gordita
Thick corn pocket
A gordita is a Mexican dish—a small, thick corn cake that's split open and stuffed with meat, cheese, beans, or other fillings.
The name comes from the Spanish word for "little fat one," describing the puffy shape.
Gorditas are popular street food in Mexico and at Mexican restaurants: I'll have two gorditas with carnitas.
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
- masaNixtamalized corn dough
- tacoFilled, folded flatbread
- sopesThick corn masa bases
- pupusaSalvadoran stuffed griddle cake
arepa · empanada · chalupa · huarache · tostada · quesadilla · frijoles · carnitas
Edible pod seeds
chorizo · carnitas · chicharron · lettuce · tomato · salsa · guacamole · sour cream
tortilla
Thin unleavened Mexican bread
pupusa · arepa · empanada · chalupa · huarache · tostada · quesadilla · frijoles · carnitas · barbacoa
thick
Having great depth
soft · golden · stuffed · pocket · pillowy · doughy · chewy · warm · toasted · split
beans
Edible pod seeds
chicken · chorizo · carnitas · chicharron · lettuce · tomato · salsa · guacamole · sour cream · jalapeno
Mexican
Of or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- authenticVerified as original
ancestral · regional · artisanal · fiesta · abuela · mercado · comal · indigenous · pre-Hispanic · Tex-Mex
- Latin foodtacos, tamales, burritos, quesadilla, nachos
- Stuffed Foodsdumpling, gyoza, empanada, pierogi, samosa
- Taco Bellbean burrito, chalupa, cinnamon twists, Mexican pizza, nacho fries
- antojitoshuarache, chalupa, tostada, quesadilla, taco
- cornsweet corn, field corn, corn flour, corn starch, cornmeal
- fast foodMcDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, KFC