Oaxacan gastronomy is distinct and a blend of old-world traditions and flavors influenced by geography and a proud practice of handing down family recipes.

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Antojitos Oaxaqueños

Appetizers

Proteins are Tasajo, Cecina Enchilada, & Chicken Thigh Meat.

Nachos Oaxaqueños

Homemade chips drenched in our signature Mole Negro sauce and queso fresco.

 

Botana Oaxaqueña

Two deep-fried cheese empanadas

Two deep –fried chicken taquitos

Two molotes with chorizo & potatoes

Two memelas with queso fresco

 

Three Mini Tostadas de Tinga

We spread our unique hand-blended black bean purée on a crafted tostada shell and top it with shredded chicken that is simmered in a tomato-chipotle sauce, lettuce, queso fresco, and sour cream.

 

Empanadas Fritas

Two deep-fried, handcrafted corn tortillas filled with your choice of chorizo with potatoes or queso fresco, topped with black bean purée, cabbage, queso fresco, and guacamole.

Taquitos Oaxaqueños

Four single rolled deep-fried corn tortillas filled with your choice of chorizo & potatoes or chicken, topped with black bean purée, cabbage, queso fresco and guacamole.

 

Tamal Oaxaqueño

Banana leaf-wrapped tamale filled with boneless chicken mole and covered with El Tule’s spice blend signature Mole Negro sauce.

 

Chapulines

Popular Oaxacan delicacy – grasshoppers toasted on a clay griddle and sprinkled with a sour-spicy-salty seasoning using El Tule’s special secret recipe, served with fresh lime and chile.

 

Taco de Chapulines

Made with handcrafted tortilla, avocado, queso fresco, and sauce.

Mis Mejores Moles

Mole Specialties

Mole Negro Oaxaqueño

Authentic savory-sweet flavored mole served with chicken thigh meat. Includes rice, refried pinto beans, and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Mole Verde

Try our unique green mole. Made with El Tule’s secret recipe, including yerba santa, tomatillos, and jalapeños. Served with chicken thigh or pork, rice and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Mole Amarillo

Another one of our popular moles. Made with guajillo and pasilla dry chili peppers, yerba santa, cumin, and El Tule’s original spice blend secret recipe. Served with chicken thigh, green beans, chayote, potatoes, rice and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Coloradito

Made from two kinds of chilis, cane sugar, onions, peanuts, almonds, sesame seeds, and El Tule’s original spice blend secret recipe. Served with chicken thigh or pork, rice and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Estofado

Served with chicken thigh or pork, olives, capers, chiles in vinegar, and El Tule’s special secret spice blend Estofado sauce. Includes rice and handcrafted corn tortillas.

Comida Oaxaqueña

Oaxacan Specialties

Enchiladas Oaxaqueñas

Three folded soft corn tortillas, filled with your choice of chicken or queso fresco, then smothered in our signature Mole Negro sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Served with rice and beans.

 

Torta Oaxaqueña

Lightly toasted french roll with melted quesillo, topped with black bean purée, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and fresh avocado.

 

Add tasajo or cecina enchilada

 

Burrito Oaxaqueño

Flour tortilla filled with rice, boneless chicken, and El Tule's spice blend signature Mole Negro sauce.

 

Enfrijoladas

Three corn tortillas served with tasajo or cecina enchilada. Covered with our spicy black bean purée, queso fresco and onion slices.

 

Plato de Tasajo or de Cecina

Grilled salted beef or spicy marinated pork served with nopales, grilled jalapeños and scallions, avocado, pico de gallo, whole black beans, salad, and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Molotes

Three handcrafted corn dough tortillas, deep fried, filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean purée, guacamole, queso fresco, and sour cream.

 

Empanadas de Amarillo

Two handcrafted corn tortillas filled with cilantro and our signature Mole Amarillo.

Empanadas de Chorizo con Papa

Two handcrafted corn tortillas filled with chorizo, potatoes, and quesillo.

 

Empanadas de Quesillo con Epazote

Two handcrafted corn tortillas filled with quesillo, epazote, and jalapeños.

 

Tlayuda Una Carne

A gigantic, thin, handcrafted, baked corn tortilla imported from Oaxaca, topped with our black bean purée, lettuce, tomato, avocado, queso fresco, quesillo, and your choice of meat: tasajo, cecina enchilada, or chorizo.

 

Tlayuda Mixta

Tlayuda with all three types of meat: tasajo, cecina enchilada, and chorizo.

 

Tlayuda Vegetariana

A gigantic, thin, handcrafted, baked corn tortilla, imported from Oaxaca. Topped with our black bean purée, lettuce, tomato, avocado, with queso fresco, and quesillo optional.

 

Canasta Oaxaqueña

A combination of the 3 Oaxacan-style seasoned meats: chorizo, cecina, tasajo. Served with grilled nopales (cactus), onions, and jalapeños. Includes cilantro, quesillo, pico de gallo, queso fresco, guacamole, and handcrafted corn tortillas.

 

Plato de  Memela

A homemade corn tortilla topped with asiento de puerco, black bean purée, and queso fresco.

 

Add tasajo or cecina enchilada

 

Postres

Desserts

Nieve de Pitalla

Oaxacan Prickly Pear sorbet

 

Nieve de Limón

Lime sorbet

 

Nieve de Leche Quemada

This Oaxacan specialty has a fascinating balance of smokiness and sweetness, somewhat like a crème brûlée. The simplicity of the recipe demands the best quality vanilla and caramelized sugar, creating an exquisite and lingering finish on the palate.

 

Nieve Mixta

All three ice creams

 

Flan

 

Nicuatole

Oaxacan style gelatinous dessert made from ground maize and sugar with corn, milk, and cinnamon.

 

Trio Oaxaqueño

Includes nicuatole, old-fashioned hand-churned ice cream, and flan.

Bebidas

Drinks

Bebidas Oaxaqueñas – Oaxacan Drinks

 

Horchata con Tuna

Horchata mixed with prickly pear (opuntia is a genus fruit in the cactus family commonly referred to as tuna – the fruit from nopal derived from the Nahuatl word nōpalli), topped with cantaloupe and peanuts.

 

Chilacayote

Chilacayote (a squash grown for its edible seeds), cinnamon, and piloncillo.

 

Horchata

Rice Water

 

Jamaica

Hibiscus Flower

 

Chocolate Oaxaqueño

Oaxacan Hot Cocoa made with your choice of milk or water.

 

Tejate

Legend tells us it was once the drink of Mesoamerican nobility. Today, El Tule Restaurant is one of the only destinations where you'll enjoy this fermented cacao and maize flour concoction.

 

Domestic Soft Drinks

Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper

 

Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Hot Tea, Iced Tea

 

Imported Mexican Sodas

Bottled Jarritos, Sangría, Coke

Cervezas/Beers

Corona, Pacifico, Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo, Victoria, Dos Equis

 

Specialty Drinks

Chavelas

Freshly squeezed lime, salt, and cold beer served in a frozen glass.

 

Michelada

Freshly squeezed lime, salt, Tapatío, El Tule's chili powder, clamato juice, and your choice of cold beer served in a frozen glass.

 

Sangrita

Sangria spritzer with freshly squeezed lime, Tapatío, salt, with El Tule's chili powder, Served in a frozen glass.

 

House Sangria

By the Glass , Small Carafe, or a Large Carafe

 

Piña Colada

 

Strawberry, Mango, or Lime Margarita

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