Sopes de Puerco (pork sopes)
- 3 lb pork
- 1 lb queso fresco ( mexican fresh cheese)
- 1/2 lettuce head chopped
- 1 package sope baskets
- 1 avocado, sliced into strips
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- dash garlic salt
- dash salt and pepper
- dash powdered chicken bullion
- dash kikoman soy sauce
- 1 refried beans
- 1 sour cream (optional)
- 5 fresh tomatoes
- 1 chile wero (yellow)
- 1 jalapeno chile
- 1/4 bunch cilantro minced
- 1 cup water from boiled veggies
- 2 garlic cloves
- 6 chiles de arbol
- Chop your pork into small cubes.
- Toss in a bowl, add dash of: soy sauce, garlic salt, pepper, salt, chicken bullion, and mix well with hands.
- Set aside.
- Make your salsa.
- Add tomatoes and chiles in a pot and bring to boil .cook for 15-20min.
- Then cook the chiles de arbol over open flame, just burn the tips and blow out the flame.in a blender add the soft tomatoes, cut the stems off the chiles, add to blender.
- Add garlic cloves, and chile de arbol.
- Add 2 cups of water you boiled veggies in.
- Add cilantro.Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Blend for 2 min.
- Add more salt if needed.
- Until you like it.
- Done.
- Set aside.
- Refried beans can be bought whole in its juices and then poured over high heat oil and mashed.
- Tada.
- Or u can buy canned if its easier.
- In a deep skillet.
- Add veg oil.
- Med high heat.
- Add meat.
- Brown the meat.
- Stir meat.
- Cook for a good 10-15 min with lid.
- Just stiring on med high heat occasionally .
- Youll see its juices begining to rise.
- Now bring down to medium heat.
- And uncover the lid.
- Let it simmer in its juices for another 10 min.
- Youll see juices begin to evaporate and itll begin to sizzle and grill and turn brown.
- Once it browns nicelt all over, drop the heat to low.
- Cover.
- Add salsa to the meat.stir it in well.
- Leave on low.
- Cover to let flavors marinate together.
- Stir occasionally.
- In another skilet add oil to fill about half way up.
- High heat.
- Let heat up for 1 min.
- Add sope baskets to fry.
- About 2 min each side, tske out and place in a strainer basket with a kitchen sheet of paper to absorb some oil.
- Place empty baskets on a plate, spoon some refried beans inside, one large spoon of the pork and its chile over that into the basket.
- Top with lettuce, avocado, crumbled queso fresco, add a dallop of sour cream (optional) and spoon a little extra salsa from the meat on top.
- Enjoy.
pork, queso fresco, sope baskets, avocado, vegetable oil, garlic salt, salt, powdered chicken, kikoman soy sauce, beans, sour cream, tomatoes, chile wero, jalapeno chile, cilantro, water, garlic, arbol
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/354758-sopes-de-puerco-pork-sopes (may not work)