Mexico: Chiles en nogada kick off the national celebrations

Published 2024년 9월 5일

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For 2024, Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) anticipates a poblano chile production of 405,143 tons, largely contributed by Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Jalisco, and Baja California Sur, to support the traditional dish, chile en nogada. The dish, symbolizing the Mexican flag with its colors and ingredients, includes walnuts, pomegranates, and criollo apples and peaches. These fruits' production values and leading states are also highlighted, with walnuts being crucial for the dish and pomegranates adding sweet-acid balance, while criollo apples and peaches complete the dish's flavor profile.

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2000Agro/Redacción The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) reported that for 2024 it expects a production of poblano chile of 405,143 tons to meet the season of preparation and consumption of the traditional chile en nogada, an emblematic dish during Mexico's national celebrations. This variety of chile, characterized by being large in size, dark green in color and shiny skin, reached a production value of 5,381 million pesos for at least 15 producing states. According to data from the Agri-Food and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), at the end of 2023 the state of Zacatecas contributed more than 177,387 tons and was the main producer of the vegetable. The states of Guanajuato followed in production, with 63,250 tons of chile; Sinaloa, 57,992 tons; Jalisco, 48,369 tons, and Baja California Sur, 40,960 tons. Together, the five states contributed 80.7 percent of the national production. The vegetable is planted in the spring-summer cycle and is harvested in ...

Source: MX2000