I can’t believe I’ve never had sopes before. I’ve lived my whole life in Southern California. I grew up in a town that used to be a Mexican Rancho. All the street names were Spanish. Mexican food is to Southern California what Chinese food is to New York City. How did sopes slip under my radar?

I saw a DJ Petesake video on YouTube in which he buys a package of sopes, and I thought they might be a nice change from the corn tortillas I eat nearly every day. So, I went to the store today and bought some.

I filled them with black beans and hominy. Whenever I cook black beans, I always cook them the same way. I sauté a red onion for 5 minutes, then I add about eight cloves of garlic. As soon as I can smell the garlic, I dump in a can of black beans with 1/2 a teaspoon each of cumin and ancho chili powder. Then, I let it all simmer for a few minutes. Tonight, though, I added a diced jalepeño to the onions when I sauteed them, and then I added a can of hominy when I added the black beans.

I fried the sopes in olive oil for about 2 – 3 minutes on each side. Then, I filled them with the beans and hominy. I topped them with crema, queso fresco, salsa, and a squeeze of lime. I should have salted either the sopes, or the beans, but I forgot.

After dinner, I decided to try making dessert sopes. I fried two sopes, sprinkled them with sugar and cinnamon, dropped a big ol’ glob of whipped cream in each one. OMG 🤤 They were like churros only better!

So, here’s the recipe:

Serving Size:

4

Time:

20 minutes

Difficulty:

Super easy

Ingredients

• 1 Package Sopes
• 1 Can Black Beans
• 1 Can Hominy
• 1 Red Onion
• 1 Jalepeño
• Garlic
• Crema
• Queso Fresco
• Lime
• Salsa
• Ancho Chili Powder
• Cumin

Directions

1. Dice onion, garlic, and jalepeño.
2. Heat oil in large skillet.
3. Sauté onion and jalapeño for 5 minutes.
4. Add garlic.
5. When you can smell the garlic, add beans and hominy.
6. Simmer until everything is hot.
7. Heat an inch of oil in a skillet.
8. When oil is hot, add one or two sopes. Fry 2 – 3 minutes on each side on medium heat.
9. Remove sopes from oil and place on paper towel lined plate.
10. Fill sopes with beans and hominy, top with crema, lime juice, salsa, and queso fresco.
11. Fill your gullet!