Tacos Dorado

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 12 corn tortillas
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• 1 cup chicken, cooked and shredded
• 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 3/4 cup pitillel tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 place all sauce ingredients in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
• 2 remove from heat and strain mixture through a sieve placed over a large bowl to reserve liquid.
• 3 place tomato mixture in blender and blend until smooth, adding enough of the reserved cooking liquid to thin sauce to desired consistency.
• 4 combine filling ingredients.
• 5 place 1-2 tablespoons of filling on the lower third of the tortilla and roll up.
• 6 place rolled tortillas seam side down on a baking sheet.
• 7 prepare remaining tortillas.
• 8 heat 1/2 inch oil in frying pan over medium-high heat.
• 9 place tacos in pan, seam side down and fry until golden and crispy, approximately 5 to 8 minutes.
• 10 keep prepared tacos in warm oven.
• 11 suggested accompaniments: remaining pitillel tomato sauce, sour cream, feta cheese, tomatoes, diced sweet onion, shredded lettuce.
• 12 note: for extra spice and a smokier flavour, i add one chipotle pepper in adobo sauce to the tomato sauce, in place of the jalapeno pepper.