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Traditional cooking of maguey agave for the production of mezcal in the central valley of Oaxaca.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The barbacoa is slow-cooked and wrapped in maguey leaves for about five-to-six hours, according to Sotero.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The maguey imparts a subtly vegetal flavor, and cooks reserve just enough fat so that each bite of meat is unctuous.
—Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
Traditionally, it’s wrapped in the thin film sourced from the stalks of maguey plants such as agave, and then steamed or cooked in a pit.
—Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The barbacoa is slow-cooked and wrapped in maguey leaves for about five-to-six hours, according to Sotero.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The maguey imparts a subtly vegetal flavor, and cooks reserve just enough fat so that each bite of meat is unctuous.
—Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
Traditionally, it’s wrapped in the thin film sourced from the stalks of maguey plants such as agave, and then steamed or cooked in a pit.
—Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Maguey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maguey. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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maguey
noun
ma·guey
mə-ˈgā 
plural magueys
1
: any of various agaves (as the century plant) with fleshy leaves
2
: any of several hard fibers obtained from magueys
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