Spanish Names For American Food Mexican Food. Mexican food…is from Mexico!

Spanish NamesFor

American Food

Mexican Food

Mexican food…is from Mexico!

IngredientsIngredients

That looks great!/That looks terrible!Rate the food as you see it.Tell me: That looks great! ORThat looks terrible!

JalapenoThe jalapeno pepper is green.

The red one is a red hot chili pepper.

Jalapeno peppers are not as spicy as chili peppers.

Jalapeno poppers are jalapenosstuffed with cheese.

Refried beans

Sour Cream

CheeseMexicans use cheddar and Monterrey jack

cheeses.

TomatilloA tomatillo is a little green tomato

with a papery shell.

OnionsWhite

Purple

Yellow

Pearl

Green

CilantroCilantro is a green plant with fat

leaves.

Pico de GalloPico de gallo is tomatoes, red and

white onions, jalapenos, and cilantro. Cilantro is a green plant.

GuacamoleGuacamole is squashed avocadoes

with lime juice.

Avocado

Limes

MeatsChicken

Pork

Beef

SeafoodFish

Shrimp

TortillasTortillas are made of flour or corn and

cooked on a flat metal plate.You wrap the tortilla around your food, just

like Koreans wrap seaweed around rice.

QuesadillaA quesadilla is a Mexican pizza.There is cheese, vegetables, and meat

(chicken, beef, pork) or seafood (shrimp) melted between two tortillas.

It is served with sour cream, Mexican rice, pico de gallo, and refried beans.

FajitaA fajita is grilled meat or seafood and

vegetables. It is served with rice, refried beans, pico de

gallo, and tortillas.

BurritoA burrito is the same as a fajita, but the

meat doesn’t come out sizzling (cooking) on a plate.

Burritos can have just beans and cheese in them.

You can put eggs in them and eat them for breakfast!

TamaleTamales are corn husks (the outside of

corn) wrapped around meat and cheese.

EnchiladaEnchiladas are like small burritos with a red

sauce (salsa roja) or green sauce (salsa verde).

MoleMole is a spicy sauce with…chocolate!

Nachos

Tortilla Chips

Stuffed Jalapenos

Bell PeppersThere are red, green, orange, and

yellow bell peppers.

DiscussionMexican food is from ___________?Where is Mexico? It is below the ___________.What are some Mexican vegetables? They are ____________, ______________,

_________, and ____________.What meats to Mexicans use? They use __________ , ________, and

_________.What seafood do Mexicans use?They use ___________ and __________,

Taboo GameOne person sits facing away from the

screen.

The other people have to describe the item WITHOUT SAYING THE WORD.

The person in the chair has to guess the word.

ENGLISH ONLY.

Have fun!

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Create a DishGet into groups.Using the vegetables, rice, tortillas,

beans, sauces, and meat we have gone over, create a Mexican dish.

Corn, black beans, refried beans, bell peppers, jalapenos, tomatillos, pico del gallo, mole, sour cream, rice, tortillas, fish, shrimp, beef, chicken, pork.

Create a DishOur food is called ___________.The shopping list is:

You make it by cooking the __________ and _________, and adding the ___________.

It is delicious!

Create a DishCome up to the front of the class

and describe your dish.

Let the other groups rate the dish:That looks great!That looks fantastic!That looks terrible!That looks disgusting!

Let’s vote on the best dish!

ConclusionToday, we learned about Mexican food.

We learned what Mexican food looks like.

You rated the food, good/bad, delicious/terrible.

You made your own Mexican food dish.

Great job! Have a great day!