Tlayudas Oaxacan - Mexican Pizza

Tlayudas Oaxacan - Mexican Pizza

This dish is known as "Mexican Pizza" mainly because both are huge flat crusts covered in stringy melted cheese. This wonderful Mexican snack can be topped with most any meat or vegetable desired and made with either corn or flour tortillas. Smaller tortillas can also be used and, like the bigger ones, should be fried just enough to give then their classic texture - slightly flexible and moist but also a little bit brittle. Homemade corn tortillas made into 16-inch flat tortillas get close to the Oaxacan originals.

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Course: Antijitos, Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: Mexican, Oaxacan

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 35

Total Time: 45

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

Rimmed baking sheet
Large skillet

Ingredients

16 oz Canned black beans
2 Large corn tortillas ( 6 small or 3 flour tortillas)
6 Slices smoked bacon, cut crosswise into ¼-inch slices
1 cup Chopped lettuce
2 Roma tomatoes
1 tsp Chile powder
1 Avocado, peeled and sliced
1 cup Mozzarella or other stringy cheese
Tomato salsa, fresh preferred

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Instructions

Cook Tortilla - Heat bacon slowly in skillet over medium-low heat. When crisp but not burned, remove to paper towels with a slotted spoon. Drain rendered fat to a glass measuring cup or small bowl. Turn heat to medium and fry each tortillas in 1 tsp rendered bacon fat, around 1½ minutes per side. Remove to a baking sheet. Finish the rest of the tortilla the same way.
Cook - Preheat oven to 450°F. Spread each fried tortilla with beans and bake for 5 minutes. Remove and sprinkle the chopped avocados, lettuce, tomato and cheese equally over the tlayudas. Bake another 3-5 minutes until toppings are warmed and the edges are beginning to crisp. Remove, top with bacon, and serve sliced with salsa on the side.

Notes

Different cooked meats and vegetables may also be used for toppings.

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