What does "al carbon" mean as seen in Mexican restaurant menus?!
What is a "taco al carbon", or "fajitas al carbon y camarones grandes"!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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el carbon means the coal, so basically it's food that is cooked over open flames!. grilled fajitas with large shrimpWww@FoodAQ@Com
Some Mexican restuarants will bring your order of say fajitas and shrmp out to your table on a little hibachi grill with mesquite charcoal sizzling the meat right at your table!. Talk about hot off the grill!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
It means charcoal, food cooked on the charcoal grill!. Th meaning is grilled tacos, i'm sure like the thin cut grilled steak, and grilled large shrimp fajitas!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
"al carbon"--grilling over charcoal--is a great specialty of northern Mexico!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
It means that the meat has been grilled!.Www@FoodAQ@Com