Blue Sopes w/ Refried Beans, Spinach & Chorizo-Potato
lunchmexican
Time1 hr
Yield2 portions
Energy381 kcal
Components2
Ingredients
- 4singleSope, Blue
- 0.5wholeonion≈ 75 g onion
- 1clovegarlic
- 30gbeans, pinto, dried
- 20mlbean cooking water
- 2.5mloil, olive, virgin
- 0.5tspspice, cumin, ground
- 0.25tspspice, paprika, smoked
- 0.125tspmonosodium glutamate
- 0.0625tspsalt
- 30gchorizo
- 40gpotato
- 1.25mllime juice≈ 1.25 g lime juice
- 75gspinach, fresh
- 1clovegarlic
- 0.0312tspmonosodium glutamate
- 4glime juice
- 15gcheese, feta
- 80gSalsa Verde
- 1wholelime
Instructions
Process
- Prep:
- 4 Sopes: Sope (Blue, White)
- Salsa Verde: Salsa Verde
- Refried Beans
- Sauté the onion and garlic (water or tiny oil splash).
- Add cooked beans + cooking water + spices + salt + msg.
- Mash and cook until thick, spreadable, not runny.
- Keep warm or reheat before serving.
- Chorizo-Potato Mix
- Start chorizo in a pan over medium heat, no added oil.
- Once it releases fat, add diced potato.
- Cook 10–12 minutes, stirring now and then, until potato is soft and lightly crisp.
- If the pan dries before potato cooks through, add 1–2 tbsp water, cover 1–2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in a little lime juice
- Keep warm.
- Spinach
- Wilt spinach in a pan for 1–2 minutes or microwave 30–40 seconds.
- Lightly squeeze out excess moisture.
- Season with a tiny pinch of salt + lime.
- Set aside.
- Assembly
- For each sope:
- Spread refried beans
- Add wilted spinach
- Spoon chorizo-potato
- Crumble feta
- Add 1-2 spoons of salsa verde
- For each sope:
- Serve hot
Notes
First attempt too much filling vs what is sensible for these, as well as not cooking the masa properly. I’ve adjusted the numbers downwards in the updated recipe.
Cgpt discussion here:
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 381 | 761 |
| Protein | 14.4 | 28.8 |
| Carbohydrates | 54.4 | 108.8 |
| Total Sugars | 5.9 | 11.8 |
| Free Sugars | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Fat | 11.7 | 23.4 |
| Saturated Fat | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Fibre | 9.3 | 18.6 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Iron | 4.29 | 8.59 |
| Calcium | 181 | 362 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.382 | 0.765 |
| Omega 3 | 3.38 | 6.75 |
| Magnesium | 103 | 206 |
| Potassium | 739 | 1480 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £1.39 | £2.78 |
Component details (2)
Aggregated amounts used by this recipe.
- Sope, Blue — Amount required: 4 single
- Salsa Verde — Amount required: 80 g