Totopos with cornmeal are a typical recipe of Mexican cuisine that is an easy, practical and ideal dish to get out of the way when we receive unexpected visits. Likewise, these homemade totopes are perfect as snacks for when we want to organize a complete Mexican theme night with extremely simple, but delicious ingredients.The elaboration process is very simple: from making some corn tortillas we will then obtain the totopes for Nachos. We can make the amount of corn tortillas that we want according to the guests of the evening, but in general, about four or five units per person are calculated.
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| Ingredients to make totopes with cornmeal: |
| 3 cups of cornmeal (360 grams) ½ teaspoon of salt 2 cups of water (480 milliliters) chili powder (optional) |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Cheap cost, fried, |
Ingredients to make totopes with cornmeal:
1. We begin to prepare this recipes of totopos for nachos by placing in a bowl the cups of cornmeal, the half teaspoon of salt and the cups of water. We mix everything until you get a mass of firm but moldable consistency.
Trick: We can add common wheat flour to the dough of homemade totopes if we do not have corn.
2. With the dough ready we will make small balls and let them stand for a moment, covered with a cloth.
3. Meanwhile, we heat a pan or pot in a very thick bottom, which we can moisturize with oil or a little butter. When you have temperature, we will flatten the dough balls to create disks or corn tortillas. We can use an empty bottle, a kneading roller or a flattener.
4. The cooking of corn tortillas is very fast and must be done on both sides of the discs. If we see that it inflates a little during cooking, we will crush with a spatula.
5. Once cooked, we will stack the tortillas and cover them with a cloth so that they do not lose that texture. From the tortillas we will also make homemade totopes, ideal for eating with guacamole or different Mexican sauces. To make corn totopes, we simply cut these cooked tortillas in triangular shapes and fry them in oil, although we can also toast them in the oven.
6. Once cut, we can consume the totos with cornmeal as if they were Nachos. You can season them with salt and pepper and lemon juice or test delicious cheese sauce for Nachos.
Trick: A trick is sprinkle these nachos totopos with fucking chili, so that they are more tasty and spicy.
