Traditional Mexican Dishes

Mexico, a country that is situated in the Americas, with the United States bordering its northern territory, is a place of sorts. Mexico is highly noted for its unique cuisine, that uses mostly local-grown vegetation, spices and meat to make its mouth-watering dishes.

Spanish colonists were said to have influenced the Mexicans with their cooking styles, where it was combined with that of the Mayans and Aztecs traditional way of cooking as well. The food has intense bursts of flavor, is usually spicy in nature, and colorful in terms of presentation.

Different parts of Mexico specialize in a different way of cooking. North Mexico is known for its meat based dishes like goat and beef, with the south known best for its spicy chicken and vegetable dishes.

The United States is known for preparing Mexican dishes with a Texan twist to it, known widely as TexMex, where cooks infuse these two styles of cooking, using Mexican spices and its culinary techniques. The Chimichanga, which is a popular dish in the United States, is a deep-fried burrito packed in with Mexican style flavors.

Traditional Mexican dishes and recipes have been experimented with worldwide, and is a much-loved cuisine, and a fast catching on way of cooking that is being recognized by the greats in the cooking world. Here, you'll come across a multitude of Mexico's finest dishes, that are sure to set your palette tingling.

Traditional Mexican food dishes cover a variety of foods, that are well put together, with spices and vegetables that highlight the dish be it a meat/vegetable based dish. Known best for its tacos, burritos, enchiladas, salsa and guacamole dips, traditional Mexican recipes have a lot to offer in terms of unarguably great cuisine.

Before we get into the Mexican dishes list, we look into a recipe that is famous among traditional Mexican breakfast dishes.

What You'll Need

• Muffin molds
• Blender
• 1 cup of maizete corn oil
• 5 cups of sugar (powdered)
• 2 can of pineapple discs with juice
• 1 and ½ teaspoons of baking powder
• 6 cups of maseca for tamales
• 2 cups of pineapple juice

Method of Preparation

Before you start out on this recipe, pre-heat the oven to 350^oF. To start off, first use a blender to mix in your baking powder, pineapple juice, sugar, maseca and maizete, until you get a nice creamy paste.

Using the muffin molds, pour in your mixture halfway up to the brim, then fill in the second half with some sliced pieces of pineapple, & pour in the rest of your mixture to the brim. Pop it in the oven, set the timer to 20 minutes, and presto, your done! For more recipe ideas, head on to easy traditional Mexican recipes to cook up a storm of yummy delight.

In the following list, you'll also see some traditional Mexican side dishes, appetizers, main courses and even desserts, that Mexican cuisine has been acclaimed for.

• Gringas
• Empanada Mexicana
• Empanadas
• Chile refleno
• Churipo
• Charales
• Chiles en nogada
• Carne asada
• Choriqueso
• Enchilada
• Entomatadas
• Fritadas de cameron
• Gorditas

• Sailbutes
• Romeritos
• Pollo rostizado
• Papadzules
• Machana
• Menudo
• Huevos divorciados
• Huachinango a la Veracruzana
• Mixiotes
• Milanesa
• Panucho
• Quesadillas
• Sopes
• Sopa tarasca

• Tlacoyos
• Tripas
• Tortillas
• Tamales
• Tostadas
• Taquitos
• Venado

Side Dishes/Appetizers

• Curtido
• Calabaza
• Arroz amarillo
• Arroz verde
• Atepocates
• Ceviche
• Camote

• Sopapilla
• Nopalitos
• Guacamole
• Frijoles negros
• Consomme
• Fideos
• Frijoles refritos
• Jocoque
• Pico de gallo
• Salsa

Desserts

• Glorias
• Coyotas
• Cajeta
• Arroz con leche
• Champurrado
• Empanadas
• Jarritos

• Pan de Acambaro
• Polvoron
• Pastel de quedo
• Paletas
• Tucuarines

These Mexican dishes are not all that hard to prepare. It all comes down to how you put in your ingredients in the right amount of time.