In 2024, the price of Chiles en Nogada offered in the different restaurants in Puebla exceeds 500 pesos.
Although there are options for all tastes and even for all budgets, the dish still represents a luxury for families.
Especially for those numerous ones who like this representative food of the Puebla territory and that is only enjoyed for a short season.
One option to not miss the opportunity to eat Chiles en Nogada is to buy all the ingredients and prepare them at home, spending much less than in restaurants in Puebla.
On this occasion, CENTRAL visited stalls at the “Carmen Serdán” Market, known as “La Acocota”, to find out the prices of each of the ingredients.
As a result, we found that, if Puebla families decide to make ten to 15 chiles this 2024, they would spend approximately 1,090 pesos with 50 cents.
An amount that would only buy two of these in restaurants like the Hotel Boutique Casa Reyna, where they cost 510 pesos each. Which represents a cost five times higher than those made at home.
How much do the ingredients cost to prepare Chiles en Nogada at home?
During the tour of the “La Acocota” market, CENTRAL obtained the prices of the ingredients to make homemade Chiles en Nogada.
It is worth mentioning that everything necessary to make them was found in this place, located on 16 Norte in the Barrio de La Luz in the municipality of Puebla since 1965.
The first and most important are the poblano chiles, a kilo and a half containing ten to 15 pieces, costs 54 pesos.
For the filling, tomato is needed and the kilo costs 30 pesos. In addition, the kilo of onion on this occasion is 16 pesos and garlic, another of the essential ingredients, is seven pesos a piece.
Although there are now options for vegans and vegetarians, traditional Chiles en Nogada contain meat. A kilo of ground beef is offered to the public for 200 pesos, and a kilo of ground pork for 140 pesos.
A kilo of seasonal fruits, ingredients that give the sweet and characteristic touch to the chile, are this year at:
Criollo peach: 80 pesos
Manzana panochera: 45 pesos
Pera de leche: 40 pesos
Pomegranate: 50 pesos
In addition to these fruits, Chiles en Nogada also contain plantain, which is 25 pesos per kilo; as well as raisins, at 20 pesos per quarter.
But there are also those who enjoy adding sliced almonds to the filling, a seed that is purchased at “La Acocota” for 55 pesos per quarter kilo.
Nogada also needs its own preparation; Here are the costs
To prepare the nogada that covers the previously stuffed and coated chile, several ingredients are needed.
The main one is the walnut, which costs 130 pesos for half a kilo, and 580 pesos for a kilo. If you prefer to buy it with the shell, a quarter costs 80 pesos.
It also has milk, and a liter costs 25 pesos; fresh cheese, which in the “La Acocota” creameries a small one costs 16 pesos. As well as cream cheese, which is optional, but in the survey there were those who considered it in the preparation with a price of 45 pesos for 180 grams.
It is worth mentioning that the above are essential ingredients when preparing Chiles en Nogada. But there are other ingredients that, although they are part of the basic basket for the whole year, are also required in this preparation.
A kilo of egg to coat the chiles costs 39 pesos and a kilo of flour costs 16 pesos in the shops of the “La Acocota” market.
Finally, lard in butcher shops costs 50 pesos per kilo, a liter of oil costs 35 pesos and salt costs 17.50 pesos. Meanwhile, a bunch of parsley costs around 12 pesos in supermarkets.
Source: periodicocentral
