Region
What Central America cooks with
23 ingredients from the guide appear in the 23 catalogued dishes of Central America, in The Americas. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
Signature
Most typical of Central America
A–Z
Every ingredient in Central America’s dishes

Beef
2 dishes here

Cabbage
2 dishes here

Cheese
4 dishes here

Chicharrón
1 dish here

Chicken
2 dishes here

Chili pepper
2 dishes here

Cocoa bean
1 dish here

Corn tortilla
7 dishes here

Cream
1 dish here

Cumin seed
1 dish here

Egg
1 dish here

Fresh cheese
1 dish here

Garlic
1 dish here

Hot sauce
1 dish here

Lard
2 dishes here

Lettuce
1 dish here

Minced meat
1 dish here

Onion
4 dishes here

Salsa
1 dish here

Stock
1 dish here

Tomato
2 dishes here

Tortilla
5 dishes here

Wheat tortilla
4 dishes here
Photo credits for this page (23)
Tortilla: Erik Cleves Kristensen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lard: Ssemmanda will · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cabbage: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken: Sakurai Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beef: F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicharrón: Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cocoa bean: കാക്കര · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cream: Miia Ranta from Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cumin seed: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fresh cheese: E4024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hot sauce: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lettuce: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Salsa: goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento) from Minneapolis, MN, US · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stock: Gloria Cabada-Leman · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons