While strolling around the Saturday market in Mexico City's colonial neighborhood, San Angel, I purchased a delicious crunchy pleasantly sweet Mexican vegetable called Jícama. I've tried this vegetable in the United States, but I've never eaten it like this - long thick slices flavored in a bright lime juice dressing with chile pepper powder and salt. This simple treat was bursting with the perfect amount of spicy, citrus, and sweet flavors.
My fascination for this savory combination led me to Tajín, a Mexican company that produces a variety of seasonings, like the one used over the Jícama. While far more industrial than the seasonings I saw at the San Angel market, Tajín's seasonings are gratifyingly piquant and aromatic. I tried some over pineapple the other evening and was shocked at how it transformed the sweetness of the fruit into a complicated series of tastes. I'm wondering if I will be able to find Tajín when I return to NY. Has anyone seen this brand in the United States?
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12-31-2008 @ 4:37PM
Teck said...
There is Tajin here In Los Angeles. It's great with cucumbers too, and mangos, and watermelon, and melon, and oranges, you get the picture!
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12-31-2008 @ 5:15PM
Ogrelord said...
you can buy it through www.mexgrocer.com for about $3 I hope this helps you out.
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12-31-2008 @ 5:27PM
Cheryl said...
I've had Jicama sprinkled with lime and plain chili powder. Easy and good!
As an aside, diced jicama it a great substitute for fresh water chestnuts. Much better than canned water chestnuts.
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1-02-2009 @ 4:25PM
Angie said...
I'm glad MexGrocer has already been mentioned. If you are willing to get a different brand, Tapatio's powdered chile y limon is also good. That is what I get, here in Philadelphia, since I often forget to get stuff before leaving SoCal...like I did yesterday.
At least I didn't forget the freshly cut guavas.
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1-02-2009 @ 11:02PM
jcasi11as said...
yeah i use that chili powder tajin that stuff great with mangos!!!!
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1-12-2009 @ 8:02AM
Carmen said...
I bought home a couple of dozen bottles of it when I went to Mexico a few years ago. I have yet to find it in my local bodega despite countless requests to the owner. Bring plenty home in your checked luggage and then try the net like Ogrelord says.
Feliz Ano Nuevo!
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2-15-2009 @ 1:39PM
susan owyang said...
I'm writing again. I think I mistype the toll free number. It should be: 1-866-MEXILINK. Call to find out where you can find your tajin. Good Luck
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2-15-2009 @ 6:17PM
susan owyang said...
I'm looking at a tajin 5.3 oz container. It read salsa en polvo tajin fruit seasoning con limon with lime. The back label says ingredient is chili peppers, salt, dehydrated lime juice, silicon dioxide (to prevent caking). Imported by Mexilink, Inc, Houston, TX. For questions or comment call toll free: 1-866-MEXLINK. Call them and find it in your local market or see if they can send it to you.
They sell it in our local market in Pinole, California at Food Maxx also at San Pablo Supermarket.
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