Recipes with chayote
16 verified Mexican recipes with chayote.
Chayote is the mild, firm-textured Mesoamerican climbing squash: essential in mole de olla, caldo de res and caldo tlalpeño, and delicious simply steamed with lime and piquín chilli. Few vegetables soak up a stew's flavour quite like it.
This page gathers 16 verified Mexican recipes with chayote, ordered A to Z — including Caldo de Gato (Guerrero Beef Soup), Beef Trotter Broth, Mexican Chicken Broth. Total times range from 35 to 260 minutes, so there are weeknight options as well as weekend pot-cooking projects. The quickest is Sopa de Chayote (35 minutes in total). Indicative UK price: £2.49 per each (researched for our cost estimates).
Caldo de Gato (Guerrero Beef Soup)
Guerrero beef and chickpea soup with guajillo chilli.
110 minmedia8 servings
Beef Trotter Broth
Nourishing broth of beef trotters with chickpeas and hominy
200 minmedia6 servings
Mexican Chicken Broth
Chicken broth with Mexican vegetables, fresh coriander, and lime.
65 minfacil6 servings
Mexican Beef Broth
Comforting beef broth with bone-in beef, sweetcorn, courgette, chayote and cabbage. A traditional Mexican home-cooked soup.
140 minfacil8 servings
Caldo Michi (Jalisco Fish Soup)
Freshwater catfish soup from Jalisco.
60 minmedia6 servings
Stuffed Chayote Squash
Boiled chayotes stuffed with meat and vegetables, gratinéed with cheese.
60 minmedia4 servings
Churipo (Purepecha Beef and Chilli Broth)
Purepecha beef broth with red chilli, served with corundas, heritage of Michoacan.
150 minmedia8 servings
Clemole (Pueblan Thickened Chilli Broth)
Thick Pueblan chicken broth with dried chillies, corn masa and seasonal vegetables.
90 minmedia6 servings
Oaxacan Yellow Mole
A golden Oaxacan mole with chilcostle chilli, chayote and hierba santa.
115 minmedia8 servings
Mole Chichilo (Oaxacan Charred Chilli Mole)
Dark and smoky Oaxacan mole made with intentionally charred chillies, miltomate and hierba santa.
180 mindificil8 servings
Pot Mole Stew (Mole de Olla)
Beef broth with dried chiles, corn, chayote, and squash.
150 minmedia8 servings
Chicken in Pipián with Chayote
Chicken in green pumpkin seed pipián sauce with tender chayote squash.
75 minmedia6 servings
Puchero Yucateco
Grand Yucatecan festive broth with three meats, vegetables and stock spiced with recado.
150 minmedia8 servings
Chayote Squash Soup
Creamy chayote squash soup with fresh herbs, mild and deeply comforting.
35 minfacil4 servings
Bone Marrow Soup (Sopa de Médula)
Beef bone marrow broth with vegetables and herbs, deeply comforting and nutritious.
260 minfacil6 servings
Sopa de Pan Chiapaneca (Chiapan Bread Soup)
Festive Chiapan bread soup in sweet-savoury broth with plantain and spices.
60 minmedia8 servings
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with chayote are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 16 published Mexican recipes using chayote, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: Caldo de Gato (Guerrero Beef Soup), Beef Trotter Broth, Mexican Chicken Broth.
What's the quickest recipe with chayote?
Sopa de Chayote, ready in 35 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 35 to 260 minutes.
How much does chayote cost in the UK?
The indicative price we use in our cost estimates is £2.49 per each, researched across UK supermarkets and Mexican grocers. Each recipe page shows its calculated cost.
I've got chayote and not much else — what can I cook?
Use our "What can I cook?" tool: tick chayote plus whatever else you have at home and it tells you which recipes you can make in full and which are only one ingredient away.
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Recipes curated by Edmond Bojalil. Last updated: 2026-09-06.
Founder, Recetas Mexas
Mexican from Puebla, IT professional and foodie. Author of 1000+ authentic Mexican recipes adapted for home kitchens worldwide. Based in Madrid since 2018.
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