Yucatán

Land of the Mayan legacy with a cuisine unlike any other in Mexicon find content related to the state of Yucatán.

One of three states that sit on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, with which it shares its name, Yucatán was once an important region in the ancient Mayan civilization and is home to the famous Chichen Itza ruins. Like much of its culture and history, its cuisine is influenced by the Mayan legacy making it stand out from the other regional cuisines of Mexico. Achiote, citrus, habaneros, and smoke are pillars of Mayan cooking and deeply seeded in the region’s traditional cooking. One of the state’s best known dishes, pibil, was created by the Mayans to preserve meat in the Yucatán’s tropical climate. It is also the place to find some of the best tamales in all of Mexico.

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