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  • Parilladas
  • Especialidades exóticas
  • Mariscos
  • Tamales
  • Enchiladas
  • Empanadas
  • Taco Tuesday
  • Tacos
  • Burritos
  • Fajitas
  • Quesadillas
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El Tejate Restaurant Menu

3050 Pio Pico Dr, Carlsbad, CA

3050 Pio Pico Dr, Carlsbad, CA

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  • PopularCurrent Category
  • Botanas
  • Tlayudas
  • Especialidades de la casa
  • Cortes de carne
  • Tortas
  • Parilladas
  • Especialidades exóticas
  • Mariscos
  • Tamales
  • Enchiladas
  • Empanadas
  • Taco Tuesday
  • Tacos
  • Burritos
  • Fajitas
  • Quesadillas
  • Kids menu
  • Sides
  • Desayunos
  • Nieves
  • Postres
  • Pan de yema
  • Bebidas calientes
  • Aguas frescas
  • Sodas

Popular

  • Salsa de chicharron.

    Salsa de chicharron

    $21.99

  • Salsa de chorizo.

    Salsa de chorizo

    $21.99

  • Mole rojo.

    Mole rojo

    $22.99

  • Chile relleno.

    Chile relleno

    $23.99

  • Mole negro.

    Mole negro

    $22.99

Botanas

Botana de quesadillas

$13.99

Deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado

Botana de quesadillas.

Botana de molotes

$13.99

Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado

Botana de molotes.

Botana de memelitas

$13.99

Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and

Botana de memelitas.

Quesadilla harina

$11.99

Tlayudas

Tlayuda tasajo

$22.99

Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado

Tlayuda tasajo.

Tlayuda cecina

$22.99

Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado

Tlayuda cecina.

Tlayuda chorizo

$22.99

Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado

Tlayuda chorizo.

Tlayuda mixta

$25.99

Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado

Tlayuda mixta.

Tlayuda mole

$22.99

Quesadilla

$12.99

Salsa de chicharron

$21.99

Especialidades de la casa

Chile relleno

$23.99

Choice of chicken or quesillo served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas

Chile relleno.

Mole rojo

$22.99

Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas

Mole rojo.

Mole negro

$22.99

Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas

Mole negro.

Salsa de chorizo

$21.99

Chorizo sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas

Salsa de chorizo.

Salsa de chicharron

$21.99

Chicharron sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans and handmade tortillas

Salsa de chicharron.

Moronga

$22.99

Caldo tlalpeño

$17.99

Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice, Chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas

Caldo tlalpeño.

Menudo

$20.99

Cortes de carne

Cecina especial

$22.99

Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas

Cecina especial.

Tasajo especial

$22.99

Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas

Tasajo especial.

Chorizo especial

$22.99

House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas

Chorizo especial.

Tasajo a la mexicana

$22.99

Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas

Tasajo a la mexicana.

Tasajo con hongos

$22.99

Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas

Tasajo con hongos.

Moronga especial

$22.99

Tortas

Torta oaxaqueña

$17.99

Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizo, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree

Torta oaxaqueña.

Torta quesillo

$16.99

Parilladas

Parrillada regular

$64.99

Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, cecina, tasajo, chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños

Parrillada familiar

$95.99

Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, cecina, tasajo, chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños

1/2 order botanas

$32.99

1/2 order of appetizers

1/2 order carnes

$34.99

1/2 order of meats

Especialidades exóticas

Botana de chapulines

$19.99

Grasshopper snack

Botana de chapulines.

Botana de gusanos

$20.99

Agave worm snack

Botana de gusanos.

Mariscos

7 mares

$25.99

Seafood soup

7 mares.

Coctel de camarones

$21.99

Shrimp cocktail

Coctel de camarones.

Coctel campechana

$24.99

Shrimp and octopus cocktail

Camarones a la mantequilla

$24.99

Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad

Camarones a la mantequilla.

Camarones al mojo de ajo

$24.99

Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad

Camarones al mojo de ajo.

Camarones a la Valencia

$24.99

Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,

Camarones a la Valencia.

Tostada de camarones

$12.99

Shrimp ceviche tostada

Tostada de camarones.

Mojarra frita

$21.99

Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad

Mojarra frita.

Camarones cucaracha

$29.99

Fried head-on shrimp

Camarones cucaracha.

Aguachile verde

$32.99

Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa

Aguachile verde.

Tamales

Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano

$6.99

Tamale wrapped in banana leaf

Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano.

Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano

$6.99

Tamale wrapped in banana leaf

Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano.

Enchiladas

Enchiladas

$22.99

Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce

Enchiladas.

Empanadas

Empanada de quesillo

$15.99

Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo

Empanada de quesillo.

Empanada de mole

$18.99

Large handmade corn tortilla filled with chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole

Empanada de flor de calabaza

$18.99

Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom

Empanada de flor de calabaza.

Empanada de huitlacoche

$18.99

Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom

Empanada de huitlacoche.

Empanada de champińones

$18.99

Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushrooms, onions, and jalapeños

Empanada de champińones.

Taco Tuesday

Taco Tuesday deal

$13.98

Buy 2 Tacos de Cecina and get the 3rd one free

Tacos

Tacos de chapulines

$8.99

Grasshopper tacos

Tacos

$6.99

Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado

Tacos.

Tacos moronga

$6.99

Burritos

Burritos

$14.99

Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo

Burritos.

Burrito de pollo

$14.99

Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce

Burrito mixteco

$16.99

Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo

Burrito de mole

$16.99

Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice

Burrito de camarones

$18.99

Burrito bean and cheese

$12.99

Fajitas

Fajitas tasajo

$22.99

Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans

Fajitas pollo

$21.99

Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans

Fajitas camarones

$25.99

Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans

Fajitas mixtas

$27.99

Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans

Fajitas mixtas.

Quesadillas

Quesadilla de harina

$11.99

Kids menu

Kids chicken nuggets

$15.99

Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice

Kids quesadilla

$15.99

Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice

Kids memelita

$15.99

Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice

Kids pollo asado

$15.99

Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice

Kids BBQ chicken wings

$15.99

Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice

Sides

Quesillo (cheese)

$6.99

Frijoles (beans)

$3.99+

Arroz (rice)

$3.99+

Guacamole

$12.99

Crema (sour cream)

$2.99

Side mole negro

$6.99

Side mole rojo

$6.99

Chiles toreados (fried jalapeños)

$3.99

Chiles de agua (fried water chili)

$5.99

Nopales (cactus)

$3.99

Chips

$3.99

Salsa

$5.99

French fries

$6.99

Tortillas

$2.99

Huevos (eggs)

$5.99

Cebollitas (fried green onions)

$2.99

Hongos (mushrooms)

$3.99

Hongos (mushrooms).

Side of aguacate (avocado)

$4.99

Carne extra (extra meat)

$7.99

Choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo

Side chicharron

$10.99

Side moronga

$10.99

Mole rojo libra

$15.99

Mole negro libra

$15.99

Cecina

$18.00

Tasajo

$18.00

Chorizo

$18.00

Quesillo libra

$19.99

Desayunos

Huevos rancheros

$18.99

Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans

Huevos rancheros.

Huevos revueltos con chorizo

$19.99

Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans

Huevos revueltos con chorizo.

Enfrijoladas

$20.99

3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo

Enfrijoladas.

Entomatadas

$20.99

3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo

Entomatadas.

Chilaquiles

$17.99+

Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs

Chilaquiles.

Salsa de huevo

$17.99

Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans

Salsa de huevo.

Huevos a la mexicana

$17.99

Huevos a la mexicana.

Nieves

Large traditional oaxacan ice cream

$9.99

Choice of leche quemada ice cream or tuna ice cream

Small traditional oaxacan ice cream

$6.99

Choice of leche quemada ice cream or tuna ice cream

Postres

Flan

$4.99

Flan

Arroz con leche

$4.99

Gelatina de leche

$4.99

Gelatina de agua

$3.99

Platanitos fritos

$6.99

Pan de yema

Pan de yema

$4.99

Bebidas calientes

Atole blanco

$5.99

Hot drink made from corn

Atole de panela

$5.99

Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar

Champurrado

$5.99

Hot drink made from corn with oaxacan chocolate

Chocolate

$5.99

Hot oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread

Café de olla

$4.99

Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks

Chocolate libra

$15.99

Aguas frescas

Agua fresca

$3.99+

Ask waiter for available options

Horchata con nieve de tuna

$5.99+

Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream

Agua de chilacayota

$4.99+

Fresh water made from chilacayota squash

Tejate

$5.99+

Our house special drink made from the cacao plant

Water bottle

$1.99

Juice

$2.99+

Sodas

Sodas mexicanas

$0.00

1/2 liter sodas

$0.00

Mexican coke or Fanta

Can soda

$2.00

Fountain drinks

$1.99+

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