Nopalitos a La Mexicana
In most cases, whenever a Mexican dish is simply prepared with green chile pepper, white onion and red tomato, it is referred to as "a la Mexicana". Simple dishes like these nopalitos a la Mexicana were, and still are, staple dishes that I prepare often.
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tbsps Avocado or olive oil
- 1/2 cup white onion diced
- 1 large serrano pepper minced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 large roma tomato diced
- 2 1/2 cups nopalitos diced, previously cooked, see notes
- 1 tablespoon cilantro chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of oil at medium heat.
- After a few minutes, add the onion, garlic and serrano to the skillet. Saute the onion, garlic and chile serrano for 3 minutes. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Mix in the tomatoes and again season lightly with salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Mix in the nopalitos and cook for another 5 minutes. Taste for salt. Fold in the cilantro right before serving.
Notes
This is one of the most simple ways you can prepare nopalitos. Scramble in some eggs and you have another variation for breakfast tacos. Or mix in some Mexican chorizo and a spicy salsa! So many possibilities!
COOK NOPALES- Slice 2 pounds clean nopales to desired size. Transfer to a skillet. Season with 1/2 tsp of salt. Add 1 sliced serrano pepper, 1/4 small white onion, 2 cloves of garlic and a handful of fresh cilantro. Cover skillet and heat to right below medium. After a few minutes the nopales will begin to release their liquid. Stir now and then, making sure they don't burn. Once all the liquid has evaporated, take off the heat. It's ok if there is a little liquid left so nopales don't dry out. Remove the solids if you prefer and use cooked nopales in your favorite recipes. To remove more of the stickiness of the nopales, you can rinse them under cool water. It's optional.
For The Sopes:
Cook chorizo for 6-7 minutes, crumbling as it cooks. Flash fry the El Comal Sopes until crispy on both sides. Layer sopes with beans, nopalitos, Chemo's Spicy Chorizo, cotija cheese, Salsa Mocorito and crush a few Chiltepin Peppers on top to finish! I was out of crema or else I would add some too, Lol! And a squeeze if fresh lime!