Mexico Traditional Foods

Hey, let's continue on our trip which is for this entry, we will go to Mexico. But,before that let's take a look on their traditional foods first.

Gorditas (chili-braised pork)

Alright, it looks good right? Me, myself feels like want to try some but I don't know when I can step my food on that country (Mexico). Basically, it looks so simple and I'm pretty sure to make this kind of food just a piece of cake. But, let's take a look on the ingredients what they put in this awesome food.

Okay, as we already know, the food that are come from overseas they will put some alcohol or even used some NON-Halal things such as pork, and champagne. But, that's just additional ingredients for them, if we want to cook this kind of food (Gorditas) we can actually eat it but just don't put the NON-Halal ingredients. 

A gordita is typically prepared as a thick Tortilla.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 recipe masa dough
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• 1 recipe chili-braised pork, beef barbacoa, or slow cooker chicken, warmed
• 1 recipe quick curtido
• Mexican crema, for serving

DIRECTIONS

1. Using wet hands, roll masa dough into 15 golf-ball-sized balls. Pat balls into flat 4-inch rounds about 1/4 inch thick; if edges crack, run a wet finger around them to smooth them. Place rounds on a baking sheet and keep covered with a towel as you work.
2. Fill a large cast iron skillet with 1/4" oil and heat over medium-low heat until shimmering. Working in batches, add masa rounds and fry, flipping once, until well-browned and crisp, about 4 minutes per side. Test for doneness by poking shells with a finger: if they feel soft inside, return to oil and continue frying, flipping as needed to avoid burning, until firm to the touch. Drain on a paper-towel-lined baking sheet. Continue until all masa shells are fried, adding more oil to the pan if necessary.
3. Using a sharp serrated knife, split masa shells in half crosswise. For each gordita, pile about 2 tablespoons braised meat on lower halves of masa shells, then top with about 2 tablespoons curtido. Smear top half of gordita shell with about 1 teaspoon crema. Close sandwich and serve immediately.

Goodluck! *dont forget to change the NON-Halal Ingredients with Halal things