El Tule Mexican Restaurant & Taqueria
4.5 x (68) • Mexican • Latin American • New Mexican • $ • Info
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5440 Thornwood Dr, San Jose, CA 95123, USA
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Sunday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM • Oaxacan Food
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM • Mexican Food
Monday
Tuesday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM • Oaxacan Food
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM • Oaxacan Food
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM • Mexican Food
Antojitos Oaxaqueños / Appetizers
- Botana Oaxaqueña$22.99 • 100% (7)2 deep-fried cheese empanadas, 2 deep-fried chicken taquitos, 2 molotes with chorizo or potatoes, and 2 memelas with queso fresco.
- Chapulines$14.99Popular Oaxacan delicacy, grasshoppers toasted on a clay griddle and sprinkled with a sour spicy salty seasoning using El Tule's special secret recipe. Served with fresh lime and chile.
- Nachos Oaxaqueños$18.99Homemade chips drenched in our signature mole negro sauce and queso fresco.
- Three Mini Tostadas de Tinga$15.99We spread our unique hand-blended black bean puree on a crafted tostada shell and top it with shredded chicken that simmered in a tomato chipotle sauce, lettuce, queso fresco, and sour cream.
- Empanadas Fritas$16.99 • 100% (3)2 deep-fried, handcrafted corn tortillas filled with your choice of filling. Topped with black bean puree, cabbage, queso fresco, and guacamole.
- Taquitos Oaxaqueños$16.99 • 75% (4)4 single rolled deep-fried corn tortillas filled with your choice of filling. Topped with black bean puree, cabbage, queso fresco, and guacamole.
- Tamal Oaxaqueño$6.99 • 80% (5)Banana leaf-wrapped tamale filled with boneless chicken mole and covered with El Tule's spice blend signature mole negro sauce.
- Taco de Chapulines$10.50Made with handcrafted tortilla, avocado, queso fresco, and sauce.
Comida Oaxaqueña / Oaxacan Specialties
- Molotes$22.99Three handcrafted corn dough tortillas, deep-fried, filled with chorizo, potatoes, topped with black bean puree, guacamole, queso fresco, and sour cream.
- Mole Negro Oaxaqueño$26.99 • 80% (10)An authentic savory-sweet flavored mole served with chicken thigh or leg. Includes rice, refried pinto beans, and handcrafted corn tortillas.
- Enfrijoladas$22.99Four corn tortillas served with tasajo grilled beef or cesina enchilada marinated pork. Covered with our savory black bean puree, queso fresco, and onion slices.
- Empanadas de Amarillo$21.50Two handcrafted corn tortillas, filled with cilantro, and our signature mole Amarillo.
- Grilled Salted Beef (Plato de tasajo)$22.99Served with nopales, grilled jalapenos, scallions, avocado, pico de gallo, whole black beans, salad, and handcrafted corn tortillas.
- Spicy Marinated Pork (Plato de cecina)$22.99Served with nopales, grilled jalapenos, scallions, avocado, pico de gallo, whole black beans, salad, and handcrafted corn tortillas.Spicy
- Empanadas de Chorizo con Papa$22.00Two handcrafted corn tortillas filled with chorizo, potatoes, and quesillo.
- Empanadas de Quesillo con Epazote$22.00Two handcrafted corn tortillas filled with quesillo, epazote, and jalapenos.
Bebidas / Drinks
- Horchata con Tuna$7.25 • 100% (3)Horchata mixed with prickly pear or opuntia, a genus fruit in the cactus family, topped with cantaloupe, and peanuts.
- Horchata$4.50 • 66% (3)Rice water.
- Tejate$7.25Legend tells us it was once the drink of Mesoamerican nobility. Today, El Tule restaurant is 1 of the only destinations where you'll enjoy this fermented cacao and maize flour concoction.
Postres / Desserts
Platos Oaxaquenos
Create Your Own Platter
Platos Fuertes (Main Dishes)
Mariscos Seafood
Ensaladas Salads
A La Carta
Kids Menu
Aperitivos/Appetizers
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