Jicama

Pachyrhizus erosusAlso called Mexican yam bean, Mexican turnip and pachyrhizus erosus

Jicama is a crisp root used as a vegetable. Cooks eat it raw or use it in stir-fries, pairing it with ingredients such as lime, cilantro, ginger, and soy sauce.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Root
Family: Fabaceae
Texture: Crisp
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 4 in the catalogue

Photo: Jeffery Martin · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use jicama

Typical ways to cook or use it

Raw
Stir fry

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Crisp

Shopping

Choosing and storing jicama

Keeping it

Fridge · whole
Fridge · cut

Around the world

Where jicama is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use jicama. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia4

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 4

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list jicama among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Americas

The 1600s · Asia
The Spanish introduced jicama to Asia in the 17th century.

On the table

Dishes made with jicama

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Asinan Bogor
Indonesia
Rujak kuah pindang
Indonesia
Karedok
Indonesia
Es buah
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include jicama.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: jicama in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None