How To Make Honduran Baleadas
Thick flour tortilla toasted in a charcoal grill, then smothered with refried beans and farmer’s cheese, get the real taste of Honduras with some Baleadas.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Tortillas:
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- 1cupwater
- ½cupvegetable oil
- ½tspsalt
For Filling:
- 2cupsrefried beans,warmed
- 1avocado,sliced
- ½: 5px; letter-spacing: 2px”>¼cupcrema fresca,fresh cream
Instructions
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Mix flour, water, vegetable oil, egg, and salt in a large bowl; knead until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky.
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Form the dough into 8 golf ball-sized balls. Cover and let rest for about 20 minutes.
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Stretch each ball of dough into a thick tortilla.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook each tortilla for about 1 minute per side until browned and lightly puffed.
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Layer refried beans, avocado, and queso fresco over tortillas.
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Drizzle crema on top and fold tortillas in half over filling.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1147.63kcal
- Fat: 94.14g
- Saturated Fat: 44.29g
- Trans Fat: 1.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 32.06g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.69g
- Carbohydrates: 44.35g
- Fiber: 4.73g
- Sugar: 10.05g
- Protein: 34.20g
- Cholesterol: 223.78mg
- Sodium: 1255.67mg
- Calcium: 972.38mg
- Potassium: 834.20mg
- Iron: 3.17mg
- Vitamin A: 688.44µg
- Vitamin C: 8.15mg
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