Baleada


A baleada is a traditional Honduran dish composed of a flour tortilla, filled with mashed fried red beans, thick cream which has crumbled cheese and mantequilla. Other common variety of baleada is the baleada mixta which has the same as the baleada simple but with an addition of scrambled eggs. Many other people add sausage, plantain, hot sauce, avocado, chicken, pork and chismol which is diced tomato, onion and bell pepper. The big Honduran towns often have more than one restaurant that sells baleadas.

Types of baleada

There are different kinds of baleada according to the ingredients chosen by the customer or the region of Honduras.
In the region of Olancho and Cojutepeque the special baleada is served with all of the above and "carne asada".
The Bay Island of Utila, off the coast of La Ceiba, adds pickled onions and creole cheese to the beans.

In popular culture

In the Honduran movie Amor y Frijoles, the protagonist is a woman that cooks baleadas for a living.
In 2017, Chef Gordon Ramsay visited Honduras. He ate baleadas while there and said that baleadas are the best Latin American cuisine.