Crispy Tlayudas

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Tlayudas (mistakenly spelled clayudas) are often described as the Mexican pizza of Oaxaca. To me, personally, the idea of a Mexican Pizza is gross. Pizza is Italian, Mexican is Mexican.

Just imagine a crispy tortilla topped with black bean puree, guacamole, salsa, crumbled cheese, shredded lettuce and cilantro. To me its a crispy open faced taco of sorts. I headlined Tlayudas in my Dude Food Class entitled Recipes for an Un-Tubby Hubby because this is what guys like to eat. I know this because amazing-but-too-young-to-marry Michael Blumenthal barely looked at his favorite chicken that I made for his birthday (now known as Mike’s Chicken), after scarfing down close to 10 tlayudas. Shoot, if I had known that sooner I might have had a lot more luck with guys in my life. I might not have been dumped by Todd Shtickinthemud (fictionalized name). I might even be married. I might even be on a second marriage!

So now I pass the trick of tlayudas on to you. Please use it only to seduce worthy men in worthy ways.

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Meal

Ingredients:

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  • 1 bag of Tostadas Caseras (crisp round tortillas available at Mexican markets and some supermarkets) or small fresh corn tortillas
  • 1 recipe Un-Fried Coconut Black Beans
  • 1 recipe Elana’s Simple Guacamole or store bought guacamole
  • ½ pint fresh tomato salsa – to your spiciness liking
  • 2 oz. queso fresco or farmer’s cheese, crumbled- optional
  • 1 head romaine lettuce, sliced thin across stems into strips- optional
  • cilantro leaves roughly chopped or left whole- optional

Directions:

  1. If you are using Tostadas Caseras, you can skip this step. To crisp tostadas/tortillas, heat oven to 375°F and lay them in a single layer directly on oven rack. Bake for about 7 minutes or until crisp. Remove.
  2. Spread warmed Un-Fried Coconut Black Beans thinly on tostada/tortilla.*
  3. Gently add a small dollop of guacamole.
  4. Sprinkle some salsa on top.
  5. Sprinkle some romaine.
  6. Sprinkle cheese to your liking.
  7. Sprinkle cilantro.
  8. Eat!!! Even better with my Skinny Margarita.

*If you want your tlayudas to be extra warm, after putting on black beans place on baking sheet in oven at 400°F for 5 minutes or so. Then continue with assembly.

Note: Sometimes for fun I leave all the ingredients out and have guests assemble their own.

 

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