List of Mexican dishes
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 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.- Aguachile
- Bolillos
- Burrito
- Camote
- Chahuis
- Cemitas sandwiches
- Chalupa
- Chapulines
- Charales, small fish, basically a type of smelt
- Chicharrón
- Chilaquiles
- Chimichangas
- Choriqueso
- Chorizo
- Cochinita pibil
- Cocido
- Cóctel de camarón and other seafood cocktails
- Corunda
- Curtido
- Elote
- Enchilada
- Enfrijoladas
- Ensalada de fruta
- Entomatadas
- escamoles
- Fajitas
- Filete de pescado
- Flautas
- Frijoles charros
- Fritada
- Gorditas
- Gringas
- Huauzontles
- Huaraches
- Huitlacoche
- Jicama
- Jocoque
- Jumiles
- Lengua
- Lentil soup
- Longaniza
- Machaca
- Maguey worm
- Mancha manteles
- Memela
- Menudo
- Mixiotes
- Mole de olla
- Mole poblano
- Molletes
- Molotes
- Moronga
- Nachos
- Pambazos
- Panucho
- Papadzules
- Parilladas
- Pastel azteca
- Pejelagarto
- Picadillo
- Quesadillas
- Queso
- Rajas con crema
- Romeritos
- Salbutes
- Salsa
- Sincronizadas
- Sopes
- Tacos
- Taco al pastor
- Tacos de sesos
- Tamales
- Taquitos
- Tlacoyos
- Tlayudas
- Tortas
- Tortillas
- Tostadas
- Tostilocos
- Totopo
- Tripas
- Venado, particularly in the Yucatan
- Yuca
Cheese dishes
- Caldo de queso
- Queso de cuajo
- Queso flameado
Egg dishes
- Huevos divorciados
- Huevos motuleños
- Huevos rancheros
- Migas
Meat dishes
Beef dishes
- 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, refried beans, fresh cheese, guacamole, and a vegetable.
- 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.
- 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 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 and 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.
Moles, sauces, dips and spreads
- Chamoy
- Guacamole
- Mole blanco
- Mole sauce
- Mole verde
- Pepian – green or red, meat, pork
- Salsa
- Salsa chipotle
- Salsa verde
- Flying ant salsa
Rice dishes
- Arroz a la tumbada
- Arroz amarillo
- Arroz con camarones
- Arroz con huevo
- Arroz con leche
- Arroz con lima
- Arroz con pollo
- Arroz negro
- Arroz poblano
- Arroz rojo
- Arroz verde
- Morisqueta
Seafood dishes
- Aguachile
- Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
- Huachinango a la Veracruzana
- Pescado Zarandeado
Soups and stews
- 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
- Menudo
- Pozole
- Sopa, typically pasta flavored with meat or tomato consomme
- Sopa Azteca
- Sopa de fideo
- 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
- Sopa de tortilla
- Sopa tarasca
Vegetable dishes
- Chile relleno
- Chiles en nogada
- Cuitlacoche, a fungus that grows on corn plants, often served in soups
- Frijoles
- Frijoles pintos
- Frijoles negros
- Frijoles charros
- Frijoles refritos
- Nopalitos
- Papas
- Pico de gallo
Desserts and sweets
- 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
- Empanadas
- Flan
- Fresas con crema
- Gelatina
- Glorias
- Gorditas de azucar
- Ice cream.
- * Fried ice cream
- Jamoncillos
- Jarritos, as well as a brand of soda
- Macarrones de dulce de leche
- Manjar blanco
- Mazapán de Cacahuate
- Nicuatole
- Obleas
- Paletas, popsicles, the street popsicle vendor is a noted fixture of Mexico's urban landscape.
- Palmier
- Pan de Acambaro, named for its town of origin, Acambaro, Guanajuato. Very similar to Jewish Challah bread, which may have inspired its creation.
- 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 where these can purchased.
- Pastel de queso, cheesecake
- Pastel de tres leches
- Pepitorias
- Platano
- Plátano frito
- Polvorón
- Rice pudding
- Rosca de reyes
- Sopaipilla
- Tacuarines, Biscochos, or Coricos
Beverages
Non-alcoholic
- 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
- Jarritos
- Jugos frescos
- Lechuguilla
- Licuado, a drink that includes banana, chocolate, and sugar
- Mangonada
- Mexican Coke
- Mexican tea culture
- Pópo
- Pozol
- Sangria Señorial
- Tamarindo
- Tejate
Alcoholic
- 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