Totopos - Tortilla chips
Dish: Appetizer
Quantity: 2
Country: Mexico
The totopos is a typical recipe of Mexican cuisine that is made from corn pancakes, which are fried until very crispy, emerged as a form of recipe for use, as they used to use corn tortillas left over from the previous day.
If we talk about Mexican recipes, totopos are present in many of them, as for example in their popular chilaquiles or in the traditional nachos that are usually eaten with pico de gallo, guacamole and cheese, fundamental in the known as tex-mex cuisine, follow our step by step videos, where we will show you in detail how to make totopos, a Mexican recipe that will serve you to prepare many food dishes or even to take them alone with a delicious beer.
Ingredients
- 16 corn pancakes
- Sunflower oil
How To Make It
Step 1: To prepare Mexican totopos, the first thing to do is to cut the corn tortillas in the shape of triangles as shown in the video, then place a frying pan over medium heat with plenty of sunflower oil, when we see that the oil is already hot, we incorporate little by little our totopos and we are going to cook them for a couple of minutes or until we see that they begin to take a more intense yellow color as shown in the video, once they are ready, we place them on absorbent paper to remove excess fat and now we just have to enjoy these delicious Mexican totopos.
Tips To Prepare It
When frying the tortilla chips, you must do it in batches, so that they cook perfectly.
One of the important and fundamental points when preparing homemade tortilla chips, is that we must use corn tortillas from the day before, therefore, if we buy the ones that come packaged in the supermarket, we must open the package in advance (between 1 and 2 days before).
What can we accompany this recipe with?
You can accompany the totopos with pico de gallo, cheese sauce, guacamole or use them to prepare chilaquiles.
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