El Restaurante Mexicano
Winter 2002
El Restaurante Mexicano
Winter 2002

Recipe from Chef Jose Luis Chávez, Tiawanna's Mexican Restaurant, Aurora, Ill.

STREET FOODS OF MEXICO
Molotes de Tinga Poblana
Makes 8 servings

The tinga poblana

1 c. each of cooked chicken and pork, finely shredded
1/2 lb. chorizo
12 oz. tomatoes, roasted and chopped, with liquid
4 oz. onion, sliced in 1/2 moons
1/2 t. dried Mexican oregano
3 bay leaves
4 chile chipotle adobo, chopped
All adobo sauce from canned chiles
6 cloves garlic, mashed, then finely chopped
Skin chorizo, crumble the meat into a frying pan and cook over low heat until the fat is rendered out.

Add onion, tomatoes, garlic, thyme, oregano and bay leaf, simmer for 5 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and pork, the chipotle chile and adobo. Simmer for 10 minutes. Season to taste.

Refrigerate the tinga right away.

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The molotes
2-1/2 lbs. Maseca
3-1/2 c. warm water
Combine ingredients.

Using a tortilla maker, press out small rounds with 2 ounces of the masa mixture. Fill with a rounded tablespoon of the filling. Seal the edges tightly.

Fry molotes in the fryer for approximately 3 to 4 minutes.

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