Salbutes
Salbutes, from above
Non vegYucatán

Salbutes

The panucho's lighter twin: a puffy fried tortilla, turkey, lettuce and pink onions.

55 minTime
28 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Mérida's twin snacks2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayTurkey in recado rojo, puffy fried masa, Mérida style.
The original
706kcalsame
28 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
55minutessame

Salbutes.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Masa harina1¾ cups
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¼ cup
Baking powder½ tsp
Water1¼ cups, warm
Turkey400 g turkey thigh or breast
Achiote paste2 tbsp
Orange juice¼ cup
Lemon1 lime, juiced
Garlic2 cloves
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 7 tbsp absorbed
Lettuce2 cups, shredded
Tomato2, sliced
Avocado1, sliced
Onion1 red onion, pickled
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1 habanero
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Cook the turkey with achiote, orange juice, garlic, half the lime and salt, covered, until tender, about 35 minutes. Shred into its juices.
  2. 2Pickle the sliced red onion with the remaining lime, sliced habanero and salt.
  3. 3Mix masa harina, maida, baking powder, salt and water into a soft dough. Press 10 cm tortillas.
  4. 4Fry each raw tortilla in hot oil, pressing gently with a spatula, until puffed and pale gold.
  5. 5Drain and top with lettuce, turkey, tomato, avocado and pickled onion.
Serve it like this

Serve on a large platter, three per person, with pickled onions piled high and a small bowl of habanero salsa.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Salbutes: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

With a main Sopa de lima70 min
On the side Pico de gallo10 min
On the side Salsa roja asada20 min
A little snack Panuchos60 min
To drink Agua de jamaica20 min
To drink Horchata15 min
Something sweet Marquesitas30 min
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