Menudo (soup) added (though jalapeño or chopped green chilies may be added to the broth to replace the spice found in the red version), thus giving the broth a clear or white color. Adding "patas" (beef or pigs feet) to the stew is popular in the U.S. but not universal. In some areas of central Mexico, "menudo" refers to a stew of sheep stomach, "pancitas" stew of beef tongue. In South-Western Mexico (in and around the Distrito Federal, Morelos, and Guerrero) it is called "panza" or "panza guisada". The red variation is usually seen in Chihuahua, the northern state adjoining Texas. It
Menudo Gitano Menudo Gitano The "Menudo Gitano" (also called Andalusian tripe) is a dish prepared from tripe in Andalusian cuisine, this dish uses chickpeas in its preparation. It is a winter dish, served hot and traditionally in a clay pot. This recipe is already mentioned by Juan de Altamira in his book ""The Newest Kitchen Art"", in the early nineteenth century. This dish often used to the chickpeas ratio of four to one, i.e., that for every kilo means chickpea two pounds of tripe are added. In preparing this dish during cooking, tripe dwindle as the chickpeas grow. During cooking butter is