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Escabeche

"vinegar pickle"

Say it

es·kah·BEH·cheh

Where it comes from

Arabic as-sikbāj (a vinegar-stewed meat dish), from Persian sikbā

What Escabeche means

Escabeche is a Mexican salsa or sauce name of Arabic (via Spanish) origin meaning "vinegar pickle". It comes from Arabic as-sikbāj (a vinegar-stewed meat dish), from Persian sikbā. It is pronounced es-kah-BEH-cheh, and it is most associated with Yucatán.

A Persian dish name that became the Spanish word for anything preserved in vinegar. In Mexico it covers both jalapeños en escabeche, the canned pickled chiles, and Yucatán's escabeche oriental, a turkey dish.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Salsa simply means sauce. The interesting names are the older ones: mole from Nahuatl mōlli, guacamole from āhuacamōlli, and pico de gallo, "rooster's beak", whose name nobody can fully explain.

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Escabeche means vinegar pickle

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