The canonical version and where to order it.
Queso relleno is a hollowed-out ball of Edam cheese stuffed with spiced pork picadillo, capers, raisins and olives, served in a white flour sauce called kol and a tomato sauce.
Queso relleno is a popular dish of the Yucatán Peninsula. A ball of Edam, the queso de bola sold across the region, is hollowed out and filled with a picadillo of minced meat, usually pork, with capers, raisins, olives, almonds and egg, then served in kol, a white sauce thickened with wheat flour, and a tomato sauce. It is less famous than cochinita pibil or panuchos, but Yucatecans count it among their most popular plates. In Cancún the Infatuation recommends the version at Lonchería El Pocito, served in a thick tomato broth with capers and chile xcatic.
1 editor pick for Queso relleno in Cancún, ranked by editorial score. All Cancún signature dishes · Queso relleno across every city.
Also in: Mérida.
Lonchería El Pocito on Calle 31 Norte in Cancún cooks Yucatecan home dishes such as poc chuc, panuchos, sopa de lima and queso relleno from a chalkboard menu.
OrderQueso relleno in tomato broth, papadzules, and the black-bean and pork tamal.
TipLunch crowds clear the chalkboard, so arrive early; the restaurant opened in 1988 under the name La Cabañita.
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