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Get to know Baleadas
Honduran typical dish
Baleadas are a typical dish very popular in Honduras. It's made from a flour tortilla, refried beans, sour cream and grated cheese. Baleadas can be filled with anything you want, kind of like a burrito. This are some of the many ways to eat baleadas:
- A "Bealeada Sencilla" or Simple Baleada is the classic one with the common ingredients: the fluffy, thick, flour tortilla, refried red beans, sour cream and grated cheese.
- The Baleada Mixta which includes scrambled eggs and all the classic ingredients, this one of the most popular orders.
- If you want to go over the top, order a "Baleada con todo" which adds to the previous ingredients avocados and a protein of your choosing which can be chicken, beef, chorizo or pork meat.
Baleadas are found in every corner of the country as street food and in restaurants. You can eat them for any time of the day!
Check this recipe and try to make your own baleada!
Fun fact about Baleadas
The Baleada name has a lot of myths. The most popular one comes from a
lady that sold Baleadas on the streets and one day got involved in a
shooting, getting hurt from a bullet, which is "bala" in Spanish. Once
she got better en returned to her selling spot on the streets people
started calling her the "baleada" meaning the one who got shot. 😅
Another myth comes from many years ago when the recipe was made from
boiled beans wraped in the flour tortilla. Once you bite the tortilla
the whole beans fall resembling bullets. With time the recipe changed
the beans for refried, smashed beans, but the name stood.
But hey, where is Honduras?
Before eating this amazing dish, I'll teach you more about my country. We are a in the heart of Central America, have a tropical weather and our beaches in the Caribbean are a perfect paradise. Most of our cities are surrounded by mountains so we have a lovely green scenery. We speak Spanish and many can also speak English.
Learn more about Honduras