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Mexican Food Glossary
A Comprehensive Guide to Mexican Food Types
Mexican Food C - E
Cajeta (cah-heh-tah): - A confection made of goat milk and sugar. Also called dulce de leche.
Carne (car-nay): - Meat, pork or beef.
Ceviche (seh-vee-chay): - Raw fish marinated in lime juice, combined with onions, chili, spices and tomato.
Cerveza (ser-vay-sah): - Beer.
Chalupa (chah-loo-pah): - A filled, crisp, shallow corn cup.
Chayote (chah-yo-tay): - A kind of squash.
Chicharrones (chee-chah-roh-nays): - Deep fried pork rind.
Chilaquiles (chee-lah-kee-lays): - Fried pieces of tortilla with a mild red sauce and cheese topping. Popular for breakfast or as an appetizer.
Chile Rellenos (chee-lay ray-yay-nos): - Anaheim or ancho chilies without skins, battered and stuffed with meat or cheese, covered with a lightly spiced red sauce.
Chili (chih-lee): - The powder from dried chile peppers.
Chilorio (chee-loh-ree-oh): - A northern Mexican meat filling made with shredded boiled pork fried with spices and ground chilies.
Chimichanga (chi-mee-chan-gah): - Deep fried burritos filled with meat.
Chipotle (chih-poh-tull): - Smoked jalapeņo chili peppers.
Chorizo (choh-ree-zo): - Chili and spice flavored fresh sausage.
Cilantro (sill-ahn-tro): - A fresh herb used for aromatic seasoning.
Comida (coh-mee-dah): - Meal.
Conejo (coh-nay-ho): - Rabbit.
Cordero (cor-deh-ro): - Lamb.
Costillas (cos-tee-yas): - Ribs.
Cotija (coh-tee-ha): - An aged, crumbly white Mexican cheese.
Cream (creh-mah): - Cream.
Dulce (dull-say): - Sweet in flavor or a type of candy.
Elote (eh-loh-tay): - Fresh corn.
Empanadas (em-pah-nah-das): - A pastry filled with fruit, meat, fish or cheese. Popular in Spain, Chile, Peru and Argentina as well as Mexico.
Enchilada (en-chi-lah-das): - A softly fried corn tortilla dipped in red sauce and stuffed with shredded beef, chicken or cheese.
Epazote (eh-pah-zo-tay): - A wild herb used to flavor Mexican stews and soups. Epazote grows wild all over North America.
Escabeche (eh-scah-beh-chay): - A combination of vinegar, oil, seasonings and herbs used to pickle Mexican foods such as jalapeņos.
Esquite (eh-skee-tay): - A corn based snack topped with chili, lime juice, salt or grated cheese.
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