Delicious Nopales with Chorizo

Name: Delicious Nopales with Chorizo
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 5 nopales; water; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups chorizo; 1 cup onion, sliced; 1 tablespoon oregano; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper; 1 cup panela cheese, cut into cubes; fresh oregano, for serving; avocado, cut into wedges, for serving; red salsa, for serving; corn tortillas, for serving

Ilse Castrejón

Get your pots ready to cook these Nopales with Chorizo, a delicious dish to serve as a main course or side dish. This recipe can be ready in 30 minutes, making it ideal for cooking any day at any time, whether as breakfast served with some eggs or at lunchtime.

These Nopales with Chorizo are a Mexican recipe where you can choose to use red chorizo or the traditional green chorizo from Toluca.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 16-10-2018

Preparation

10 mins

25 mins

Low

With the help of a knife, cut the nopales into strips and cook them in a pot over medium heat with water and baking soda for 10 minutes. Remove and strain. Heat a skillet over medium heat, cook the chorizo until it releases its fat and browns slightly, add the onion, nopales, season with oregano, salt, and pepper to taste, and cook for 10 minutes. Serve your nopales accompanied by panela cheese, fresh oregano, avocado, form a taco, and serve with salsa.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

135

kcal

6.75%

Carbohydrate, by difference

5.6

1.87%

Protein

5.9

11.8%

Total lipid (fat)

10.1

15.54%

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Tips

If desired, you can cure the nopales with coarse salt: rub them vigorously with salt and drain the slime. This process will give them a lot of flavor and a very bright color.

Delicious Nopales with Chorizo

Ilse Castrejón

Delicious Nopales with Chorizo

Ingredients

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Nutritional information

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