Black Bean Sopes

Name: Black Bean Sopes
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 slices of bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced; 3 cups cooked black beans; 1 cup bean broth; 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil (for frying); Pre-made sope shells from the grocery store, enough for 6 servings; 1-1/2 cups Mexican fresh cheese, crumbled; 1 cup lettuce, finely chopped; 1 cup hot sauce

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Prep 15 min
Total 30 min
Ingredients 9
Servings 6

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If you like traditional Mexican foods such as tacos, tostadas, and huaraches, you’ll love sopes. Sopes are a typical Mexican dish consisting of a thick corn tortilla with a raised border for a delicious filling. Fillings for sopes range from shredded meat, beef or pork stews, to potatoes with chorizo or refried beans with cheese. Personally, I love sopes filled with beans and sprinkled with lots of Mexican fresh cheese topped with hot sauce.

Ingredients

3 slices of bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
3 cups cooked black beans
1 cup bean broth
1-1/2 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
Pre-made sope shells from the grocery store, enough for 6 servings
1-1/2 cups Mexican fresh cheese, crumbled
1 cup lettuce, finely chopped
1 cup hot sauce

Directions

1

Fry the bacon in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until completely browned.
2

Add the diced onion and sauté for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the black beans and bean broth. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes or until mixture begins to boil.
3

Mash the beans with a potato masher; season with salt to taste. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the beans thicken up a bit. Remove from heat.
4

Heat vegetable oil in a deep skillet over high heat. Fry the sopes, 2 or 3 at a time, until golden.
5

Transfer sopes to a plate lined with paper towels to drain excess oil. Repeat this step until all of the sopes are fried.
6

To assemble the sopes, fill each sope with refried black beans. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the fresh cheese over the refried beans.
7

Garnish with chopped lettuce and hot salsa.
8

Serve 1 or 2 sopes per person, and enjoy!

Expert Tips

tip 1
To add more color to your sopes, substitute lettuce with 1 cup of red cabbage.
tip 2
Substitute black beans with pinto beans.

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If you like traditional Mexican foods such as tacos, tostadas, and huaraches, you’ll love sopes. Sopes are a typical Mexican dish consisting of a thick corn tortilla with a raised border for a delicious filling. Fillings for sopes range from shredded meat, beef or pork stews, to potatoes with chorizo or refried beans with cheese. Personally, I love sopes filled with beans and sprinkled with lots of Mexican fresh cheese topped with hot sauce.