The cactus is the generic name used to designate different cacti plants. They are generally oval in shape, fleshy, flattened and thin; and they release a liquid better known as baba. This ingredient is so versatile that you can prepare sweet or salty recipes. For example, you can make soups, salads, quesadillas, antojitos, prepare them with eggs, with meat, capeados, include them in stews, tacos or tamales. As sweet recipes, you can prepare jams, cakes, snows, breads or tortillas. Not to mention that you can make juices like ours from Rancho Natura, aguas y atoles.
A clear example is this delicious recipe: navigating nopales.
To do it you need the following:
For 4 people
- 4 medium nopales, in small cubes
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 dew pasilla chiles
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 onion
- 1 1/2 liter of chicken broth
- 2 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 2 branches of thyme girls
- 4 corn tortillas in julienne
- 1 sliced lime
- Salt to taste
PROCESS
- Grill the tomatoes, chiles, garlic and onion.
- Blend with 1/2 liter of chicken broth and strain.
- Heat 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable oil and sauté the sauce above.
- Pour the rest of the chicken stock and add the nopales when it begins to boil. Season with salt.
- Add the thyme and cook for 10 minutes. Fry the tortillas in the rest of the oil and drain on absorbent paper.
- Remove the soup from the heat and add the lime.
- Serve with the fried omelet, you can also add chicken crumbling and enjoy!Vital cuisine