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Call your local La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant for the most accurate information. México has one of the richest gastronomies in the world and Mexican food is one of the most beloved cuisines worldwide! It is the product of a set of ancient techniques, that are followed even today, and a sort of mix between pre-Hispanic local products and European ingredients such as certain spices like cinnamon, wheat, cattle, milk, cheese, etc. Because of its ritual practices, ancient knowledge, culinary techniques, customs and ancestral community cultures, in 2010, Mexican gastronomy was recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Mexico is known for its street markets, where you can find all sorts of magical stuff—things you couldn’t even imagine. Every street market has its own food area and is a representation of local cooking.

Here are the top 30 most popular Mexican foods of all time:  1. Chilaquiles is definitely the most popular breakfast in the country. Made of triangular pieces of fried or toasted corn tortilla, called totopos, soaked in a red or green hot sauce, topped with shredded chicken, chorizo, shredded beef, and scrambled or sunny side up egg. It is decorated with fresh cheese, coriander, and sliced onion and is served with fried beans on the side. These represent the hats of two ranchmen. This is one of the most popular dishes on the northern side of México.

Machaca is simply a shredded version of dried beef with a proper seasoning. And it is all seasoned with thyme, celery, cumin, oregano, bay leaf, black pepper, black sauces, salt, rosemary, a bit of dark beer, etc. This dish is cooked on a plow disc previously cured over some wood. It is a traditional dish for family reunions. Recognized as the most popular Mexican dish worldwide, the taco has become an art.

Mexicans would never deny a taco to anybody. Hundreds of fillings can be put on a corn tortilla! Escamoles are ant larvae found only in central and southern México. The larvae are only found once a year and harvesting them is quite a delicate operation, making this a very expensive dish—a bit like caviar. This is very popular on the northern side of México, especially the states bordering the United States.

A burrito is a cylindrically rolled flour tortilla stuffed with different ingredients of choice, often a stew. The most popular are the fried bean burrito with cheese and the machaca burrito. There is a myth in Mexican culture that before the conquest, Pozole was made out of human flesh. Nowadays, though, Pozole is cooked with shredded chicken or wild turkey. There are several types, such as green, red, or white pozole, camagua, sea food, elopozole, etc. The most popular are the green and red.

History tells us this came from Spain decades before the conquest. They used pieces of tripe, according to The Art Book of Cozine, by Diego Granado. Nowadays, menudo is a seasoned soup made with corn kernels, with or without the grains, and beef tripe. It is often also known as Pancita. A southern delight, Cochinita Pibil is a slow cooked shredded pork stew, typical of the Yucatan Peninsula.