Yucatecan Cuisine
The culinary delights of the typical Yucatecan kitchen come from a mouth watering mixture of European influence. Once upon a time the Yucatecan peninsula was considered to be too far away and too dificult to reach from the rest of Mexico. Mountainous terrain and very poor roads kept the peninsula isolated.
Having ports with commercial and cultural contacts with Europe (especially France), New Orleans and Cuba, the Yucatecans werw easily influenced by many aspects of these countries, i.e., Dress, architecture and cooking explains why there is a lot of European flare in its cuisine:
Lime Soup
A delicious soup made shredded chicken, bits of fried tortilla, and lime juice.
Exquisite!
Longaniza Asada
This spicy sausage is from the east of the state and is barbecued to make the mounth wather. It is served with bitter oranges to complement its delicious taste.Motul Style Eggs
A scrumptious, huge breakfast of tortilla covered with refried beans and a fried egg and then smoothered with tomato sauce, peas, chopped ham and sheredded cheese. Usually served with some fried banana slices. Try it you´ll like it!
Salbutes
Hand-made tortillas piled with sharedded turkey, tomato, lettuce and chopped onion. They can also be served with cochinita, relleno negro or any of our other dishes.
Pollo Pibil
Chicken marinated in achiote (annatto), sour orange juice, peppercorns garlic, cumin, salt, and then wrapped in banana leaves and baked. This dish can also be made with pork (Cochinita Pibil). A dish you should definitely try for lunch or dinner. Not spicy.Poc-Chuc
Tender slices of pork marinated in sour orange juice and served with a tangy sauce. Papadzules
Chopped hard boiled egg rolled up in tortilla and covered with pumpkin seed sauce.Frijoles con Puerco
The Yucatecan version of pork and beans. Chunks of pork cooked with black beans, served with rice, and garnished with radish, cilantro and onion. A regular Monday dish in most Yucatecan homes.
Panuchos
This one of the most typical of all our traditional yucatecan food. Home-made tortillas are filled with beans then piled with shredded turkey, tomato, lettuce and chopped onion. They are exquisite.
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