Morisqueta

For the Filipino fried rice dish, see Morisqueta tostada.

Morisquetas are a Mexican dish from Apatzingán, Michoacán.

Morisqueta

A plate of morisqueta
Type	Rice dish
Course	Side
Place of origin	Apatzingán, Parácuaro, and Nueva Italia, Michoacán[1]
Region or state	Michoacán, Costa Chica (Guerrero)
Main ingredients	White rice, beans, tomato sauce, and cheese

The dish consists of cooked rice, combined with beans, and served with a sauce of tomato, onion and garlic. It may contain cubes of adobera, ranchero or fresh cheese, which melts. There are other sauces with pork or beef. It is accompanied with totopos, tostadas, or fried taquitos. In some places^[which?] it is customary to serve morisqueta with aporreadillo (shredded, dried meat, fried with egg, cooked in a guajillo sauce with cumin). Morisqueta has a strong resemblance to Moros y Cristianos, since they use the same base of rice and beans.^[2]

Morisquetas are a common food in the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán

Another rice dish, consisting of white rice, onion and garlic, but no beans, meat or cheese, is also called morisqueta. It is sometimes served with cilantro and Serrano pepper.^[3]