Bean-Filled Masa Flatbreads with Seared Steak and Salsa Verde
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Nick Kindelsperger, Dinner Tonight: Huaraches with Black Beans and Radish.
A dinner tonight: huaraches with black beans and radish recipe for 6 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Mix. Mix with plus (1 cup) hot tap water and (2 tablespoons) salt and (3/4 teaspoon) let to hydrate for 5 minutes, covered with cling film if using masa harina. Mix with 3/4 teaspoon salt if using fresh masa. Share mixture into 8 balls. Cover with cling film. Add drained beans to food processor with water (2 tablespoons). Blend till there are no lumps left, adding water if you need to till texture resembles masa. Heat heavy 30 cm cast iron skillet over a mid-sized flame. Form one ball masa into an egg shape while that is happening. Make deep, wide hole using thumb. Spoon 1 to black bean mixture into hole (2 teaspoons). Pinch the masa up to enclose it plus roll into a cigar shape. Put between two sheets of plastic and flatten lightly with tortilla press or under heavy skillet till 5–6 mm thick. With care peel off top sheet of plastic. Flip this masa onto your fingers plus peel the bottom sheet of plastic. Move quickly to skillet and cook till little gently browned in spots, around 1 minute. Flip and cook till cooked through, around 3 minutes. Remove and keep to one side on plate. Repeat using other balls. Tip enough oil in the skillet to well coat bottom heat over a medium-high flame till shimmering. Slide two huaraches in skillet. Cook for 1 1/2 minutes plus flip. Coat top side with 1 salsa and (1/2 tablespoons) scatter with cheese (1 tablespoon). Cook one minute longer. Keep to one side plus repeat using the other huaraches. Top the huaraches using onion, cilantro, plus radishes. Eat at once with lime wedges.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
Free sugars
0 g per serving
0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- food processor
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
Approximate: the title names seared steak but the ingredient list has none. No nutrition labels are shown for this recipe until it is fixed.
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 503 kcal |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Carbohydrate | 65.1 g |
| of which sugars | 1.9 g |
| of which free sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 23.9 g |
| of which saturates | 5 g |
| Fibre | 6.5 g |
| Salt | 1.06 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
2 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values


