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escabeche

British  
/ ˌɛskəˈbɛtʃɪ /

noun

  1. (in Mexican cookery) pickled vegetables such as onions, carrots, jalapeño peppers, and garlic, typically served with fish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of escabeche

Spanish: pickled

Example Sentences

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Sticky, spicy jerk lamb ribs with a smoky pimento wood aroma and hamachi escabeche followed, setting the stage for the main course.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

At his more casual restaurant, Bar Amazonia, Delgado serves causa not Limeña style in layers, but open-faced and topped with shrimp escabeche, a preparation more common in northern Peru.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

Mr. Bazdarich’s Mexican-inspired menu with a seafood focus explores the Pacific Coast from California, with a farmers’ market escabeche and a Caesar salad, on down through Mexico.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

Seidler and her team used Bolivia’s fauna and flora to create the restaurant’s idiosyncratic cuisine – llama tartare, alligator escabeche and a lot of quinoa – and brought the restaurant on to the foodie radar.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2020

Get a side of beans or escabeche slaw.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2017

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