# The best New Mexican foods

Green and red chile, carne adovada, sopaipillas, biscochitos and the Christmas-style breakfast burrito: the cooking of New Mexico.

- 781 votes · 17 items
- Nov 16, 2018 · shane_tacoqueen
- https://even.best/en/l/3754/the-best-new-mexican-foods

## Top 17

1. **Green chile** (68 · ▲75 ▼7) — Roasted Hatch Valley chiles, the soul of the state's food.
2. **Breakfast burrito** (55 · ▲65 ▼10) — Eggs, potatoes and cheese smothered in red, green or 'Christmas' chile.
3. **Carne adovada** (47 · ▲54 ▼7) — Pork marinated and baked in red chile.
4. **Enchiladas** (47 · ▲50 ▼3) — Often stacked flat with red or green chile.
5. **Sopaipillas** (42 · ▲48 ▼6) — Puffy fried bread eaten with honey.
6. **Biscochitos** (35 · ▲39 ▼4) — Anise and cinnamon cookies, the official state cookie.
7. **Chile relleno** (32 · ▲36 ▼4) — Stuffed green chile, battered and fried.
8. **Posole** (29 · ▲36 ▼7) — Hominy stew with pork and chile.
9. **Frybread** (29 · ▲35 ▼6) — Navajo fried dough.
10. **Calabacitas** (29 · ▲34 ▼5) — Sautéed squash, corn and green chile.
11. **Green chile cheeseburger** (26 · ▲30 ▼4) — The classic burger with roasted green chile.
12. **Carne seca** (25 · ▲34 ▼9) — Dried beef jerky.
13. **Chile con queso** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Melted cheese dip with chile.
14. **Blue corn** (21 · ▲29 ▼8) — Blue corn tortillas and atole.
15. **Capirotada** (15 · ▲25 ▼10) — Lenten bread pudding with piloncillo.
16. **Piñon nuts** (11 · ▲23 ▼12) — Pine nuts gathered from the piñon shrub.
17. **Cactus fries** (7 · ▲18 ▼11) — Fried nopal with prickly pear sauce.

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