Chicharrón
Also called chicharron and Torreznos
Chicharrón is meat with a crisp texture when cooked, sometimes made with salt, garlic, oregano, or lemon. Cooks use it as a garnish or stuffing and pair it with lime or cassava root.
- Category
- Meat & poultry
- Texture
- Crisp
- Cooked most in
- The Americas
- Top country
- Mexico
- Dishes
- 2 in the catalogue
Photo: Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
In the kitchen
How to use chicharrón
Typical ways to cook or use it
- Garnish
- Stuff
Made from
- table salt (sometimes)
- garlic (sometimes)
- oregano (sometimes)
- lemon (sometimes)
Preparing it
Chop it for use as a filling.
Goes well with
Flavour
Taste and texture
Texture, cooked
- Crisp
Shopping
Choosing and storing chicharrón
- Availability
- Supermarkets (01M6Z352NF65TADVVWC2V1KKFY); Supermarkets (01M6Z352ZDWHPN3XKPBVM94GWT)
On the table
Dishes made with chicharrón
Gordita
Mexico
Vigorón
Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include chicharrón.
Around the world
What chicharrón is called
Spanish
chicharrón · Torreznos
French
Chicharrón · chicharron
Italian
Chicharrón
Portuguese
Torresmo
German
Chicharrón
Russian
Чичаррон
Hebrew
צ'יצ'רון
Hindi
चिचारोन
Chinese
Chicharrón
Japanese
チチャロン
Korean
치차론
Thai
ชิชาร์รอน
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Bashkir
Чичаррон
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
чычарон
Bikol
Tsitsaron
Catalan
Chicharrón
Cebuano
tsitsaron
Filipino
Tsitsaron
Guarani
chicharõ · chicharõ trenzado
Javanese
Chicharrón
Punjabi
ਚੀਚਾਰੋਨ
Slovenian
chicharrón
Ukrainian
чичарон
Vietnamese
Chicharrón
Sources and credits
Data
- GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
- Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
- Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikidata item: Q3667736
Photos
Photo: Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons