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The summer has come to an end and as we start back on the school routine and leave the lazy days filled with fun and traveling behind I am doing everything I can to get my kids excited and motivated about school. Today was their first day of school and I wanted to make a fun and nutritious breakfast. I have talked before of how we can pass down our Latino culture through food and how food is such an important part of our heritage so I knew that on this important day, not only the first day of school but my little guy’s first day of Kindergarten, I was not making pancakes or waffles!
Sopes have always been one of my favorite Mexican foods, they are so versatile and you can fill them up with anything you like, you just need to be creative. I decided to make some sopes filled with our favorite chorizo scrambled eggs. I had never made sopes before so I made them the night before and it was so easy working with Maseca’s Masa Harina that I still can’t believe I got these right the first time. I had to hold my husband back from eating all of them so he would leave some for the kids the next morning. They heated up well in the oven and I just added the chorizo, queso fresco and fresh cilantro on top, which was great as I did not want to be running around cooking up a storm on the first day of school.
Chorizo and Egg Breakfast Sopes with Maseca Masa Harina
Ingredients
- For the sopes
- 2 cups Maseca Masa Harina
- 1 1/4 cup water
- canola oil
- For the eggs
- 4 eggs
- 2 small red chorizos
- 3/4 cup of queso fresco
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 Hass avocado chopped in small squares
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
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Mix the masa, salt and water together into a smooth consistency for about 3 to 5 minutes. If working in large amounts cover bowl with a damp towel to keep from drying out.Take a piece of the dough and roll into a firm ball. Use a tortilla press to flatten balls into small discs 4-5 inches wide. I didn’t have a tortilla press o I placed the masa ball in between two pieces of waxed paper and applied pressure with a cutting board.
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Heat up a comal or griddle and place masa patties on griddle for about 1 minute, turn and cook for about 45 seconds.
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Remove from griddle and let stand for a minute so they cool off enough for you to work with the masa, which should still be soft and malleable.
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Using your fingers form the edges up like a tart shell.
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Heat up enough canola oil to cover the sopes.
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Place sopes in oil and fry until crispy and golden brown.
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Remove casing from chorizo, cut in pieces and put in food processor until crumpled.
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In a medium bowl beat the eggs, ½ cup of queso fresco and half of the chorizo. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Heat a frying pan on medium heat, add the egg mixture and cook eggs until desired consistency. We like ours quite dry.
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Place scrambled eggs on sopes, top with chopped avocado, crumbled chorizo, queso fresco and cilantro.
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Serve warm.
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If I do say so myself these breakfast sopes where delicious and I know we will be preparing these often. In this occasion I made them small so that the kids could hold them but you can make them larger like tostadas or even smaller to use as boquitas or tapas. I am already thinking of lots of other things I can top the sopes with. What would you put in your sopes?
Paula studied architecture and now makes a living as a freelance writer,traveler and amateur photographer.She started her writing & publishing career as the editor of Bebé y Mamá, the first parenting magazine in Guatemala.She is the founder of www.GrowingUpBilingual.com and www.365thingsswfl.com and writes articles in Spanish and English for both magazines and the web on travel,food and bicultural and bilingual parenting .
When she is not on a plane or road trip she likes to create recipes inspired in the flavors of her native Guatemala.
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I’d never thought about having sopes for breakfast, but the idea sounds great!
Blanca you should try them, we had them for breakfast and then for dinner the next they because everyone loved them. 🙂
those look so good!
This looks so yummy. I have pinned this and will be making this for my family.
I heard chorizo of a different recipe but it’s meat but yours seemed the cookie. Nice recipe!
Wow this looks so appetizing! Great recipe! 🙂
Bueno, I had never heard of these so I would have made waffles (the frozen kind of course), but now that you’ve made it sound so easy & look so yummy, I know Sweetie would love them. On my grocery list goes the Maseca masa harina!! BB2U
It’s my first time making these and my husband who usually doesn’t like anything with masa love these, I am making a Maseca believer out of him. 😉
That looks so tempting Paula! I have never tried the sopes. Thank you for the recipe.
I’m in love with this recipe. Will cook it this weekend. Thanks.
Looks delicious! Didn’t know about the sopes. Thanks for the recipe.
Tan ricos que se ven! Nunca los he hecho en casa, y confieso que solo los he comido una vez.
Tu receta se ve exquisita!
Que ricos se ven, no conocía este platillo pero se ve fabuloso, gracias por la receta !
Que Deliciosos se ven.. y facil de preparar!
Que rica receta! Yummy! Muchas Gracias por compartirla estoy segura que a mi Pequeña le encantara!! 😉
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esta receta se ve muy deliciosa!! Muchas gracias por compartirla 🙂
Definitivamente Maseca es la marca por excelencia para preparar tortillas… Que ricos se ven los sopes… No sabes como se me antojaron.
yuuuuuuuuuuuum!!! i love sopes for any meal 😉