Mexican🍞 Bread & bakery

Oaxacan Tlayuda

Name: Oaxacan Tlayuda
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 Dried Oaxacan tlayuda (corn tortilla); ~2 tbsp Rendered pork lard or vegetable oil; ~¼ cups Black bean puree; ~½ Chorizo sausage, cooked; ~1 Tomato, sliced; ~½ cup Cabbage, thinly shredded; ~½ cup Oaxacan string cheese (quesillo); ~¼ cups Salsa; ~¼ cups Fresh cilantro leaves

⏱ 25 min🍽 Serves 1

An authentic Oaxacan tlayuda is a crispy corn tortilla base topped with black bean puree, chorizo, shredded cabbage, tomato, salsa, and Oaxacan string cheese. It resembles an open-faced pizza but with distinctly Mexican flavors, and is eaten by crunching through the crispy base.

Adapted from a video by Rick Bayless

Let's Prepare Tlayudas!

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Ingredients

Dried Oaxacan tlayuda (corn tortilla)1
Rendered pork lard or vegetable oil~2 tbspest.
Black bean puree~¼ cupsest.
Chorizo sausage, cooked~½est.
Tomato, sliced~1est.
Cabbage, thinly shredded~½ cupest.
Oaxacan string cheese (quesillo)~½ cupest.
Salsa~¼ cupsest.
Fresh cilantro leaves~¼ cupsest.

Steps

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1
Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush both sides of the dried tlayuda with rendered lard or oil to help soften and prepare it for crisping.
2
Place the oiled tlayuda in the hot oven and bake for 10–15 minutes until completely crispy and golden.
3
Remove the crisped tlayuda and spread a generous layer of black bean puree evenly across the entire surface, brushing from the center to the edges.
4
Sprinkle the cooked chorizo evenly over the beans and return to the oven for about 2 minutes to warm through.
5
Remove from oven and place on a serving platter. Top with shredded cabbage, tomato slices, a generous amount of salsa, Oaxacan string cheese, and fresh cilantro leaves.

Oaxacan Tlayuda

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