The best New Mexican foods
The top 3 according to 781 votes from people: Green chile · Breakfast burrito · Carne adovada. (Updated Nov 16, 2018.)
Green and red chile, carne adovada, sopaipillas, biscochitos and the Christmas-style breakfast burrito: the cooking of New Mexico.
Top 17
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1
Green chile
Roasted Hatch Valley chiles, the soul of the state's food.
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2
Breakfast burrito
Eggs, potatoes and cheese smothered in red, green or 'Christmas' chile.
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3
Carne adovada
Pork marinated and baked in red chile.
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4
Enchiladas
Often stacked flat with red or green chile.
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5
Sopaipillas
Puffy fried bread eaten with honey.
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6
Biscochitos
Anise and cinnamon cookies, the official state cookie.
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7
Chile relleno
Stuffed green chile, battered and fried.
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8
Posole
Hominy stew with pork and chile.
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9
Frybread
Navajo fried dough.
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10
Calabacitas
Sautéed squash, corn and green chile.
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11
Green chile cheeseburger
The classic burger with roasted green chile.
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12
Carne seca
Dried beef jerky.
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13
Chile con queso
Melted cheese dip with chile.
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14
Blue corn
Blue corn tortillas and atole.
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15
Capirotada
Lenten bread pudding with piloncillo.
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16
Piñon nuts
Pine nuts gathered from the piñon shrub.
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17
Cactus fries
Fried nopal with prickly pear sauce.
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Comments (7)
Stacked enchiladas with a fried egg on top, that's New Mexico
Sopaipillas with honey at the end of the meal, non negotiable
Carne adovada should be number two, sorry breakfast burrito
Biscochitos at Christmas, my grandma's recipe uses lard and anise
Red or green? Christmas, always.
Green chile on everything. Hatch season is the best time of the year.
The smell of chile roasting outside the grocery store in September