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Salsa is a common ingredient in Mexican cuisine, served as a condiment with tacos, stirred into soups and stews, or incorporated into tamale fillings. Salsa fresca is fresh salsa made with tomatoes and hot peppers. Salsa verde is made with cooked tomatillos and is served as a dip or sauce for chilaquiles, enchiladas, and other dishes.
It is also called in a generic way Yucatecan sauce (salsa yucateca) [4] or pickled onions (cebollas encurtidas). [5] Since the Mayan-Spanish transliteration is not standardized, the ways of writing are various; other common spellings are ixnipec , xnepec , xni'pek , ni'peek , x-ni-pec , xnepek , etc., where peek means 'dog' and ni means 'nose'.
The Royal Spanish Academy defines the word enchilada, as used in Mexico, as a rolled maize tortilla stuffed with meat and covered with a tomato and chili sauce. [1] [2] Enchilada is the past participle of the Mexican Spanish enchilar, "to add chili pepper to"; literally, "to season (or decorate) with chili".
In Mexico, the best-known raw tomato sauce is pico de gallo, also known as salsa cruda. In France, raw tomato sauce is known as saoussoun [9] in the Alpes-Maritimes. Sauce vierge is another French sauce made from raw tomato, basil, lemon juice and olive oil, a bit similar to mexican pico de gallo. [10]
Salsa macha is a Mexican spicy condiment typically made of vegetable oil, dried chilies, garlic and salt. The chilies may be chile de árbol , serrano , chipotle , pequin or morita. [ 1 ] Its origin is possibly Veracruz . [ 2 ]
Pico de gallo can be used in much the same way as Mexican liquid salsas. Because it contains less liquid, it also can be used as a main ingredient in dishes such as tacos and fajitas. The tomato-based variety is widely known as salsa picada ('minced/chopped sauce'). In Mexico it is normally called salsa mexicana ('Mexican sauce').
Guajolota (Spanish: [ɡwaxoˈlota]), also known as a torta de tamal, is a form of street food commonly found in Mexico City and within the State of Mexico. It is essentially a sandwich composed of a tamal placed inside a bolillo or a telera , which is a rounder version of a bolillo.
Salsa verde (lit. ' green sauce ' ) is a type of spicy, green sauce in Mexican cuisine based on tomatillo and green chili peppers . The tomatillo-based Mexican salsa verde dates to the Aztec Empire , as documented by the Spanish physician Francisco Hernández , and is distinct from the various medieval European parsley-based green sauces .