Mexican Food Recipes
Mexican Food Glossary
A Comprehensive Guide to Mexican Food Types
Mexican Food P - Z
Papadzules (pah-pah-dzoo-lays): - A Yucatan dish of stuffed corn tortillas topped with tomato sauce and pumpkin seeds.
Pasilla (pah-see-yah): - Long, thin, dark chili pepper.
Pato (pah-toh): - Duck.
Pavo (pah-voh): - Turkey.
Pepitas (peh-pee-tas): - Unhulled pumpkin seeds for making mole verde.
Piñones (pih-nyoh-nays): - Pine nuts.
Pipian sauce (pih-pee-yan sauce): - Sauce like mole made from ground pumpkin seeds or squash seeds and other nuts.
Poblano (poh-blah-no): - Dark green fresh chili pepper.
Pozole (poh-zoh-lay): - Medium spicy soup with chicken or pork, onion, spices and hominy.
Postre (poh-stray): - Dessert.
Pulque (pul-kay): Fermented drink with agave. First used by the Mayans as a medicine.
Quesadillas (kay-sah-dee-yas): - Wheat, flour or corn tortillas stuffed with cheese.
Roasted Peppers: - Roasted bell peppers or chili peppers.
Rompope (rohm-poh-pay): - A thick, sweet alcoholic drink with egg and vanilla.
Salchicha (sahl-chee-chah): - Sausage.
Salsa (sahl-sah): - Sauce.
Sangría (san-gree-yah): - A Spanish drink made with wine, brandy, fruit juice, fruit and either Cointreau or Triple Sec.
Sangrita (san-gree-tah): - An accompaniment to tequila made with orange juice, chili powder, grenadine and often tomato juice.
Serrano (seh-rah-no): - A small, green hot chili from northern Mexico.
Sopa (soh-pah): - Soup.
Taco (tah-koh): - A fried corn tortilla, folded in half and stuffed with cheese, meat, lettuce, tomato and slasa. Can also be served soft, stuffed with various ingredients.
Tamale (tah-mah-lay): - Corn tortilla dough stuffed with meat, fruit or vegetables, wrapped in a corn husk and steamed.
Taquito (tah-kee-toh): - A small taco made with a corn tortilla, stuffed with meat, rolled up and fried. Like a miniature flauta.
Tequila (teh-kee-lah): - Liquor made from blue agave juice which only grown within a hundred miles of Guadalajara.
Tiburón (tih-buh-ron): - Shark.
Tomatillo (toh-mah-tee-yo): - Like a small tomato, a flavorful fruit in the gooseberry family which is used in Mexican sauce recipes
Tortilla (tor-tee-yah): - A thin, flat round unleavened bread. Made of harina for flour tortillas or masa for corn tortillas.
Tostada (tos-tah-dah): - A fried corn tortilla. Usually topped with meat, beans, lettuce, tomato and salsa.
Vino (vee-noh): - Wine.
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