Prep Information
Prep Time
60 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Serves
6 people
Ingredients
- Sopes
- 2 cups Arbequina EVOO
- 4 cups masa harina
- 2-1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 Tablespoons ground cumin
- 2 Tablespoons salt
- Beans
- 2 links Mexican chorizo
- 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups cooked pinto beans
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Spicy Slaw See recipe ingredients at: https://marisolio.com/recipes/sopes-with-chorizo-refried-beans-and-a-spicy-slaw.
- Tomato Chile Sauce
- 2 chiles de arbol
- 2 Tablespoons Chipotle Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup minced yellow onions
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced
Instructions
- Take a sope and layer with the chorizo and bean mixture. Add the slaw and drizzle the tomato chile sauce over the top. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.
- Beans: Slit the casings on the sausage and break apart the encased meat. Heat the skillet to medium high heat and add the sausage, breaking it apart further with a fork or wooden spoon. Cook until the fat starts rendering, about 5 minutes. Add the chopped onions and minced garlic and, with a lid on the pan, sweat them for 3-5 minutes. Add the pinto beans and cook for another 5 minutes. With a potato masher, mash the beans into the chorizo mixture, making sure to scrape the bottom of the pan. Mix well and cook for another 5 minutes until everything is incorporated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Hold warm over very low heat, making sure the bottom doesn't burn.
- Sopes: Mix the masa harina, chicken stock, cumin and salt and form a soft dough. To make the sopes, break off a small ball of dough and using your hands, form a mini soup bowl about 4 inches across. Repeat until all the dough has been used. Place on a sheet tray and bake in the oven for 5 minutes, just to set the dough. Set aside until ready to fry.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the oil in a large pot and heat to 350 degrees F.
- Slaw: Separate recipe at https://marisolio.com/recipes/sopes-with-chorizo-refried-beans-and-a-spicy-slaw. You will have to copy and paste this URL into the address/search bar.
- Chili sauce: In a dry pan, toast the chiles until fragrant, remove and set aside. Return the pan to medium heat, add the Chipotle Olive Oil, onions and garlic. Sweat until translucent, about 5 minutes. Mince the chiles and add them with the tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and simmer, about 10 minutes. Let the mixture cool a bit, then add to a blender and puree until smooth.
- Assembly: Carefully drop the sopes into the hot oil, 2 at a time, and fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Remove and hold on a paper towel-lined tray. Repeat until all the sopes are fried.