Name: Nopal Gorditas with Beans
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, for the nopal filling; 1/2 cups onion, finely chopped, for the nopal filling; 2 cups nopal, cut into strips and boiled, for the nopal filling; 2 pasilla chiles, sliced, hydrated in hot water, for the nopal filling.; 1/4 cups cilantro, finely chopped, for the nopal filling; salt, for the nopal filling; pepper, for the nopal filling; 1 cup black beans, cooked for the nopal filling; 500 grams masa dough; 1 tablespoon lard; 1 pinch salt; water

Preparation

15 mins

10 mins

Low

In a pan with hot vegetable oil, cook the onion until it begins to have a shiny tone. Add the boiled nopal cut into strips, the hydrated pasilla pepper, and the cilantro. Season with salt and pepper, cook for 3 minutes, then add the beans and mix. Remove from heat and set aside.