Caballeros Pobres

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6–12

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Muy Bueno Fiestas: 100+ Delicious Mexican Recipes for Celebrating the Year

By Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack

Published 2023

  • About

Caballeros pobres, which roughly translates to “poor knights” or “poor gentlemen,” is a decadent Yucatan dish of bread soaked in an egg-and-milk mixture and then panfried. Think of it as the Mexican version of French toast. My version is similar in flavor to one of my favorite desserts, capirotada, but instead of using bolillos for the bread, I use thick, fluffy challah. The traditional recipe calls for dipping the bread into an egg-wh