Mexican Food Word Search
Play a Mexican Food word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: TACO, BURRITO, ENCHILADA, QUESADILLA, TAMALE, POZOLE, MENUDO, CHILE, SALSA, GUACAMOLE, CILANTRO, JALAPENO.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Mexican Food word list, defined
- TACO /tɑːkoʊ/ · noun
- A traditional Mexican dish consisting of a small, folded corn tortilla filled with various ingredients such as meat, cheese, and vegetables. Related: burrito, tortilla, empanada, wrap.
- BURRITO /bəˈriːtoʊ/ · noun
- A Mexican and Tex-Mex dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped or folded around a filling such as beans, rice, meat, cheese, and salsa. Related: wrap.
- ENCHILADA /ˌɛntʃɪˈlɑːdə/ · noun
- A Mexican dish consisting of a rolled tortilla filled typically with meat, cheese, or beans, covered with a chilli sauce and baked. Related: tortilla dish, burrito, quesadilla.
- QUESADILLA /ˌkeɪsəˈdɪlə/ · noun
- A quesadilla is a Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla filled with cheese, and often other ingredients, that is cooked until the cheese is melted and the tortilla is crispy. Related: tortilla pie, cheese foldover, Mexican foldover, cheese tortilla.
- TAMALE /təˈmɑːli/ · noun
- A traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa (dough) filled with various ingredients, such as meat, cheese, or vegetables, and steamed in a leaf wrapper. Related: tamales, dumplings, pastries, empanadas.
- POZOLE /poh-soh-lee/ · noun
- A traditional Mexican stew made from hominy and pork or chicken, often served with shredded cabbage, radish, lime, and tortilla chips. Related: stew, soup, hominy.
- MENUDO /mɛnˈduːoʊ/ · noun
- A spicy soup made with tripe, hominy, and various meats, originating from Mexico. Related: soup, stew, broth.
- CHILE /ˈtʃɪli/ · noun
- A variant spelling of chili: the pod-like fruit of any of several varieties of Capsicum pepper, especially the hot kinds used as a spice or in cooking. Related: chili, chilli, pepper, capsicum.
- SALSA /ˈsɑːlsə/ · noun, verb
- A spicy sauce originating from Latin America, typically made from tomatoes, onions, peppers, and spices. To dance in a lively, energetic style, often to Latin music. Related: hot sauce, pepper sauce, chili sauce, sauce.
- GUACAMOLE /ˌɡwɑːkəˈmoʊli/ · noun
- A thick, creamy dip or spread made from mashed avocados, often mixed with onions, garlic, and chili peppers. Related: avocado dip, mash, dip, spread.
- CILANTRO /sɪˈlæntroʊ/ · noun
- The fresh leaves and tender stems of the coriander plant (Coriandum sativum), widely used as a culinary herb, especially in Mexican, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern cooking. Related: coriander leaves, fresh coriander, Chinese parsley.
- JALAPENO /dʒəˈlæpɪnoʊ/ · noun
- A type of hot, green or red pepper, commonly used in Mexican and Southwestern American cuisine. Related: cayenne, pepper, hot pepper, chili.
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