What Arroz a la mexicana means
Arroz a la mexicana is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "Mexican-style rice". It comes from Spanish arroz (rice, from Arabic ar-ruzz) + a la mexicana (Mexican style). It is pronounced ah-ROS ah lah meh-hee-KAH-nah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
A la mexicana in a dish name signals the colours of the flag, tomato and onion and green chile, rather than a fixed recipe.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.
