cotija
Noun
Meaning
cotija (countable and uncountable, plural cotijas)
A hard, dry cheese from Mexico.
Phrases with the word
Examples
Certain Mexican restaurants may improvise on items such as substituting tortilla strips for croutons or Cotija cheese for the Parmesan.
Instead of gathering together to sample beer and taste small bites, the chain is asking participants to head to Barons to buy Stone Brewing’s Tiki Escape IPA and the ingredients to make Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro Cotija Slaw.
Tortilla chips topped a creamy monterey jack cheese sauce, toasted corn, crumbled cotija, chili powder and cilantro.
The town of Cotija has a cheese named after it.
Spoon mayonnaise into a bowl and crumble cotija cheese into another bowl.
You can even add a crumble of cotija cheese if you like.