Homemade entomatadas are a typical and traditional dish from Mexico, they are prepared with a folded fried tortilla, bathed in a tomato sauce and can be filled with cheese, scrambled egg, chicken, beef or refried beans. In addition, they are served with cream, fresh cheese, chopped onion and cilantro. Depending on the region where they are cooked, the ingredients of the filling or the sauce may vary a bit, however, what distinguishes this dish from others is that the sauce with which it is bathed is not spicy, so it becomes ideal for those who they are not lovers of spicy or cannot eat it.
Learn how to make entomatadas, either for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Keep reading and don’t miss any of the steps, let’s cook!
Ingredients to make Entomatadas:
• 1 kilogram of corn tortillas
• 2 cups of water (480 milliliters)
• 5 tomatoes
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded (optional)
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 piece of onion
• 1 cooked scrambled egg or other filling
• 1 splash of oil
• 1 epazote leaf
• 1 pinch of salt to taste
• 100 grams of fresh cheese
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 cube of chicken or vegetable broth (optional)
How to make Entomatadas:
To make the recipe for entomatadas, in a pot with enough water, boil the tomatoes and the red pepper for 8 minutes.
Trick: wash the pepper and cut it first.
Blend the tomatoes and the pepper with a piece of onion, a clove of garlic and half a cup of water from cooking the tomatoes until a fine texture is obtained. In a pot with a tablespoon of oil, fry the tomato sauce, add a cube of chicken or vegetable stock and 2 cups of water. Let it boil for 8 minutes, then add the epazote leaves and, if necessary, season with a little salt to taste, let the whole sauce cook for 5 more minutes, remove it from the heat and reserve it. Prepare the filling for the homemade entomatadas, which can be scrambled eggs, cheese or whatever you like. For this recipe, we have opted for the scrambled egg. To make chicken entomatadas, do not miss this other recipe. Fry the corn tortillas with enough oil, but keeping in mind that they should not be too crispy so that they can be folded. Then, transfer them to a plate with absorbent paper to remove excess oil and reserve.
You can make your own tortillas with the Mexican Corn Tortillas Recipe. All that remains is to assemble the entomatadas. To do this, first take one of the corn tortillas, fill it with what you like the most, fold it and cover it with the tomato sauce that you cooked. Remember that you can make entomatadas with cheese, beans, and eggs like us or another ingredient. And ready! Now you can enjoy this delicious recipe for entomatadas with tomato puree, a simple dish but full of flavor. Serve with fresh cheese and chopped or sliced onion.
Other ways to prepare entomatadas
This recipe for Mexican entomatadas is very simple and versatile, you can change the filling or combine it, for example, fresh cheese and egg, chicken with beans and even shredded beef with jalapeño pepper if you want a spicy touch.
Here the protagonist must be the tomato sauce. Contrary to enchiladas, this sauce does not have any kind of spicy, but if you want it to be spicy you can always choose to add chili to taste when serving, because if you add the spicy to the preparation of the sauce they would no longer be entomatadas, but enchiladas.
Now that you know how to prepare entomatadas, don’t forget to accompany them with refried beans. They can also be a good garnish to accompany a cut of meat such as marinated flank steak or some beef or chicken Milanese. Likewise, if you follow a vegetarian diet, you can opt for some aborigine Milanese’s. As you can see, there are many combinations to be able to enjoy some delicious homemade entomatadas, go ahead and prepare them.
