List of Mexican dishes
The Spanish invasion 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
- Avocado
- Bolillos
- Burrito
- * Burro percherón
- 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
- Empanadas
- Enchilada
- Enfrijoladas
- Ensalada de fruta
- Entomatadas
- Escamoles
- Fajitas
- Filete de pescado
- Flautas
- Frijoles charros
- Fritada
- Gorditas
- Gringas
- Huauzontles
- Huaraches
- Huitlacoche
- Japanese peanuts
- 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
Egg dishes
- Huevos a la mexicana
- Huevos motuleños
- Huevos rancheros
- Migas
Meat dishes
Beef dishes
- Albóndigas, Mexican meatballs
- Aporreadillo
- Beef brain
- Bistec
- Carne asada, grilled beef
- 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
Pork dishes
- Calabacitas con puerco
- Carnitas
- Chilorio
- Chorizo
- Cochinita pibil
- Hog maw
- Pickled pigs' feet
- Poc Chuc
Poultry dishes
Other meat and protein dishes
- Barbacoa
- Birria – a spicy stew from the state of Jalisco traditionally made from goat meat or mutton
- Chapulines – toasted grasshoppers seasoned with salt & lime
- Conejo en Adobo – rabbit in red chile sauce
- 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.
- Discada
Moles, sauces, dips and spreads
- Chamoy
- Guacamole
- Mole blanco
- Mole sauce
- Mole verde
- Pepian – green or red, meat, pork
- Salsa
- Salsa chipotle
- Salsa verde
Rice and pasta dishes
- Arroz a la tumbada
- Arroz con pollo
- Arroz negro
- Arroz poblano
- Arroz rojo
- Green spaghetti, a celebration dish of spaghetti in a roasted poblano cream sauce
- Morisqueta
Seafood dishes
Soups and stews
- Birriacaldo de pollo, chicken soupcaldo de queso, cheese soupcaldo de mariscos, seafood soupcaldo tlalpeño, chicken, broth, chopped avocado, chile chipotle and fried tortilla strips or triangles – may include white cheese, vegetables, chickpeas, carrot, green beans
- Fideos
- Menudo
- Pozole
- Sopa de fideo
- sopa de flor de calabaza
- Sopa de lima, from Yucatán
- Sopa de nueces, walnut soup
- Sopa de pollo
- Sopa de tortilla
Vegetable dishes
- Chile relleno
- Chiles en nogada
- Cuitlacoche, a fungus that grows on corn plants, often served in soups
- Egg rolls
- Frijoles
- Frijoles pintos
- Frijoles negros
- Frijoles charros
- Frijoles Puercos
- Frijoles refritos
- Nopalitos
- Papas
- Pico de gallo
Desserts and sweets
Mexico's candy and bakery sweets industry, centered in Michoacán and Mexico City, produces a wide array of products.- Alfajor
- Arroz con leche, rice pudding
- Bionico, type of fruit salad with cream or yogurt
- Borrachitos
- Buñuelos
- Brazo de gitano/Niño envuelto
- Caballero pobre
- Cajeta
- *Cajeta de piña y plátano
- Calabaza en tacha
- Calavera
- Capirotada
- Chacualole
- Champurrado
- Chongos zamoranos, cheese candy named for its place of origin, Zamora, Michoacán
- Chocolate
- Chocolate brownie
- Churros
- Cocadas
- Coconut candy
- Cochinito de Piloncillo
- Concha
- Coyotas
- Dulce de leche
- Flan
- Fresas con crema
- Frozen banana
- Gorditas de nata
- Ice cream.
- * Fried ice cream
- Jericalla
- Manjar blanco
- Marie biscuit
- Marquesita
- Mazapán de Cacahuate
- NicuatolePaletas, popsicles, the street popsicle vendor is a noted fixture of Mexico's urban landscape.
- PalmierPan de muerto, sugar covered pieces of bread traditionally eaten at the Día de muertos festivityPan 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 tres leches
- Plátanos Fritos
- Polvorón
- Raspado
- Rosca de reyes
- Sopaipilla
- Tortitas de Santa Clara
- Biscochos
- Piñata cookie
- Platáno frito
- Jamoncillo
- Carlota de limón
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 (drink)
- Jarritos
- Jugos frescos
- Lechuguilla
- Licuado, drink that includes banana, chocolate, and sugar
- Mangonada
- Mexican Coke
- Mexican tea culture
- Pópo
- Pozol
- Sangria Señorial
- Tascalate
- Tamarindo
- Tejate