Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican dish. Chilaquiles are basically corn tortilla pieces that are fried, cooked in salsa (in this recipe we'll be using green salsa) and sprinkled with cheese. They can be eaten as a main dish, like I mentioned, just sprinkled with cheese, or as a side dish accompanied by steak, shredded chicken breast, or eggs.
¿Has notado que la salsa verde siempre tiene un sabor amargo/acido? si verdad. pero ¿porque? bueno, esto es por los tomates, ellos nos dan ese saborcito acido, lo cual es perfectamente normal, pero ¿que debemos hacer para que no queden con ese saborcito acido? muy facil... ya veras el ingrediente secreto para lograr esto.
Have you done green salsa before? If so, you've probably noticed a sour/acid flavor to it. But why? This acid flavor is caused by the green tomatoes, and its perfectly normal... but how do we get rid of that acidity? With a very simple (and secret) ingredient... you'll see.
INGREDIENTES:
- 1/2 kilo de tortillas
- 8 tomates verdes
- 1-2 chiles jalapeño (depende que tan
picosos te gusten)
- 1 pequeña rebanada de cebolla
- 1 diente de ajo
- cilantro (opcional)
- sal o un cubo de consome de pollo
- aceite para freir
- crema
- queso
- bistek o pollo deshebrado para acompañar los chilaquiles
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 kg of tortillas (aprox 20 tortillas) It will help for the frying if your tortillas are a little dry (leave them out overnight to dry out a bit)
- 8 green tomatoes
- 1 or 2 jalapeño chilis (depends on how HOT you want them)
- a small slice of onion
- 1 garlic clove
- some coriander leaves (cilantro) - optional
- salt or a chicken bouillion cube
- oil for frying
GARNISHES:
- cream
- cheese
- steak or shredded chicken breast (to accompany your chilaquiles)
y.. el ingrediente secreto:
and.. the secret ingredient:
* una piza de bicarbonato de sodio
* a quarter teaspoon of baking soda
PROCEDIMIENTO: PREPARATION METHOD:
1- Cortar todas las tortillas en 4 triangulos.
1- Cut all your tortillas into 4's (as to make 4 triangles)
2- Freir esos triangulos en pequeñas porciones a la vez.
2- fry those tortilla triangles in small bunches at a time.
3- Make sure they dont get too brown, otherwise your chilaquiles wont taste good (they'll be sour). as you can see in the next picture, those tortilla chips are just perfect (noot too light and not too dark)
4- place your tortilla chips on paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
Para hacer la salsa verde:
Now lets make the green salsa:
5- pon un poco de agua en la icuadora.
5. fill about a quarter part of your blender with water
6- hechar los tomates, chiles jalapeño, cebolla, ajo, sal, cilantro.. y el bicarbonato. Licuar.
6- Add the following ingredientes to your blender: the green tomatoes, jalapeño chilis, garlic clove, onion, salt, cilantro... and the baking soda. Blend.
7- OPTIONAL: Fry a small piece of onion until golden brown in a large saucepan. If you dont really like onions, then just heat up some oil .
8- Once the onion is golden brown (If you didnt use onion, then once the oil is hot) add the green salsa to your pan.
9- Cook for a couple of minutes. taste to see if you need more salt (I prefer a chicken bouillon cube instead of salt). Remove the onion pieces.
10- hecha los totopos a la salsa verde. Y revuelve suavemente para no quebrar los totopos.
10- add the fried tortilla chips to the salsa. mix carefully as to not break the chips.
Hay 2 maneras de dejar los chilaquiles:
1- Bien remojados en la salsa (personalmente, asi es como me gustan a mi).Para que queden asi, tapalos por unos 5 -10 minutos con la estufa apagada, para que se remojen bien
2- Crujientes - para que queden crujientes, solo dejalos en la salsa unos minutos, y enseguida sirve.
There are 2 options for making them:
1- Really soaked/soft chilaquiles (this is how I prefer them). To make them like this, cover your sauce pan and leave covered (flame turned off) for 5-10 minutes.
2- Crunchy chilaquiles - To get crunchy cilaquiles, dont soak them for too long in the salsa. Only a couple of minutes and do not cover your saucepan, and serve right away.
Aqui los tape para dejarlos blanditos.
I covered mine because I prefer them soft.
yo los acompañe con un bistek.
I served mine with cheese on top and a steak.
Aqui les dejo imagenes que haye en la red de otras opciones para sus chilaquiles verdes:
leave you guys other options I found on the web for your green chilaquiles:
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