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Ground beef chile verde gorditas

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  • 4 cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1½ tsp instant yeast
Mix 4 cups all purpose flour; make a well and add half a teaspoon of sugar and one and a half teaspoons of instant yeast; sprinkle one and a half teaspoons of salt at the edges.
Mixing the flatbread dough
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 1¾ cup warm milk
Slowly pour in one and three quarter cups of warm milk (or warm water) while mixing, then add two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Knead 5 minutes until soft but still a little sticky; cover with the bowl and rest a couple of minutes.
Knead another 3 to 5 minutes until elastic and stretchy.
  • oil
Rub with a little oil, return to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and rest one hour or until doubled.
Knock out the air, divide into eight even pieces and shape into balls on a floured surface; cover with plastic wrap and a towel and rest 30 minutes until doubled.
  • flour
Preheat a comal on medium heat; roll each ball out on a floured counter like a tortilla, not very thin and not too thick.
Rolling and cooking the flatbreads
Cook one minute until it blisters, flip and cook another minute; keep in a kitchen towel.
  • oil
  • onion
  • 1 whole roma tomato
Heat a little oil in a pan on medium-high, saute a small piece of onion a couple of minutes, add one roma tomato and cook one minute.
  • 2 lb lean ground beef
  • 1½ packet Kinder's chile verde seasoning
Add two pounds of lean ground beef, break it up, season with one and a half packets of chile verde seasoning and brown.
  • 16 oz green chile
  • ½ cup water
Add 16 ounces of green chile and half a cup of water; push aside and dissolve two tablespoons of flour in the liquid.
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • salt
  • black pepper
Reduce to medium-low and cook five minutes; adjust salt and add black pepper.
  • lettuce
  • tomatoes
  • green onion
  • crema mexicana
  • queso cotija
Fill each flatbread with the meat and top with lettuce, tomatoes, green onion, crema mexicana and queso cotija.
Assembling the gorditas