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Recado Negro

Recado negro is a dark Yucatecan seasoning paste used to marinate meats and flavor stews and sauces.

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About Recado Negro

Recado negro is a very dark Yucatecan seasoning paste used as a marinade for meats and as a base for stews, braises, sauces, and other savoury dishes. It is made from charred or deeply toasted ingredients, typically including dried chiles and spices, although the exact composition varies.

The paste is usually dense and spreadable, with a smoky, roasted, earthy, and sometimes bitter flavour. Spice, acidity, heat, and salt can vary substantially among preparations. Its dark colour may come principally from toasted chiles or other deliberately charred components.

Recado negro may be sold as a prepared paste or made by grinding toasted ingredients with liquid. It can be used concentrated or incorporated into a larger dish, where dilution changes its texture, colour, and intensity. Commercial and household versions therefore differ in spreadability, grinding, charring, heat, salt, and acidity.

Ingredient type
paste

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Recado Negro

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Recado Negro nutrition & diet

Recado Negro nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Sauce, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
116kcal
Protein
1.6g
Carbs
25.9g
Fat
0.4g

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Portions & preparation

Use the actual recado negro paste recipe and serving amount, because roasted ingredients, spices, charred components, salt, oil, and acidity vary. References for a dry seasoning cannot automatically represent a moist paste. Record whether it is diluted into a sauce or used as a meat marinade.

Compare the right form: Match references to the specific brand or recipe of Yucatecan recado negro paste; dry seasoning, homemade blends, and prepared sauces are distinct forms.

Diet considerations

Recado negro is a plant-spice blend or paste by culinary identity, but its recipe may include animal stock, lard, seafood ingredients, or other additions. Compatibility therefore depends on the brand or preparation. Marinades and finished stews may also contain meat, dairy, coatings, or cereal ingredients.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
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  • Pescatarian
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  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.3.9_98 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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