On a Sunday morning, I asked my Husband what was the plan for the day. He looked at me and said, " I don't know, but all I know is I want to eat something really good." I looked at him and laughed thinking, this guy is going to want to order his favorite food...PIZZA! Then a light bulb came on and I thought, why not sopes!
Sopes are just like tacos, you can make them out of anything you like. From chicken, pork, beef, to potatoes, and cactus. If you are looking to go the cheapest way, try using some vegetables because Lord knows, the meat is super pricey now a days. Since my Husband loves potatoes and he had a craving for chorizo, I decided to make my sopes out of those two main ingredients. Of coarse with some beans as the base, and from scratch. Since we barley moved in together, I do not have all the tools to make this happen, such as a comale (skillet) or a prensa (press) I had to improvise the best I could. The things you will need are...
- Dough
- Potato
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Onion
- Cilantro
- Chorizo (Your choice of flavor)
- Beans
- Radishes (This is one of the condiments to this dish, your choice)
- Sour Cream
- Water
- Oil
- Salt
- Press
- Plastic bag or zip lock bag
"Alright, now let's put it all together"-Rosanna Pansino
1. Boil your potatoes 2. Boil your Beans (Keep checking on them adding water)
3. While waiting for them to cook thoroughly, start cutting up your condiments and store in the fridge.
4. Add chorizo to a hot pan and let it cook thoroughly. When ready, lower heat to low. (Do not add oil to pan, the chorizo will release it's own oil)
5. Make your dough. Add 2 cups of Maseca to a bowl with 1 1/3 cups of water and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Mix the dough with your hand until its mixed thoroughly. (The dough should not stick to anything not even the bowl or your hands. You may add a pinch of flour if you are having trouble getting the dough not to stick.)
6. Cut up your soft potatoes into squares. 7. Add your potatoes to the chorizo adding salt.
8. Heat up a pan. Grab a paper towel and dip into oil. Once pan is hot rub the paper towel in a circular motion on the pan. ( This is so the tortilla does not stick to your pan. If you have a totilla pan "comale" rub the paper towel on it as well.)
9. Like I mentioned before, I do not have a press so this is how I improvised. I got a zip lock bag and cut the zip and one of the sides. It should look like a book.
10. Next, is making the tortilla. Roll some dough the size of your palm. Place the ball in the middle of the cut up zip lock bag. Use a cup, bowl or anything with a round bottom and press down on the dough. Make sure the dough is spread out evenly and is still thick. (If the dough turned out thin you pressed down to hard. Roll it up and try again.) Peal slowly and place on pan to cook.
11. Check your beans to make sure they are cooked thoroughly and add a small palm of salt. (Beans take around 2-4 hours to cook thoroughly.)
12. Once the tortilla is done, place on a flat service and start pinching the ends outward. This step needs to be done fresh off the pan. Yes it will be HOT so caution!
13. Fill up a pan with oil half way. Once oil is hot, place one of the pinched tortillas into it and let it fry. (Once its nice and golden, its time to remove it. Using thongs, remove and let the excess oil run down back to pan)
14. Once it has cooled off a bit, add all the condiments together. Start with your beans, potatoes with chorizo, lettuce, onion, tomato salsa, cilantro, sour cream and radish.
ENJOY!
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