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Baleadas
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Baleadas

Honduran folded flour tortillas with refried beans, sour cream and scrambled egg or minced chicken. Quick weeknight dinner with Laura.

by Laura

Ingredients

2
  • 2 whole wheat flour tortillas
    H-E-B whole wheat tortillas
  • 200 g refried red beans
    ready-made, canned: Campo Fresco or a similar Latin brand
  • to taste water
    a splash, as needed: to keep the beans moist and to make the eggs softer
  • to taste Honduran cream
    like sour cream; Salvadoran or Mexican cream, or plain sour cream, works too
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 g chicken breast
    cooked and minced; the minced chicken recipe is coming soon
  • to taste cheese
    optional: mozzarella or parmesan, ideally Honduran cheese
  • as needed avocado
    optional, in pieces
  • to taste hot sauce
    ideally Don Julio from Honduras; Valentina or any other works too
  • to taste salt
  • to taste black pepper
Tools (2)
  • frying pan
  • small bowl

Steps

  1. In a small bowl small bowl , beat the eggs eggs3 with a splash of water waterto tastea splash, as needed: to keep the beans moist and to make the eggs softer , salt saltto taste and black pepper black pepperto taste , then cook them in a frying pan frying pan over low heat, stirring often.
  2. Cook the chicken breast chicken breast150 gcooked and minced; the minced chicken recipe is coming soon , let it rest and mince it.
  3. Heat the beans refried red beans200 gready-made, canned: Campo Fresco or a similar Latin brand in a frying pan frying pan with a little water waterto tastea splash, as needed: to keep the beans moist and to make the eggs softer so they stay moist.
  4. Warm the tortillas whole wheat flour tortillas2H-E-B whole wheat tortillas in the frying pan, turning and shaking to separate them.
  5. Spread a layer of beans over a tortilla and add the cream Honduran creamto tastelike sour cream; Salvadoran or Mexican cream, or plain sour cream, works too , mixing it with the beans.
  6. Top with the scrambled eggs eggs3 .
  7. Top with the minced chicken chicken breast150 gcooked and minced; the minced chicken recipe is coming soon .
  8. Optionally add cheese cheeseto tasteoptional: mozzarella or parmesan, ideally Honduran cheese and pass the baleada through the pan briefly so it melts.
  9. Fold the tortilla in half and finish with avocado avocadoas neededoptional, in pieces pieces and hot sauce hot sauceto tasteideally Don Julio from Honduras; Valentina or any other works too to taste.

In a small bowl small bowl , beat the eggs eggs3 with a splash of water waterto tastea splash, as needed: to keep the beans moist and to make the eggs softer , salt saltto taste and black pepper black pepperto taste , then cook them in a frying pan frying pan over low heat, stirring often.

Cook the chicken breast chicken breast150 gcooked and minced; the minced chicken recipe is coming soon , let it rest and mince it.

Heat the beans refried red beans200 gready-made, canned: Campo Fresco or a similar Latin brand in a frying pan frying pan with a little water waterto tastea splash, as needed: to keep the beans moist and to make the eggs softer so they stay moist.

Warm the tortillas whole wheat flour tortillas2H-E-B whole wheat tortillas in the frying pan, turning and shaking to separate them.

Spread a layer of beans over a tortilla and add the cream Honduran creamto tastelike sour cream; Salvadoran or Mexican cream, or plain sour cream, works too , mixing it with the beans.

Top with the scrambled eggs eggs3 .

Top with the minced chicken chicken breast150 gcooked and minced; the minced chicken recipe is coming soon .

Optionally add cheese cheeseto tasteoptional: mozzarella or parmesan, ideally Honduran cheese and pass the baleada through the pan briefly so it melts.

Fold the tortilla in half and finish with avocado avocadoas neededoptional, in pieces pieces and hot sauce hot sauceto tasteideally Don Julio from Honduras; Valentina or any other works too to taste.