Panuchos are Yucatecan puffed tortillas split, stuffed with refried black beans, then fried and topped with shredded turkey, pickled red onion, avocado and habanero salsa.
Panuchos are an early-20th-century Yucatecan invention, attributed to Doña Vale of Campeche who, the story goes, mixed leftover bean paste into fried tortillas to extend a meal. The name comes from 'pan de Don Ucho', a regional baker. The dish moved up the peninsula and became the Mérida market breakfast.
4 editor picks for Panuchos in Mérida, ranked by editorial score. All Mérida signature dishes · Panuchos across every city.
Panuchos Mercado Santa Ana ★ 4.5
Santa Ana · Mercado Santa Ana, Calle 47 x 60 y 58, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Mercado Santa Ana stalls Mérida run panuchos and salbutes with shredded turkey, pickled red onion and habanero from 06:00 through late morning.
La Chaya Maya ★ 4.4
Santa Lucía · Calle 55 459 esq. Calle 60, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
La Chaya Maya on Santa Lucía in Mérida pours tortillas on a clay comal in the dining room and runs sopa de lima, poc chuc and panuchos seven days.
La Lonchería Castillo Santa Ana ★ 4.3
Santa Ana · Mercado Santa Ana, Calle 47 x 60, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
La Lonchería Castillo inside Mercado Santa Ana Mérida is one of the stall row's most-recommended panucho and salbut counters, cochinita fillings.
Eladio's Centro ★ 4.0
Centro Histórico · Calle 59 425 x 44, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Eladio's Centro on Calle 59 Mérida runs the Yucatecan free-botanas-with-drinks tradition, with live trova and a sprawling cantina dining room.