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Cuisine of Puebla, MEXICO



Puebla, Mexico is well known for their restaurant cuisine. Eating out in Puebla is different because the restaurants focus on all home cooked meals. [|Dining in Puebla] is an experience of their Mexican culture. Two consistent parts of Puebla's most famous dishes are mole sauce, and poblano. Mole sauce is a thicker, rich mixture that has a very distinct, bitter taste. Mole is made of unsweetened chocolate, cinnamon, nuts such as almonds, etc. and chile peppers. Another most common part of Puebla, Mexico's dishes is poblano. Poblano is a spice made from mildly hot chile peppers. It's name was coined when the chile pepper was discovered in Puebla, Mexico. The pepper was named after Puebla's inhabitants. An inhabitant of Puebla is a 'Pueblano' and the pepper was named after the place that it was discovered. Over the history of Puebla, an industry has been created in the distribution of this pepper, once the spices became well known. Today, Poblano peppers are available in the United States as well as all over South and Central America. This industry helps circulate revenue throughout [|Puebla's economy].



 Puebla's dishes
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__**  Some of the dishes that Puebla is most well known for are, 'Espagueti al Poblano', 'Pollo Poblano', 'Mixiotes', and 'Mole Poblano'. 'Espagueti al Poblano' is made with spaghetti noodles, squash blossoms and poblano based chile sauce. It is one of the most commonly eaten dishes by tourists. 'Pollo Poblano' is a common dish, of chicken and their famous poblano chile sauce. Another popular dish is, 'Mixiotes'. 'Mixiotes' resemble tamales and are cooked and prepared in similar fashions. They are most commonly made with chicken or beef wrapped in leaves, such as bannana leaves and steam cooked like tamales. 'Mole Pablano' is Puebla's signature dish, made with Pablano spices native to Puebla in mole sauce. This is a bitter, mildy spicy mixture often used to add flavor to many famous dishes. These are just a few of the main dishes that attract attention to Puebla for their resturant cuisine.