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“Flour tortilla filled with mashed beans, crema, and salty hard cheese—a traditional Honduran foundational dish.”
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A baleada (Spanish pronunciation: [baleˈaða]) is a traditional Honduran dish, believed to have originated on the northern coast of the country, particularly La Ceiba. It is composed of a flour tortilla, filled with a smear of mashed refried red beans (a variety of bean native to Central and South America), crema (mantequilla blanca), and crumbled queso duro (salty hard cheese). This is usually called baleada sencilla (simple baleada). Other ingredients may include scrambled eggs, avocados, meat, or plantains.
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A baleada is a flour tortilla folded around a humble base of mashed refried red beans, crema, and crumbled queso duro—the salty hard cheese that gives it backbone. Born on Honduras's northern coast, particularly in La Ceiba, this simple baleada sencilla becomes a canvas: you can layer in scrambled eggs, avocado, meat, or plantains depending on hunger and what's on hand. It's the kind of dish that travels well and tastes like home.
Order it here when it has
- versatile (eggs, avocado, meat, plantains)
- traditional preparation
- simple core ingredients
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