DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Caldo de Piedra
Also known as: Caldo de piedra, Caldo de Piedra Oaxaqueño
Chinantec hot-stone broth with locally documented tadpoles, tomato, onion, chilli and wild coriander.
About Caldo de Piedra
This Caldo de Piedra represents the Santa Cruz Tepetotutla preparation documented by Flores, Arreortúa and González-Bernal. Their field study records a local Chinantec version using Duellmanohyla ignicolor tadpoles during the seasonal tradition.
Tomato, onion, chilli and wild coriander provide the vegetable and herbal seasoning, with salt in the broth. Interviewed residents describe the tadpoles as having a fish-like flavour.
The tadpoles and vegetables sit in a liquid broth within a bowl. Heated stones are the cooking medium in this specific regional preparation, rather than an ordinary stove-heated pot.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Caldo de Piedra
Santa Cruz Tepetotutla’s tadpole caldo de piedra.
- Duellmanohyla ignicolor tadpolesProteinIngredient page not linked
- TomatoBase
- OnionAromatic
- ChilliSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Wild corianderAromaticIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Heated stonesCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Duellmanohyla ignicolor tadpoles: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact amphibian species established by primary field study; no exact ingredient candidate
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source does not name chilli variety/form
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Wild coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source wild coriander; botanical species not established
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Heated stones: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit broth-contact heat medium; material specification unresolved
Origins & food traditions
Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Oaxaca; specific field-documented local variant, not a universal Caldo de Piedra formula.
Countries
- Mexico
- MexicoCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Chinantec Cuisine
- Oaxacan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.