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- From: pam@cepu (Pam McGarvey)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chalupas
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- Date: 9 Jan 87 04:49:45 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE TEXMEX-CHALUPA V "22 Dec 83" 1987
- .RZ "CHALUPAS" "Tex-Mex style tostada"
- You will need to first make a batch of frijoles refritos.
- This dish is more properly known in Mexico as \fItostadas\fR.
- .IH "Makes 12 chalupas"
- .IG "" "vegetable oil"
- .IG "12" "corn tortillas"
- (the thinner the better)
- .IG "5\-6 cups" "frijoles refritos" "1.5 kg"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "sharp cheddar cheese," "250 g"
- grated
- .IG "1" "large tomato,"
- chopped
- .IG "3 cups" "shredded lettuce" "300 g"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- In a small
- skillet, heat about
- .AB "\(12 inch" "1 cm"
- of vegetable oil. Test the oil for proper temperature
- by putting in a small piece of tortilla. When the oil reaches the temperature
- where it immediately begins to bubble frantically over the tortilla as soon
- as it is put in the oil and the tortilla piece becomes crisp quite quickly,
- you are ready to cook the chalupa shells. This is important because there is
- nothing worse than a soggy chalupa shell which results from the oil not being
- hot enough.
- .SK 2
- Fry tortillas completely flat
- on both sides until very crisp. Drain and keep warm on a newspaper-covered
- cookie sheet in a warm oven.
- .SK 3
- Spread about a
- .AB "\(14-inch" "\(12-cm" -thick
- layer of refried beans on each fried tortilla. Top with a generous amount
- of grated sharp Cheddar cheese and
- .AB "1 Tbsp" "15 ml"
- chopped onion.
- .SK 4
- Place assembled
- chalupas on a cookie sheet and brown under broiler until cheese melts.
- Watch them carefully under the broiler\(emthey can burn quite quickly.
- .SK 5
- Top with shredded lettuce and tomato, and serve.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- 15 minutes, plus preparation time of \fIfrijoles refritos\fR.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Pamela McGarvey
- UCLA Comprhensive Epilepsy Program, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
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