🇲🇽 Mexico recipe
Tortas Ahogadas
Tortas Ahogadas, meaning 'drowned sandwiches,' are the iconic street food of Guadalajara, Jalisco. A crusty birote salado roll (a sourdough-style bread unique to Guadalajara) is split open, stuffed generously with juicy carnitas, and then literally submerged in two salsas: a mild tomato-based sauce and a fiery chile de arbol salsa that will make your eyes water. The bread absorbs the sauces while maintaining a crusty exterior, creating a glorious, messy, fork-and-knife sandwich that you eat with pickled onions and a cold beer.
Prep30 mins
Cook30 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 4 birote salado rolls or crusty bolillo rolls
- 500 g prepared carnitas or slow-cooked shredded pork
- 250 g refried beans
- For the tomato sauce:
- 6 medium tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 medium white onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 500 ml water
- For the chile de arbol salsa:
- 30 g dried chiles de arbol, stemmed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 120 ml water
- Pickled red onions and lime wedges for serving
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 515
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 56 g
- Fat
- 20 g
