Street-Food Vendor El Huarache Loco Offering Turkey with Mole for Thanksgiving

Really? The same old turkey stuffing you always bust out, with frankly mixed results? Consider going multiculti this year, with turkey and mole from street-food vendor El Huarache Loco. Huarache owner Veronica Salazar told SFoodie she'll start taking orders for holiday birds this weekend at the Alemany farmers' market. You can get your turkey raw or roasted, with organic, chocolate-spiked mole on the side.

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Please -- not the gummy cornbread stuffing again.

​The sauce is a family recipe (Salazar is from Mexico City). Or you can get your bird adobado: stuffed with ground beef, potato, and almonds, roasted with wine, and topped with pineapple. Salazar plans to offer other holiday items as well (Thanksgiving as well as Christmas) with dishes like an elaborate Mexican salad of beets, carrots, fruits, and a dressing sweetened with sugarcane juice. Check her Twitter page for news about a holiday menu item tasting at Alemany.

As for how big a turkey you'll be able to order, Salazar said it depends. She can get a 40 pound beast, or a svelte 20-pounder that serves eight to 10. "The big one is for Mexicans," Salazar said, "because we always have so much family over."

Customers will be able to pick up holiday orders Wednesday, Nov. 25, or Thanksgiving morning (Thursday, Nov. 26), in the Mission at La Cocina (2948 Folsom at 25th St.).