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Menudo

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Menudo, also known as mondongo, pancita or mole de panza, is a traditional Mexican soup made with beef tripe in a broth built on a red chili pepper base. It is the Mexican variation of the Spanish dish callos, and similar tripe soups exist elsewhere in Latin America and Europe, including sopa de mondongo, guatitas and dobrada in Latin America, trippa alla romana in Italy and patsas in Greece.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1836 1
Origin Region
Mexico 1
Classification
Course
Soup 1
FAQs

Is menudo really eaten as a hangover cure?

According to CooksInfo, "Some swear by it as a hangover cure, so it is often served on New Year’s Day mornings. Many restaurants serve it for breakfast on weekend mornings for people who drank too much the night before".
Connections

In Cuisine

Spanish Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Chili Pepper, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
Hominy, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
Lime, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
Onion, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
Oregano, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
Tripe, Ingredients
Source Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Originated In

Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Sources
1. Menudo (soup) - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Place of origin field
    Mexico
  • History section
    In the Mexican cookbook Nuevo y Sencillo Arte de Cocina, Reposteria y Refrescos (1836), Antonia Carrillo includes many menudo recipes.
  • Introduction
    Menudo, also known as Mondongo, pancita ([little] gut or [little] stomach) or mole de panza ("stomach sauce"), is a traditional Mexican soup, made with cow's stomach (tripe) in broth with a red chili pepper base.
  • In Cuisine: Spanish Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
  • Uses Ingredient: Lime, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
  • Uses Ingredient: Oregano, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
  • Uses Ingredient: Hominy, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
  • Uses Ingredient: Tripe, Infobox main_ingredient field: Beef tripe (cow stomach), broth, hominy, lime, onions, cilantro, oregano, red chili peppers
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Wikidata: Menudo
Wikidata Q6817675, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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