Entomatada

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Entomatadas are a study in the interplay between crisp and tender—fried corn tortillas folded around pressure-cooked meat (chicken or beef that shreds at a touch), then submerged in a tomato sauce built from garlic, onion, oregano, and serrano if the cook decides it. What arrives at the table is layered: the sauce pools underneath and crowns the top, while cool sour cream, crumbled queso fresco, and raw onion slices cut through the heat. The dish shifts by hand, by kitchen, by preference.

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Entomatadas (Spanish: [entomaˈtaðas]) are a Mexican dish made of a folded corn tortilla which has first been fried in oil and then bathed in a tomato sauce made from tomatoes, garlic, onion, oregano, chile serrano (optional) and salt. The recipes for the tomato sauce vary by cook. The tortilla can be filled with a number of different ingredients; however, the most common are chicken, beef, cheese or beans. The chicken and beef have most often been pressure-cooked so that the meat is tender and can be pulled apart with the fingers. More tomato sauce is poured on top of the filled tortillas and the dish is garnished with sour cream, shredded cheese (queso fresco) and slices of white onion.

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