Vegetarian Street Food GUIDE: Part 1

Here’s a short list of options you can eat at food stalls in the street or markets.

** In any street food, the oil that they use could be canola oil or similar, or it could be “manteca” which is reduced pork lard; unless you go to a strictly vegetarian or vegan restaurant, there might be a slight level of cross.contamination with the meat dishes - same pan used, same oil, same knife.
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◼️ TLACOYOS: oval/diamond-shaped corn masa (dough) fried or toasted, yellow or blue, topped usually with NOPALES (cactus leaves), cilantro, cheese, onion, filled with one of the following proteins:

• HABA (fava bean)
• REQUESÓN (soft cheese)
• FRIJOLES (black or pinto beans)

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◼️ TACOS (DE GUISADO): circular corn tortilla, similar to quesadilla, but we don’t use the same fillings usually; order either with a beans spread or rice, with the “guisado”; here’s what you could ask for the “guisado”:

• CHILE RELLENO (roasted poblano pepper stuffed with QUESO PANELA or FRESCO (fresh cheese) and fried in egg batter) – usually not spicy by itself, but you never know
• RAJAS CON CREMA (strips of roasted poblano pepper marinated in Mexican cream)
• HUEVOS DUROS o REVUELTOS EN SALSA VERDE (eggs, either: hard-boiled, or scrambled and bathing in green (spicy) sauce)
• TORTITAS DE BROCOLI o COLIFLOR (broccoli or cauliflower patty, fried in egg batter)

***** TOSTADAS: deep-fried or toasted crunchy taco with toppings:

• TINGA DE SETAS (not very common; mushrooms cooked in a tomato based-sauce, with garlic, chiles)
• FRIJOLES (not very common)

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◼️ ​FLAUTAS: a long tortilla rolled up and deep fried to be crunchy, with a filling on the inside; there are 1 or 2 vegetarian options: PAPA (potato) o QUESO (cheese), but you usually can get fried quesadillas (our next blog) at these stands as well; you can add cream, iceberg lettuce finely sliced, salsa, grated cheese.

◼️ TORTAS: sandwiches with wheat bread loaf (it’s a special kind called BOLILLO), with a combination of fillings: HUEVOS, QUESO, AGUACATE (avocado), JITOMATE (tomato).

◼️ SOPE SENCILLO: a thin-ish corn patty (thicker than a quesadilla, but thinner than a burger patty), fried or toasted, with a beans spread and grated cheese on top; this is the “plain” version of the SOPE, as there are many meat options, but in an emergency situation, the SOPE SENCILLO could carry you over; it’s very rare but sometimes you can find a SOPE CON HUEVO; near Massiosare el Hostal, there’s a place called Genesis, that has this egg sope option.