Stuffed Sopapillas with Beef and Chicken

Stuffed Sopapillas with Beef and Chicken

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Here we’re making a dish that combines ingredients from some of our previous recipes, including sopapillas, frijoles asina, red chile sauce and green chile sauce; we’re making Stuffed Sopapillas! Stuffed Sopapillas are a great dish to make, especially when you have some classic NM ingredients left over. Personally, I like to make them when I have leftover beans and chile. You're gonna love them!

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Cuisine New Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Sopapillas
  • ½ pound Ground Beef
  • 1 Potato Parboiled
  • 1 tbsp Canola Oil Use if the beef is lean
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Chicken Shredded
  • 1 cup Cooked Pinto Beans
  • ½ cup Cheddar Cheese Shredded
  • Green, or Red Chile Sauce Or both
  • Lettuce Shredded
  • Tomato Diced
  • Onion Diced
  • Sour Cream Or plain greek yogurt

Instructions
 

  • Prepare sopapillas, and let cool slightly - Sopapillas
  • Par boil one medium potato for 15 minutes. Let cool and peel.
  • In a medium skillet, brown ½ pound of ground beef.
  • Dice the potato and add to the cooked ground beef. Continue cooking until the potatoes are slightly browned and soft.
  • Shred some cooked chicken (I used a rotisserie).
  • Heat your cooked beans, whether they are leftover, or from a can – Frijoles Asina – Perfect New Mexican Pinto Beans Recipe
  • Prepare your red, or green chile, or both! – Green Chile Sauce AND Red Chile Sauce
  • Cut each sopapilla ¾ of the way, taking care not to break it up. It should open like a bun, but a bit connected.
  • Now layer in your beef and potato mixture/shredded chicken, beans, chile, cheese.
  • Garnish with lettuce, tomato, onion, sour cream, and/or guacamole.

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