Roasted Nopales with panela cheese recipe

Nopales are a very versatile type of vegetable, since we can introduce it into multiple dishes and cook it in a wide variety of ways. Thus, we can eat them roasted, boiled, fried, weathered…, they can constitute a main ingredient or accompany different meats or vegetables, etc. In addition, this product is highly nutritious, since it contains a high amount of fiber and essential minerals such as potassium and magnesium, very important for the correct transmission of nerve signals, as well as for muscle generation and maintenance. Within the vegetarian diet, nopales have great relevance, since in addition to being very accessible they are a very complete food.

For all of the above mentioned, we have decided to bring you a fantastic recipe where the nopal is the protagonist, a perfect dish for all those people who follow a vegetarian diet or want to watch their figure. Likewise, we will combine this delicious vegetable with a little panela cheese, which will give it a creamy touch and great flavor. Stay with us and discover how to make roasted nopales with panela cheese, you will love them and you will not want to stop making them!

Ingredients to make roasted Nopales with panela cheese:

• 1½ kilograms of Nopales sliced ​​into strips
• 300 grams of panela cheese
• 3 pieces of red tomato
• 1 piece of white onion
• 1 pinch of dried oregano
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch of Pepper
• 1 tablespoon of Oil

How to make roasted Nopales with panela cheese:

1. In the following image you can see the ingredients that we will need to prepare these delicious nopales with panela cheese.
2. To begin, we chop the white onion and the red tomato into medium pieces, approximately 1.5 cm on each side.
3. We have chosen these ingredients to make the roasted nopales with panela cheese, but you can always replace them with other vegetables that you like.
4. Once the previous ingredients are ready, we place them in a frying pan with a tablespoon of hot oil and let them fry for two minutes over high heat.
5. Stir with a wooden spoon to get them to cook evenly.
6. While the previous vegetables are fried, we take the panela cheese and cut it into small cubes of approximately 1 cm on each side.
7. Look at the photograph to do it the same way and get some delicious nopalitos with cheese.
8. Once the sauce is ready, add the nopales cut into strips and cook everything together, stirring the preparation to integrate it.
9. Now, we season the nopales with vegetables by adding the oregano, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper.
10. We move very well to integrate everything perfectly and let the vegetables cook until the nopal is very soft.
11. Once ready, when serving we add the cheese cubes and enjoy this incredible stew suitable for vegetarians.