Ground beef chile verde gorditas
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Ingredients
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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.
- 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
- 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