Baleadas Recipe

• flour
• shortening
• salt
• baking powder
• water

How to make homemade flour tortillas for baleadas:

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. 
2. Add the shortening and use your fingers to incorporate the shortening into the flour mixture until small balls of flour and fat form.
3. Add water 1/4 cup at a time until a ball forms. Not all of the water may be used.
4. Work the ball with the heel of your hand until a ball forms.
5. Roll the dough into a snake.
6. Cut the dough into 12 portions. 
7. Allow the dough to rest for at least an hour.
8. Dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours or until needed.

How to cook tortillas for baleadas:

1. Heat a cast iron or non stick skillet to medium hight heat. 
2. Using the palms of your hands, press the flour tortilla into a flat circle. 
3. Continue pressing with your hands and fingertips to form a flat tortilla. 
4. Cook the tortilla on the hot pan until it cooked and lightly puffed on each side.
5. Do not cook to a crisp. 

Baleadas Filling Ingredients:

• refried beans
• consommé de pollo
• scrambled egg per tortilla
• Honduran cheese crumbles (queso fresco is a substitite)
• Crema (sour cream thinned with lime juice)
• Green avocado slices
• Pickled onions

How to prepare the beans for Baleadas:

Traditionally the beans are started with clean, dry beans, covered with water and cooked until soft. Added to the pan is onion, green pepper, cayanne and consommé de pollo. But I don’t always have time to make fresh beans so I make my beans this way:

1. Combine a can of refried beans with 1/2 square of consommé de pollo in a pan until warm.
2. Add a splash of water to loosen the beans if desired. 

How to make a simple Baleadas:

1. Warm a tortilla on a non stick or cast iron pan.
2. Spread a layer of beans on the warm tortilla.
3. Add a sprinkling of Honduran cheese crumbles and a scrambled egg. 
4. Fold in half and enjoy!

How to make Baleadas with all the extras:

1. Warm a tortilla on a non stick or cast iron pan.
2. Spread a layer of beans on the warm tortilla.
3. Add a sprinkling of Honduran cheese crumbles and a scrambled egg. 
4. Add a few slices of thin sliced green avocado.
5. Drizzle on crema or thinned sour cream.
6. Fold in half and enjoy!

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Yield: 12

Baleadas

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A traditional Honduran street food is the baleadas. Handmade tortillas are filled with fried beans, scrambled eggs and other delicious toppings. A comfort food from Honduras, for sure. You are going to want to add them to your weekly meal plan.

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Dough resting 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes

Ingredients

• Fresh tortilla ingredients:
• 2 1/4 cups of flour
• 2 tablespoons of shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 3/4 cup water
• Baleadas Filling Ingredients:
• 1 can refried beans
• 1/2 square consommé de pollo
• 1 scrambled egg per tortilla
• Honduran cheese crumbles (queso fresco is a substitite)
• Crema (sour cream thinned with lime juice)
• Green avocado slices
• Pickled onions

Instructions

How to make homemade flour tortillas for baleadas:

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. 
2. Add the shortening and use your fingers to incorporate the shortening into the flour mixture until small balls of flour and fat form.
3. Add water 1/4 cup at a time until a ball forms. Not all of the water may be used.
4. Work the ball with the heel of your hand until a ball forms.
5. Roll the dough into a snake.
6. Cut the dough into 12 portions. 
7. Allow the dough to rest for at least an hour.
8. Dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours or until needed.

How to cook tortillas for baleadas:

1. Heat a cast iron or non stick skillet to medium hight heat. 
2. Using the palms of your hands, press the flour tortilla into a flat circle. 
3. Continue pressing with your hands and fingertips to form a flat tortilla. 
4. Cook the tortilla on the hot pan until it cooked and lightly puffed on each side. Do not cook to a crisp. 

How to prepare the beans for Baleadas:

Traditionally the beans are started with clean, dry beans, covered with water and cooked until soft. Added to the pan is onion, green pepper, cayanne and consommé de pollo. But I don’t always have time to make fresh beans so I make my beans this way:

1. Combine a can of refried beans with 1/2 square of consommé de pollo in a pan until warm.
2. Add a splash of water to loosen the beans if desired. 

How to make a simple Baleadas:

1. Warm a tortilla on a non stick or cast iron pan.
2. Spread a layer of beans on the warm tortilla.
3. Add a sprinkling of Honduran cheese crumbles and a scrambled egg. 
4. Fold in half and enjoy!

How to make Baleadas with all the extras:

1. Warm a tortilla on a non stick or cast iron pan.
2. Spread a layer of beans on the warm tortilla.
3. Add a sprinkling of Honduran cheese crumbles and a scrambled egg. 
4. Add a few slices of thin sliced green avocado.
5. Drizzle on crema or thinned sour cream.
6. Fold in half and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 262 Total Fat: 11g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 6g Cholesterol: 32mg Sodium: 400mg Carbohydrates: 33g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 1g Protein: 9g

Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.

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