Panucho

Panucho is a typical dish of the Yucatecan cuisine

The panucho is a dish of the cuisine of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico (covering the states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo).

It is a small handmade corn tortilla, which is cut into a bean-based stew and then fried in oil or lard. Later it is garnished with lettuce leaves, stewed turkey meat, or chicken, tomato and onion meat previously seasoned with sour orange and salt, avocado, carrot and colorado message (a paste of pipián, chile and achiote seeds). They can be accompanied with an extra amount of hot sauce made with habanero chile. History

The Yucatecan panucho has its origins in the city of Mérida (Yucatán), in an area adjacent to the San Sebastián neighborhood known as the Santa Isabel Chapel.

Popular tradition tells us that in this area lived a man known as "Don Hucho", which had a place of lodging and food for the travelers that were or came to Campeche, by a road known as "Camino Real "towards the middle of the nineteenth century. One day a traveler asked for something to eat Don Hucho who at that moment had nothing to offer, the traveler insisted that he would eat anything and Don Hucho began to prepare a sandwich consisting of bread with beans and cooked eggs which offered the traveler. The interns of that time called him "The Bread of Don Hucho". With the passage of time, the bread was replaced by tortilla and the dish became popular until it was called "Panucho".

In the city of Mérida, this dish can be eaten in its original form in the San Sebastian Park, Santiago Park and Santa Ana Park, among many other typical food places.

Generally they are not the main food of a meal, but an appetite. They are highly appreciated in various parts of the country thanks to the spread of Yucatecan restaurants.

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