She shrugged. When the bowl of menudo arrived, it was wonderfully aromatic and colorful, filled with a generous pile of meaty tripe chunks. The flavor of the broth was reminiscent of tortilla soup, though less smoky.
Bits of delicious and filling hominy floated throughout. The tripe was surprisingly mild. Apparently the real skill in preparing menudo is to cook the tripe just to the point where it is tender and not too gamey, but still flavorful and pleasantly aromatic. Though reasonably tender, the tripe chunks still had a rubbery, chewy, fatty, gristly texture that is foreign to the Anglo-American palate.
Americans have been conditioned to respond to a certain "mouthfeel" for food that has undoubtedly been tested and perfected by fast food companies and big restaurant chains.
Culinary cultural tendencies aside, menudo is a flavorful, hearty, filling stew that everyone should try at least once. Just make sure you get the good stuff at places like Noemi's Tacos. Join the Houston Press community and help support independent local journalism in Houston. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox.
Support Us Houston's independent source of local news and culture. So what is menudo and why all the mystery surrounding it? While it might seem unsettling to some, it's hard to not be won over if the dish is well-prepared. When the lengthy cooking process is done right, the beef tripe stew will taste less gamey than one might expect and more like its other ingredients: lime, delicious broth, and red chili peppers.
To help Houstonians find the best menudo, we used Yelp's algorithm to find the best 10 restaurants in Bayou City that serve the dish. Fernando Ramirez is a digital reporter for Chron. Read him on our breaking news site and on our subscriber site. They are known today for their canned products such as chicken, pork, meatball and pozole soups, Mexican-Style Hominy, chicken mole, hot sauces and traditional vegetable, beef and pork stews.
They are products that have allowed them to become a leader in the Mexican food industry. Home Mexican Brands at MexGrocer. Juanita's Menudo - Menudito. Juanita's Meatball Soup - Albondigas 25 oz. Juanita's Menudo without Hominy. Juanita's White Menudo. Garcia's Kitchen's menudo comes with a flour tortilla on the side and lemons to garnish the stew — Photo courtesy of Garcia's Kitchen.
Los Angeles cook Petra Zavaleta of Barbakush Restaurant says, "A great menudo consists of great spices that give it just the right amount of heat to cure any headache or hangover. Zavaleta grew up making mole de panza with her parents. She serves a style customary to her native town of Tepeaca, Puebla, Mexico, which incorporates lamb tripe instead of the customary beef.
As beloved as the dish is by some, it can go wrong quickly. Aroma has a lot to do with that. For people unfamiliar with eating something beyond traditional meat cuts, even the thought of eating tripe can turn their stomachs.
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