escabeche

British  

/ ˌɛskəˈbɛtʃɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of escabeche

Spanish: pickled

Example Sentences

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escabeche

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

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

Get a side of beans or escabeche slaw.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2017

The onions and radish discs, suffused with a chipotle-lime escabeche, were the high point of a carnitas entree that was otherwise undermined by excessive amounts of lard in the squares of slow-cooked pork.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2012