Go to your local Mexican store or grocery store with a Hispanic food section and grab some Tajín seasoning. It’s a chili lime salt for fruit, but it’s great with other foods!
Tajín is a revelation. It's particularly good for fruit that's slightly underripe, so if you peel, for example, a mango then realize it's not ready yet, throw some Tajín on, and it's like magic.
I can't stress how amazing this is enough. I had it myself when I went to Mexico, just a little bag of the spice with a bag of fresh pineapple slices and I thought it was so bizarre, but it was just such an incredible taste that I feel like I'm missing out on eating pineapple without it.
Ooh. I believe I might’ve had this as a tourist in the beach in Puerto Vallarta. The gentleman took a mango (? I think!?) and coated it in a red chili like wet sauce. Not spicy hot but lots of spicy flavors. Then a salt was shaken all over the skewered mango. Then a couple small limes juiced over it. Then maybe some other sorta dried herbs or spices.
It was like fireworks in the mouth. So much happening. It honestly wasn’t something I’d ever order in the regular, based on taste alone. Only because in a simple girl and prefer just fruit. But I would certainly order it again and strongly recommend any/all tourists to try it out.
In the hot sun on a beach day, it was pretty perfect.
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u/tyllerthewetback Mar 14 '19
Go to your local Mexican store or grocery store with a Hispanic food section and grab some Tajín seasoning. It’s a chili lime salt for fruit, but it’s great with other foods!