Honduran cuisine

The Honduran cuisine is varied, as it contains pre-Hispanic, Spanish, Creole and some African influences. The Honduran cuisine is heavily dominated by seafood and corn, which is a native crop that is part of the food base of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican people who inhabited the region. The typical food of Honduras is based on meats, poultry and fish, tortillas, beans, rice, dairy products like cheese and butter, vegetables and legumes, and fruits. The most popular drink is coffee, and people in Honduras have coffee several times in the day.

In general the typical food of Honduras as well as foor from El Salvador, has lots and lots of ingredients, and it is really exotic and tasty. You can’t leave Honduras without trying its typical food, it is something that you will never forget. There are several dishes that are prepared to welcome the holidays, for example, in a few days of Holy Week they prepare soups with dried fish, due to there is a belief that you can not work in those days, and you can’t eat another type of meat.

Hondurian people also prepare sweets, so these are preserved and can be eaten during the holidays, holidays in Honduras are a very special time for the locals, its all about food and celebrating. Honduran North Coast changed its eating habits drastically during the era of banana plantations in the country, when American companies introduced these new eating habits in the area. This changes the use of wheat flour instead of corn, among other things.

So now im gonna tell you about the most typical food of the north coast of Honduras, the shot which stands for “la baleada”, is one of the favorite dishes of the north. One of the favorite foods of many Hondurans are “baleadas”, so it is really popular. It is basically a “tortilla” which is folded and it has refried beans inside, parmesan cheese and cream. Others add, meat or scrambled eggs cooked to taste. In addition to the shot are also popular: chimol roast meat, chicken, rice and corn, fried fish with pickled onion, and Garifuna dish is fried fish in coconut oil.

As in all countries of Central America, can not miss the tortillas, beans, chili, corn tamales, tamales and tripe, sliced ​​bananas with meat, as well as tropical fruits like mango, pineapple, papaya, pomegranate and banana. Another delicious food is a soup called “sopa iguana”, in honor to a reptile.

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