Stuffed Sopaipillas Recipes

SOPAPILLA

Steps:

• Serving suggestions: honey, or beans, taco meat and pork, or New Mexican chili and cheese
• Mix the flour, baking powder and salt very well. Then add in the shortening and mix until well combined. Add 1 1/2 to 2 cups water and knead until you have a nice dough.
• With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness and cut 4 to 5-inch squares or triangles of dough.
• Heat the oil in a large pan to 375 degrees F.
• Put the dough squares into the oil and carefully splash the tops, which will make the squares puff up. Flip and do this on the other side, until golden brown, about 1 minute per side.
• Eat warm with honey or make a stuffed sopapilla with beans, taco meat or pork, or smother with New Mexico chili and cheese and enjoy.

BEEF-STUFFED SOPAIPILLAS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Stir in water milk and oil with a fork until a ball forms. On a lightly floured surface, knead dough gently for 2-3 minutes. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Divide into four portions; roll each into a 6-1/2-in. circle. , In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry circles, one at a time, for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels., In a large skillet, cook beef and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the salt, garlic powder and pepper. In a large saucepan, combine the soup, broth, chilies and onion powder; cook for 10 minutes or until heated through. , Cut a slit on one side of each sopaipilla; fill with 1/2 cup of meat mixture. Top with cheese. Serve with sauce.

CHILEAN-STYLE SOPAIPILLAS

Steps:

• Peel, seed, and cut the zapallo into chunks. Place in a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until zapallo is soft and easily pierced with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and allow to cool slightly.
• Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a mixing bowl, and set aside. Stir together the squash and melted butter. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until blended. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until soft and satiny, adding a little more flour if necessary. Cover dough with a towel and allow to rest 15 minutes.
• Roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thick, and cut into 3 inch diameter circles. Poke each circle a few times with a fork to make holes and prevent rising.
• Pour vegetable oil into a large, deep skillet and heat over medium-high heat until hot, 385 degrees F (195 degrees C). Place several of the dough circles into hot oil; cook until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Cook remainder of dough circles in batches.

STUFFED SOPAPILLAS WITH CARNE ADOVADA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Add melted butter and water then mix the dough until it is smooth.
• Return dough to the bowl and cover with a towel for 20 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a clean surface and use a rolling pin (or sturdy cup) to roll into 1/4" thickness. Use a knife or pizza roller to cut into 3" squares.
• Heat 4" of oil in a sturdy pot over medium-high heat, until temperature reaches 375 degrees. Add sopapillas, one at a time, and fry until puffy and golden brown, about 15 seconds per side.
• Remove from pot and transfer to a paper-towel lined bowl.
• In a slow cooker, season pork with salt and oregano. Pour in red chile and stir until coated.
• If possible, marinate for 12 - 24 hours.
• Cook on slow for 9 hours, until cooked through and fork-tender.
• On an oven-safe plate, split sopapilla in half. Spoon on a generous serving of carne adovada.
• Top carne adovada with 2 tablespoons of cheese. Top cheese with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes.
• Fold over the top of the sopapilla to seal it. Spoon over a couple tablespoons of the red chile from the carne adovada. Top with cheese.
• Turn your oven on to broil, then place in oven for 1 - 2 minutes, until cheese is melted.
• Repeat for remaining sopapillas.

SOPAIPILLAS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until a loose ball forms (dough will be crumbly)., On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for 3 minutes or until smooth. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Roll out into a 12x10-in. rectangle. Cut into 12 squares with a knife or cut into 12 circles using a round biscuit cutter. , In a deep-fat fryer, heat 2 in. oil to 375°. Fry sopaipillas for 1-2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels; keep warm. If desired, serve with honey and/or dust with confectioners' sugar.

STUFFED SOPAPILLAS

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, blend together the flour baking powder, and salt. With a pastry cutter cut in the lard or shortening. Add the milk all at once, and mix the dough quickly with a fork or by hand until the dough forms a mass.
• 2. Turn the dough onto a well-floured board and begin to knead the dough by folding it in half, pushing it down, and folding again. It should take about a dozen folds to form a soft dough that is no longer sticky.
• 3. Cover the dough with a towel or plastic wrap to let it rest for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
• 4. Divide the dough in 1/2, keeping the 1/2 you are not working with covered with plastic wrap or a towel so it does not dry out.
• 5. Roll the dough half you have chosen on a floured board with gentle strokes. Roll the dough to 1/8-inch thickness. The more you work the dough, the tougher your sopapilla will turn out. However, to keep a sopapilla well puffed after cooking, you may want to work the dough a minute or so longer.
• 6. Cut into squares and fill dough with your choice of fillers. (Hambuger, grilled chicken, cheese, beans, black olives, mushrooms, jalapenos...for example)
• 7. Use fork to press edges together forming a "pillow". Brush the whole sopapilla with olive oil and bake @350-400 until the dough is full done. JUST A NOTE...IF YOU WANT THAT BUBBLED UP LIGHT DOUGH YOU HAVE TO FRY IT. THIS DOUGH IS FLAKY AND SORT OF LIKE A BISCUIT.
• 8. Serve with guacamole, salsa, green chili sauce, sour cream, lettuce, and/or tomatoes.

BEEF STUFFED SOPAIPILLAS

Steps:

• SOPAIPILLAS:.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Stir in water, milk and oil with a fork until a ball forms.
• Gently knead dough on a lightly floured surface for 2-3 minutes.
• Cover bowl and let stand for 15 minutes.
• Divide into four portions and roll each into a 6 1/2" circle.
• Fry each circle, one at a time in oil heated to 375 degrees for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.
• FILLING:.
• In a skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is brown and crumbly.
• Drain any oil.
• Stir in the salt, garlic powder and pepper.
• SAUCE:.
• In a separate saucepan, combine soup, broth, chilies and onion powder.
• Cook for 10 minutes or until heated through.
• ASSEMBLY:.
• Cut a slit in the side of each sopaipilla.
• Fill with 1/2 cup meat mixture.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Serve with sauce.

STUFFED SOPAIPILLAS

Steps:

• Mix sopaipilla mix, oil and water together to make a smooth dough; Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a non-stick skillet, warm the beans and 1 ½ cups of Green Chile Sauce over medium heat for approximately 20 minutes or until excess moisture evaporates.
• Stir in salt and garlic. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, mashing beans.
• Roll out sopaipilla dough. Cut into 8 squares. Heat shortening over medium heat. Place a square of dough one at a time in hot oil.
• Fry until golden brown on each side.
• Split two seams of each sopaipilla with a paring knife; Stuff with bean mixture.
• Garnish with remainder of heated green chile sauce, tomato and cheese.
• Enjoy! ;).