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Chiles en nogada

"chiles in walnut sauce"

Say it

CHEE·les en noh·GAH·dah

Where it comes from

Spanish chile + nogada (walnut sauce, from nogal, walnut tree)

What Chiles en nogada means

Chiles en nogada is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "chiles in walnut sauce". It comes from Spanish chile + nogada (walnut sauce, from nogal, walnut tree). It is pronounced CHEE-les en noh-GAH-dah, and it is most associated with Puebla.

Nogada simply means a walnut sauce. The tradition that Augustinian nuns built the dish in the colours of the new flag for Iturbide in 1821 is repeated everywhere and documented nowhere.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.

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Chiles en nogada means chiles in walnut sauce

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