What is the main ingrediant in mexican food?

Question

What is the main ingrediant in mexican food?

Answer 1

A predominant ingredient is beans.  Another predominant ingredient is peppers.  Another predominant ingredient is rice.  There is not one main ingredient.  It all depends on what kind of Mexican food you mean.

Answer 2

Cilantro

Answer 3

Paprika, cumin, oregano, cilantro, and plenty of garlic!

Answer 4

There are so many, that trying to pinpoint one is practically impossible except to say that fresh is preferred over canned, bottled or packaged.

I would say, however, that love, care and a good appetite are indispensable ingredients.

Answer 5

there are many .. but what i see comes always .. or most of the times .. Chillis..red Beens (beens in most) ... and Turtias ... !!

Answer 6

I sort of agree with Alex, in the sense that his answer is maize, but not in the sense that All prevous answers are wrong.

I say maize is the most important ingredient because the Mayans (they're the only ones I'm sure of) believed that man was created from corn. Now, if that doesn't state the importance of maize, I don't know what does.

Answer 7

Manteca!

AKA Grease!

You cant cook anything good without it!

Answer 8

Theres not really a main ingredient...we eat alot of beans, rice, chile (peppers), tomatoes, potatoes, meat (pork, beef, chicken) and corn or flour tortillas.  With the above ingredients you can make about 20 different mexican dishes.  :)

Answer 9

Rice and beans

Answer 10

Mexicans.

I means what type of dish are you inquiring about?  It depends.

Answer 11

This might help -

http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/introtom...

Answer 12

hot peppers

Answer 13

The previous answers are not correct at all.

Our main ingrediant is maiz, corn or maize, from which we make tortillas and from we use to prepare the most famous mexican dishes like tacos, enchiladas, aztec soup, quesadillas, tamales, etc

Maiz was domesticated in ancient mesoamerican cultures like the aztecs.

Maiz was so important to mesoamericans as wheat is important to europeans from which they made bread, cookies, cereals and pasta.

Mexican

Answer 14

tortillas n rice

Answer 15

chilles,lemon or lime,cilanto,refried beans,tortillas,avacado,tomato,pork,chic...

Answer 16

I'll tell you this,all Mexican food is fattening and greasy. But very delicious,lol.

Answer 17

Mexico is a huge country and most of the food is very regional. Not all dishes are based on rice and beans. It depends what part of the country you are looking at.