Has any one else ever notice that almost all mexican or at least american-mex dishes have the exact same ingrediense (SP), just fixed a different way?
tortillas, chips, taco shells
shredded cheese, nacho cheese
refried beans, whole beans etc.....
2006-09-23 05:28:39 · 19 answers · asked by magan 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
No....just the Americanized MX foods! Real MX food is GREAT and has plenty of variety! check out the recipe at the link below!
aguas frescas
albóndigas
arroz amarillo
arroz con camarones
arroz con lima
arroz con pollo
arroz Español (Spanish rice)
arroz verde
ate
atole or champurrado
bacanora
barbacoa
birria
bistec picado
bolillos
burrito
cajeta
calabaza
camote
capirotada
carne asada
carnitas
cecina
cemitas sandwiches
chapulines and escamoles
charales, small fish, basically a type of smelt
chicharrón and chicharrones
chilaquiles
chiles en nogada
chiles rellenos
chilorio
chimichangas
chocolate
chorizo
churipo
cochinita pibil
cocido
cóctel de camarón and other seafood cocktails
caldo de queso
caldo de pollo (chicken soup), other caldos are made from beef, seafood, etc.
coyotas
empanadas
enchilada (red or green)
ensalada de fruta
fideo
flautas
frijoles pintos
frijoles ******
frijoles charros
Refried beans (frijoles refritos)
fritadas de camaron
gorditas
glorias
gringas
guacamole
horchata
huevos divorciados
huevos motuleños
huevos rancheros
jamoncillos
jicama
lengua
lentejas
longaniza
machaca
mancha manteles
mariscos
menudo
mezcal
michelada
milanesa
mixiotes
mole
molletes
moronga
nopalitos
pambazos
papas (potatoes)
parilladas
picadillo
pico de gallo
platano
pollo asado
pollo picado
pollo rostizado
polvorones
pozole
pulpo(From the Sinaloa Fish Recepies)
quesadillas
rajas con crema
romeritos
salsa
sopes
sopa azteca
sopa de pollo
sopa tarasca
tacos
tamales
taquitos
tepache
tequila
tortillas
tortas (sandwiches)
"Tortas de...." Small omelettes similar to egg foo yung patties.
tostadas
tlacoyos
tlayudas
venado, particularly in the Yucatan.
yuca
2006-09-23 05:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by Zoila 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really. I am not mexican first of all, but I do have some friends that are. The reason why you think it's all the same thing is that those are the most popular things that other people will eat. There is so much more that those things in Mexican food and even if something is called something it is not always made the same way. The food we eat here in the USA is more like Tex-Mex food, where we take what we think is tastey. B/c really tac shells aren't really that mexican
2006-09-23 05:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by whackiejackies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with the woman that commented before me....they're all the same because that isn't REAL Mexican food. Sure, all the ingredients are the same at Taco Bell and Chevy's, but they aren't if you try authentic Mexican food. You would be surprised by the amazing taste, depth of flavor, and variety of ingredients :)
2006-09-23 06:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by cutiewithabooooty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Mexican are different then the American because in American it almost fatty foods!The tortillas are made from Mexico.Oh yeah TACO BELL IS NOT A MEXICAN FOODS.
2006-09-23 06:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason it's called tex-mex or as YOU call it "AMERICAN-Mex" is because we really have no true mexican food here, it's all been americanized, and real mexican food is made with stuff we don't normally eat here in the US. Things like Mole, and Goat Cheese, and they REALLY don't use nacho cheese or cheddar cheese in REAL mexican food, so think of all of it as americanized mexican food.
2006-09-23 05:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess you must be refering to the american-mexican food. I guess it's like saying that all US food is hamburgers (a la McDonalds) or hot dogs.
Mexican food is very rich in different ingredients, both regional and nationwide.
You should have some Pollo Almendrado (Almond Chicken), which is a type of Mole, very nicely done with I don't know how many ingredients.. Or Chiles en Nogada, or .. lots of different dishes, all of them high quality and different.
2006-09-23 05:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by Roberto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be real mexican food, because the real one has a wide range of ingredients.
But the stereotype mexican food has like 6 ingredients.
2006-09-23 05:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by Kam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people that developed the recipes we think of as Mexican were for the most part poor and had limited resources. The fact that that were able to come up with so many uses for simple ingredients is amazing.
2006-09-23 05:31:57 · answer #8 · answered by roamin70 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You must live up north and you don't have real Mexican restaurants around. There is sooo much more to Mexican food than that
2006-09-23 05:32:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your eating at the wrong mexican rest.... I have 2 son-in-laws from mexico and they cook their foods different ways.
2006-09-23 05:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by smiley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋