Mexican Food Recipes
Mexican Food Glossary
A Comprehensive Guide to Mexican Food Types
Mexican Food F - J
Fajitas (fah-hee-tas): - Grilled meat, fish, chicken or cheese on a corn or wheat tortilla.
Flauta (flow-tah): - A long flour or corn tortilla stuffed with chicken or beef then deep fried.
Frijoles (free-ho-lays): - Beans, normally pinto, black, bayo or kidney beans.
Guacamole (gwah-kah-moh-lay): - A dip made of mashed avocado, chili, onion, tomatoes, lime juice and spices, served with tortilla chips.
Guajillo (gwah-hee-yo): - A medium hot dried chili.
Gusanos de Maguey (goo-sah-nos day mag-way): - Worms that live in agave plants. Considered a Mexican delicacy when fried. Also found in mescal to denote the agave plant used.
Habanero (hah-bah-neh-roh): - The hottest Mexican chili pepper in existence.
Harina (hah-ree-nah): - Flour.
Helado (eh-lah-do): - Ice cream.
Horchata (or-chah-tah): - Soft drink with ground rice and water or melon seeds and juice.
Huitlacoche (weet-lah-koh-chay): - A Mexican food delicacy. Smoky sweet flavored maize kernels.
Hueso (weh-soh): - Bone.
Hueve (weh-voh): - Egg.
Jalapeño (hah-lah-peh-nyo): - A medium hot chili pepper.
Jícama (hee-kah-mah): - A tasty, crunchy white root served sliced and sprinkled with chili powder and lime juice.
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