When cooked, they look similar to okra or bell peppers and have a mild vegetable taste -- but what exactly are nopales? Where do they come from and how do you cook with them? A nopal is a cactus ...

Nopales are a staple ingredient of Mexican cooking, yet the cactus pads are still something of a rare find on many Valley Mexican menus. Not so at Centrico, the Mexican cafe inside the historic ...

Nopales might seem like an intimidating food to cook with, but learning how to use this cactus can help you enhance the flavor of many different meals.