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Pescado a la veracruzana

"Veracruz-style fish"

Say it

pes·KAH·doh ah lah beh·rah·kroo·SAH·nah

Where it comes from

Spanish pescado (fish) + a la veracruzana (in the Veracruz manner)

What Pescado a la veracruzana means

Pescado a la veracruzana is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "Veracruz-style fish". It comes from Spanish pescado (fish) + a la veracruzana (in the Veracruz manner). It is pronounced pes-KAH-doh ah lah beh-rah-kroo-SAH-nah, and it is most associated with Veracruz.

The olives and capers in the sauce are the Mediterranean half of Veracruz, Mexico's oldest Atlantic port.

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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Pescado a la veracruzana means Veracruz-style fish

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