salpicon

/ ˈsælpɪkən /

noun

1. a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of salpicon¹

C18: from French, from Spanish salpicar to sprinkle with salt

Example Sentences

At Parque de los Hippies, Angela Novoa Molina sells the fresh fruit concoction called salpicón, a family business she inherited from her father.

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In the middle of three-lane Carrera 50, in the city’s working-class western neighborhoods, Jorge Gonzalez sat in a wheelchair, drinking a salpicón.

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Back then, I had a craving for Salpicon — a meat salad — but I did not possess the skills to make it, so I reached out to my grandmother.

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Also on the menu are churrasco steak, salpicon rillettes made with shredded short rib, and black clams poached in coconut milk.

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Once it finally arrived, so did our sopes, and our ling cod salpicón, and our silky trout tostadas, and our sweet potato with bone marrow, and salsa negra.

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