Want to give it a try? Here are 10 chayote recipes you’ll want to make first. Also known as chayote squash au gratin, this Mexican dish is comprised of bright green chayote squash layered with ...

The ingredients are available at a Latin market. The recipe is intended for a 5-quart or larger slow cooker. 1 large chayote (Mexican squash), peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 1 pound red ...

Chayote squash is poached with cinnamon ... “Not only is it a fixture of Mexican cooking but of Southern cooking as well.” Castro’s recipe for Chayotes en Tacha (Candied Chayotes) with ...

Vanilla is much more than a dessert ingredient in Papantla, a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz ... added vanilla to atole and to a chayote squash soup. The spice, she said, gives her shrimp ...

With fresh jalapenos and dried ancho chile powder, this robust Mexican soup is mild ... is traditionally laden with gently simmered summer squash, but given the season and our northerly locale ...