ingredients and add various sauces.

Ingredients (for 6 servings):

• 6 tortillas
• 600 g chicken fillet
• 200 g rice
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 onions
• 3 sweet peppers
• 150 g hard cheese
• bunch of cilantro, parsley
• 100 g tomato paste

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the chicken, tomatoes, onions and bell peppers.
2. Fry the chicken in a pan for 10 minutes.
3. Add vegetables, tomato paste, salt and pepper to the pan. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
4. Boil the rice and mix it with the already prepared mixture.
5. Grate the cheese, finely chop the herbs and send to the chicken and vegetables.
6. Place the filling on the edge of the flatbread and carefully wrap it.
7. Lightly fry the flatbread on both sides over low heat. Tortillas can be replaced with tacos.
8. Serve with sauces and sour cream.

Mexican cuisine is so unique and delicious that it certainly deserves special consideration. In this country they really know how to cook well, no matter what restaurant, cafe or canteen you go to on the corner, almost everywhere, with rare exceptions, you can eat great. Although, I still suspect that their secret lies in the freshness of the products used. You can always buy fresh vegetables, fruits and meat in markets and supermarkets.

Features of Mexican cuisine

Mexican cuisine was formed under the influence cultural traditions Indians, Spaniards and French. The main ingredients of Mexican dishes are exclusively local products: a variety of fish and seafood, meat from livestock and poultry, corn, beans, avocados, chili peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini and even cacti. Yes, yes, that's not a typo!

Cacti in Mexico are used not only for making tequila and mezcal (the second most popular alcoholic drink), but also for food. Moreover, the nopal cactus is especially popular. It is fried with onions and tomatoes, grilled, added to tacos and many other dishes.

When I tasted the cactus for the first time, I admit honestly, I didn’t feel any pleasure because of its slimy consistency, reminiscent of our aloe, but not bitter in taste. But it turned out that it was simply poorly prepared; after trying it a second time, I still eat it now. As they say, I tried it. In the first photo you can see the cactus raw, in the second it is already fried with onions and tomatoes.

So, I invite you to get acquainted with the most popular traditional dishes Mexico.

Tacos (tacos)

A unique symbol of Mexico. A taco is a flatbread (tortilla) with filling, which is served accompanied by spicy Mexican sauces based on chili and lime. Most often, the tortilla is made from corn flour. Pork, beef, chicken, lamb, chorizo, fish, and seafood are used as fillings, usually seasoned with parsley and pickled onions. There are thousands of recipes, sometimes even vegetarian tacos.

Pozole (posole)

This is another symbol of Mexico. Traditionally it is prepared on Independence Day, and on any other day. Speaking in simple language, posole is corn soup. To prepare it, they use a special variety of white corn, “cacahuasintle,” which is grown only in Mexico. First, the corn is boiled for a long time until it is properly cooked. Meat is prepared separately, it can be chicken, pork, beef or even shrimp.

The meat is then added to the broth with corn and served accompanied by chopped lettuce, radishes, onions, herbs, avocado, chicharon (fried pork skin, eaten like chips, added to various dishes), oregano, lime and traditional sauces based on chili and tomato. Everyone complements their soup with these ingredients to taste.

Enchiladas (enchiladas)

Well, where would we be without them? An enchilada is a stuffed tortilla, usually fried in a pan and served with sauce. It sounds very simple, but it was not so. First, the tortilla can be blue corn, yellow corn, or wheat flour. The filling can be different types cheese, different kinds meat, shrimp, potatoes, vegetables, cactus, whatever the cook’s imagination allows. Not to mention the sauces, their variety simply leads to a dead end when choosing. Top the enchiladas with chopped parsley, onions, lettuce or radishes to taste, cheese and sour cream.

Mole con pollo (chicken mole)

It is impossible to talk about Mexican cuisine without mentioning mole. Mole is a thick brown sauce most often used to cook chicken or turkey (usually at Christmas). Not only that, it is also served with enchiladas, tomales, or rice. The sauce is based on cocoa, at least three types of chili pepper, nuts, spices, cinnamon, and many other components, depending on the recipe. Sometimes chocolate is added, sometimes a special variety of green tomatoes (in this case the sauce is called mole verde - mole green).

Chilaquiles (chilaquiles)

Chilaquiles are a favorite Mexican dish that is most often served for breakfast. Typically, these are corn tortillas cut into strips, fried in oil, with the addition of meat, beans or vegetables to taste, seasoned with a traditional chili sauce and cheese. After which the dish is placed in the oven for a short time. If desired, you can serve the chilaquiles with a fried egg.

Tamales (tamales)

Tamale is a corn dough filled with... minced meat, cheeses, fruits, or vegetables, often with chili peppers, wrapped in corn leaves. The dish is steamed; the corn leaves are removed before use. Tamales have been known since ancient times. It is believed that it was tamales that the hospitable Indians offered the conquestadors who arrived here to try.

Tortas (tortas)

Tortas are a kind of sandwich; they are sold very cheaply on the street or in small cafes. For just 25-35 pesos you get a huge sandwich that can easily feed two people. In this case, you choose the filling to your taste, these are various types of meat, ham, sausages, cheese with lettuce, tomato and avocado.

You can write endlessly about the peculiarities of Mexican cuisine! I told you only about her most famous and striking masterpieces. There is a huge variety of them, I still never cease to be amazed by new discoveries. But there are features that remain the same everywhere:

Mexicans season any dish with traditional sauces and lime. Everything, always and everywhere.

Mexican cuisine without tortillas is not Mexican cuisine. They are used as the basis of many dishes and eaten instead of bread.

Mexicans love spicy food; chili is the most important component of almost all dishes. More than one hundred varieties of chili are grown in Mexico. They differ in pungency, taste, size, color and shape.

Avocado is the number one fruit. It is added to various soups, salads, main courses; the most famous guacamole sauce and even desserts are prepared on its basis.

Mexicans love jelly for dessert; it is sold everywhere here and is often prepared for holidays instead of cake.

Here you can have a tasty and satisfying meal for any budget.

I think you have already understood that in Mexico everyone can find a delicacy to their liking and taste. And before coming here, I tried Mexican dishes in Russia and the USA, and I liked them. But only once I was in the country, I was able to truly appreciate all its greatness.

Travel, discover new things, enjoy delicious food!

With sincere sympathy, Olesya.

P.S. What Mexican dishes have you tried? What did you like and dislike?