# Ximbo

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**Ximbo** (from *nximbo* meaning “the heart of the maguey”) is a traditional pit-[barbecued](/source/Barbecue) pork dish from the Mexican states of [Hidalgo](/source/Hidalgo_(state)) and [México](/source/Mexico_(state)). It originated in the [Mezquital Valley](/source/Mezquital_Valley), mainly in the municipality of Actopan. *Ximbo* is an [Otomi](/source/Otomi_language) word. It is generally made from pork, beef, pork [cueritos](/source/Cueritos), fish, and chicken fried in [chili sauce](/source/Chili_sauce) with [nopalitos](/source/Nopalito), cumin, oregano, and onions. It is then wrapped in small packages made of [century plant](/source/Agave_salmiana) leaf.[1]

Although pre-Hispanic techniques are used in its preparation, such as the earth oven; This particular dish began to be prepared in the late 1980s.[2] At first it was called pollo en penca, and in the mid-1990s it began to be called ximbó; According to tradition, named after the [Otomi](/source/Otomi) people of the region.[3][4]

## See also

- [Mixiote](/source/Mixiote)
- [List of Mexican dishes](/source/List_of_Mexican_dishes)

## References

1. Francisco de la Torre: *[Arte popular mexicano](https://books.google.com/books?id=-stuAAAAMAAJ&q=Ximb%C3%B3++-brasil+-capela)*, Editorial Trillas, 1994, ISBN 9682448743

1. Mota, Dinorath (26 June 2017). ["Buscarán denominación de origen del platillo conocido como Ximbo"](https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/estados/2017/06/26/buscaran-denominacion-de-origen-del-platillo-conocido-como-ximbo). *El Universal*. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

1. Alma, Leticia Sánchez (20 October 2020). ["Ximbó: delicioso orgullo nativo de Actopan"](https://www.elsoldesinaloa.com.mx/circulos/el-ximbo-orgullo-nativo-de-actopan-gastronomia-tradicional-5908656.html). *El Sol de Hidalgo*. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

1. ["Corazón de maguey: ximbó actopense"](https://lasillarota.com/hidalgo/local/2019/7/23/corazon-de-maguey-ximbo-actopense-192822.html). *La Silla Rota*. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

## External links

- [recipe](http://turespacio.com/ximbo-una-delicia-de-la-gastronomia-de-hidalgo/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035703/https://turespacio.com/ximbo-una-delicia-de-la-gastronomia-de-hidalgo/) 2018-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

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