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ihabplanet
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A method to refine and reuse frying oil used for sweets and salty foods like French fries, ensuring the oil remains clean and safe for reuse multiple times without reaching the smoke point.
Difficulty:
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Cooking Time:
30 mins
Prep Time:
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Tuna Tacos (Pescadillas)
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Delicious and easy-to-make tuna tacos with a flavorful chili-tomato sauce, Oaxaca cheese, fresh cheese, and cream. A traditional Mexican dish prepared with fresh ingredients and fried to golden perfection.
00:25:00 total
Serves 4
medium
Main Various
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Ingredients
- Oaxaca cheese - watch the video to see (for filling and topping)
- Fresh cheese - watch the video to see (for topping)
- Cream - watch the video to see (for topping)
- Tomatoes - 5 (3 for salad, 2 for cooking) (for salad and cooking tuna)
- Onion - 1 whole (half for cooking, piece for salad) (half for cooking tuna, piece for salad)
- Puulla chilies - 6 (for salad)
- Chile de árbol - handful (for salad and sauce)
- Garlic cloves - 3 cloves total (2 for cooking tuna, 1 for salad)
- Serrano chili - 1 (for cooking tuna)
- Carrots - 2 (for cooking tuna, grated)
- Tuna fillets - 4 pieces (already prepared, for filling)
- Lettuce - watch the video to see (disinfected, for topping)
- Salt - watch the video to see (to taste)
- Oil - watch the video to see (for frying tacos and tuna)
Instructions
- Prepare the salad ingredients: Chop 3 tomatoes, a piece of onion, 6 puulla chilies, a handful of chile de árbol, and 1 garlic clove for the salad.
- Toast and prepare chilies for sauce: Toast the chile de árbol and 3 additional chilies lightly, removing some seeds to reduce heat. Combine toasted chilies with onion and garlic clove and cook until well done.
- Prepare tuna cooking ingredients: Chop half an onion (medium size), grate 2 carrots, chop 2 tomatoes, and 1 serrano chili for cooking the tuna.
- Cook the tuna filling: In a pan with oil, fry the chopped onion, grated carrots, chopped tomatoes, and serrano chili with salt. Add the tuna and fry until well cooked and flavorful.
- Make the chili-tomato sauce: Grind the toasted chilies, onion, and garlic with a little salt and minimal water to avoid watery sauce.
- Assemble the tacos: Place Oaxaca cheese inside the tortilla, add the fried tuna filling, and roll up the taco.
- Fry the tacos: Heat oil in a pot and fry the rolled tacos until golden brown. Drain excess oil.
- Serve: Top the tacos with cream, disinfected lettuce, fresh cheese, and the prepared chili-tomato sauce. Serve immediately.
