Empanadas

Ingredients

• Corn masa
• Tinga de pollo (or other stuffing
• Copped lettuce
• Salsa (pico de gallo)
• Salsa verde
• Salvadorean sour cream

Preparation

Mix corn masa. Make corn tortillas in the tortiadora. 

Add chicken tinga or other stuffing (like potato stuffing).

Fold and seal.

Cook in a flat pan. Add a small amount of olive oil.

Top with Salvadorean sour cream.

Add lettuce.

Salsa verde.

And, pico de gallo... Enjoy!

Corn Tortillas

Home made corn tortillas!

Ingredients

• Maseca (corn flour) found in any Mexican store
• Water
• Tortiadora-Tortilla maker (found at any Mexican store/flea market)

Preparation

Add Masa  to a container (1 cup approx 3 small tortillas).

Add water until dough is soft and malleable in your hands.

Make plastic covers for the Tortiadora (tortilla maker). You may use a plastic bag.

Make small balls and place them on top of the plastic inside the Tortiadora.

Press firmly until flattened.

Cook in a flat pan (comal).

Let one side cook thoroughly before flipping over.

Flip over until puffed.

Store in aluminum or cloth towel.

Enjoy with tinga or any of our other taco fillings or as a burrito!

Sopes - Tinga Pollo

Ingredients:

• Tinga de Pollo
• Masa MaSeCa (found at any Mexican store)
• Lettuce
• Salsa verde and/or roja
• Pico de gallo
• Sour cream
• Queso Fresco
• Refried beans 

Preparation:
Make the tinga chicken first (refer to previous post for detailed information).

Prepare the masa (corn flour) by mixing Maseca and cold water.
The amount of water is based on how much Maseca you use. The dough should be soft and malleable.

You can make the sopes by hand  by making a ball of dough and patting it between your hands until flat.
Once the sope is formed, place in a hot flat pan. You may cook it with or without oil.

Add the tinga to the sopes.

Along with other ingredients.You can mix and match-the salsas, pico de gallo, queso, sour cream, lettuce, etc.

Enjoy!