The cuisine of Nuevo León is the regional cuisine of the state of

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

, in northeastern

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. It combines three culinary cultures: Spanish Catholic, Sephardic Jewish (the state's founders) and the Tlaxcalan indigenous people who came from central Mexico. To a lesser extent, the regional cuisine combines with some dishes from the

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, as a result of migration and the culinary influence of that region.

List of dishes

Carne asada Carne asada is grilled and sliced beef, usually skirt steak, flap steak, or flank steak though chuck steak (known as ''diezmillo'' in Spanish) can also be used. It is usually marinated then grilled or seared to impart a charred flavor. Car ...

Cabrito Cabrito () is the name in both Spanish and Portuguese for Roasting, roast Goat meat, goat kid in various Iberian and Latin American cuisines. Argentina Cabrito is also a regional specialty of Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba Province in ...

(al pastor) *

Machacado con huevo Machacado con huevo, Machaca con huevo, or Huevos con machaca is a dish consisting of shredded dry beef that is scrambled eggs, scrambled with egg (food), eggs. Its name means "shredded with eggs" in Spanish language, Spanish. The shredded dry ...

Discada A discada (also known as a cowboy wok or a plow disc cooker, Spanish: ) is a large disc cookware found in Mexican and Southwestern US cooking It is also the name for a mixed meat dish made with this cooking utensil. The disc The disc is usuall ...

Arrachera Skirt steak is the US name for a cut of beef steak from the plate. It is long, flat, and prized for its flavor rather than tenderness. It is distinct from hanger steak (US), also called skirt (UK) or onglet (France), a generally similar a ...

* Chicharrón de la Ramos * Tostada Siberia * Cuajitos *

Flour tortilla A flour tortilla (, ) or wheat tortilla is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Made with flour- and water-based dough, it is pressed and cooked, similar to corn tortillas. The simplest recipes use only flour, wat ...

Tripas ''Tripas'', in Mexican cuisine (known as chitterlings in English-speaking countries), are the small intestines of farm animals that have been cleaned, boiled and grilled. ''Tripas'' are used as filling for tacos, and then dressed with condimen ...

* Empalme

References

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