Carne Adovada

Carne adovada is a beloved native food in New Mexico, where it is pork chunks or chops sopped in a puree of red chile and baked slowly enough to become dramatically tender and, in serious chile-growing country, even more dramatically hot. Served in all levels of restaurant, it can be a substantial and quite elegant main dish (as at La Posta de Mesilla in Las Cruces) or it can be the companion of truck-stop eggs.

Restaurants With This Dish

Rancho de Chimayo | Authentic New Mexico | Romantic Dining

CHIMAYO, NM

Blue corn enchilada, Christmas style -- with both red and green chile
Duran Central Pharmacy

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

Chunks of slow-roasted pork deeply saturated in a hot-chile marinade
La Posta de Mesilla

MESILLA, NM

Garcia’s Kitchen

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

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