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Recipes => Recipes => Beef Recipes => Topic started by: pz on September 07, 2013, 11:45:18 PM

Title: Mexican food - sopes
Post by: pz on September 07, 2013, 11:45:18 PM: Sopes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sope) and huraches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huarache_%28food%29) are two of my favorite Mexican dishes, and we usually seek out one of our local food trucks for these delicious treats. A short time ago we purchased a bag of masa de maize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masa), which is corn flour treated with lime, and decided to make our own sopes.
As is always the case, my wife is in charge of the dough. In this case, she simply followed the directions on the package. Other uses for masa include making your own delicious homemade corn tortillas
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After finishing the dough, she rolled a golf ball sized ball of dough into a 1/4 inch thick disc, which was then fried on both sides on cast iron
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Meanwhile I was preparing the meat - the same pork butt we used for breakfast, but this time we plan to use our homemade chile sauce.
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The pork is in the pan, covered with the chile sauce, and heated through - took all of about 5 minutes
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Starting the build - smeared avocado on the masa base, then topped with the chile sauced pork
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Then topped with raw cabbage for crunch and queso fresco, these treats were even better than what we typically get when we eat out. Sliced a bite of sope, scooped up a pickled jalapeno, and we were in Mexican food heaven. If you've never tried sopes or huraches, look for them on a menu - if you like Mexican food you'll not be sorry.
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Title: Re: Mexican food - sopes
Post by: muebe on September 07, 2013, 11:57:22 PM: Great looking plate!
Title: Mexican food - sopes
Post by: Chili Head on September 08, 2013, 12:00:30 AM: Oh yeah! Looks real good! More jalapeños for me please.
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Post by: Smokin Don on September 08, 2013, 12:21:49 AM: Oh yea looks great!!! I tried sopes once, need to work on it. Don
Title: Re: Mexican food - sopes
Post by: pz on September 08, 2013, 12:39:57 AM: Thanks gents; using masa is evidently really simple because me and the missus managed to get it right the first time. The tasty treats are surprisingly easy to make, and can be topped with just about anything. Although not authentic, I'm planning a crispy skin salmon and caper aioli one of these days.
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Post by: sparky on September 08, 2013, 01:03:23 AM: 2 please. they look real good. :)
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Post by: fishingbouchman on September 08, 2013, 05:10:52 AM: :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
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Post by: africanmeat on September 08, 2013, 07:20:54 AM: short and sweet.
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Post by: smokeasaurus on September 08, 2013, 09:06:15 AM: I love sopes and I am sure I would love these.
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Post by: drholly on September 08, 2013, 01:34:06 PM: Don't know how I missed this one. Those look great and the idea is perfect.
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Post by: sliding_billy on September 08, 2013, 01:37:10 PM: Great looking plate.
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Post by: pz on September 08, 2013, 05:13:42 PM: Thanks for the comments, guys! :)
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Post by: ACW3 on September 08, 2013, 05:58:43 PM: NIIICE!!! Two and a FT, please.

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