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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

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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

Seabird serves her mussels in a stout beer broth or as a cold escabeche with leeks, fennel and chiles.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2022

Another dish, guineos en escabeche, is where the unripe banana is essentially pickled in a ceviche-like preparation.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

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

Each table has a caddy with escabeche and two salsas; the red is by far the spiciest, but the green has its own sour kick.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2019

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