Sopes - Mexican Corn Cakes - my Hungry Traveler

Sopes - Mexican Corn Cakes

These delicious little corn cakes are a great as an appetizer, antojito, or just for snacking. They can be easily assembled with-or-without shredded meat.

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Course: Antijitos, Snack

Cuisine: Jaliscense Mexican, Mexican

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

Large bowl
Large nonstick skillet

Ingredients

2 cups Masa harina (corn tortilla flour)
2 cups Water
Kosher salt
1 cup Refried beans
1 cup Crumbled Mexican chorizo or Italian sausage
½ cup Onion, chopped
½ cup Crumbled cheese like cotija, queso fresco, or rinsed feta
½ cup Iceberg lettuce, shredded
Salsa verde or any other, for serving on side

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Instructions

Make dough: Mix masa harina and water in a bowl with hands until thoroughly combined. Divide into 15 balls.
Make sopes: Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. When hot, flatten dough balls into ¼-inch thick by 2-inch wide pancakes. Add them to the heated skillet. Cook each side until lightly specked, about 2 minutes per side. Remove to a cutting board and refill skillet. As new batch is cooking, make a rim around the cooked dough with you fingers. Once all "disks" are crimped, add them back to pan flat side down and cook another 2 minutes per side. Place kitchen towel over cooked sopes to keep warm.
Make topping: add sausage to same skillet over medium heat. After sausage gives up a bit of its fat, add chopped onions and cook until they soften, about 5 minutes more.
To serve: Place sopes around a small bowl of salsa on a serving platter. Top each sope with 2 tbsps each of microwave-warmed refried beans, sausage-onion mixture, shredded lettuce and crumbled cheese. Eat with hands or a fork.

Notes

Sopes can be made in advance and either kept in the refrigerator for a few days wrapped in a paper towel and placed in a ziplock bag. They can also be kept frozen for a few month before warming, filling, and serving.
Roasted salsa verde is especially good with Sopes but any homemade or store bought salsa works well.
Feel free to get creative with the cheese and sausage toppings.
The cooked sausage topping may be omitted. Instead, you can add fresh chopped white onion over the refried beans.

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