Salbutes!

We had our first cooking class on Tuesday and we made the most delicious anteojito, called Salbutes. For your enjoyment I am posting the recipie so you can make them your selves if you are so inclined. They are kind of like little tostadas.

Corn Tortilla shells
masa de maiz (corn dough--for those of you in tucson or LA you can probably get this fresh from the mexican market, for those of you elsewhere we were told you could use corn flour)
water
salt
oil

First put some corn or vegtable oil into a big caserol pan and heat it up, you should have an inch or two oil, we are frying things here. Then Mix the masa, water, and a little salt until it is staying together nicely but not stickey or runny, kind of like playdoh. then make small balls and push them into a flat shape like a corn tortilla, but maybe just a bit smaller and a bit thicker. When the oil is hot, we were told if it is too cool then the dough absorbs too much oil, then drop them into the pan and fry them until they are just a golden color. Take them out and place them in the collander to drain the oil and let them cool down a bit.

Then you top them with, in this order:
chopped letuce
shreadded chicken (we just used one of the little pre-roasted like you can get at cost-co and shreadded it up)
some thin slices of tomato
A slice of avodcado
and Salsa Taquera.

Salsa Taquera
1 clove of garlic
1 jalapeño
4-5 tomatoes
chopped cilantro
1/2 chopped onion
chopped avocado
salt

First you want to roast the jalapeño and tomatoes which you do by putting them on a hot dry flat pan until they turn black and the skins pop.

Then put the garlic and jalapeño in the blender with a bit of water and blend well. Then add the tomatoes and blend again, but less well so it is chunky, add some more water and salt too. Then take it out of the blender and mix in the cilantro and chopped onion and chopped avocado. Mix it up and enjoy! It wasn´t too spicy.

We hope you enjoy!

A post of what we have been up to will be coming soon including, my adventures in mexican spinning classes! But right now the computer is in high demand so I am off.