Growing up a Southern California kid my diet was heavily influenced by Mexican cuisine. One of those dishes that comes to mind is that flavorful Sope. A sope is literally a thick homemade corn tortilla that when it’s still hot has its sides pinched to create a wall. This now corn tortilla cup creates the perfect well for your toppings. Imagine a Taco & tostada having a baby and you’ve got yourself a sope.
The best part of sopes, like tacos is that you can top them with anything, and they taste good. In the recipe below I’ll show you how to make the sopes and my taco seasoning mix. From there it’s up to you to create your sopes exactly how you would like.
Wild Turkey Sopes
Ingredients: meat
1 pound ground (You could sub any wild game here)
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup white onion, diced
2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning (See Recipe below)
Ingredients: Sope
2 cups Maseca flour
2 cups warm water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
Directions:
- In a large bowl mix your Maseca, warm water, salt, and garlic powder. Mix with your hands until you form a soft dough ball. Unlike mixing with flour the dough will still be very soft and not firm. This is what you want.
- Make a 3” dough ball, smash it and form it into a 6” round. You will have it a little ticker about a 1/4” thick.
- Over med-high heat cook your sopes until cooked and browned about 2-3 minutes. Flip and cook another 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool 1 minutes.
- Pinch the side to create a wall, your sopes should still be hot to the touch when this is done. Set aside and work on meat.
- In skillet add 1 tbsp oil and onions, cook until fragrant and translucent. Add garlic and cook additional 30 seconds
- Add your ground meat and taco seasoning, cook until browned
- Remove from heat and start assembling the perfect sope,
- Enjoy!
Taco Seasoning:
1 tbsp chili powder
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ onion powder
¼ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ tsp oregano
½ tsp paprika
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp cracked pepper
