Turkey Tortas Recipe
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Ingredients : Turkey Tortas Recipe
2 slice Bacon, optional
3 cup Vegetarian Black Beans, (see recipe)
(or other beans of choice)
1 lb Red onions
1 cup Water
1 cup Distilled white vinegar
2 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Sugar
10 Black peppercorns
5 Cloves
2 Bay leaves
4 Thyme sprigs
4 dozen Torta rolls, (bolillos)
6 lb Sliced roast turkey - (to 7 lbs), see * Note
3/4 lb Cotija cheese, crumbled
* Note: The best turkey meat for this sandwich is roasted at home.
It's even better if it is brined overnight. Dissolve 2/3 cup salt in 1
gallon of water and pour that over the raw meat. Leave it to refrigerate
overnight. Pat dry and roast at 350 degrees to an internal temperature of
about 145 degrees (about 2 hours). Tent the turkey breasts with aluminum
foil and set aside for 20 minutes before slicing.
Chop bacon coarsely and cook over medium heat until crisp, about 10
minutes. Add Vegetarian Black Beans and cook, smashing beans against
bottom of pan with spatula. Starch from beans will thicken most of their
liquid into firm paste in about 5 minutes. Set aside.
Slice red onions 1/4- to 1/2-inch thick, separate into rings and place
in bottom of mixing bowl. In another bowl, combine water, vinegar, salt
and sugar and stir until well mixed. With mortar and pestle, lightly
crush peppercorns and cloves and add to vinegar mixture. Pour marinade
over onions and add bay leaves and thyme. Cover onions tightly with
plastic wrap and set aside until onions are rosy pink and soft but still
crisp, at least 4 hours. (For faster results, begin by placing onion rings
in colander and pour boiling water over them. Onion rings prepared this
way will be ready in 30 minutes).
Slit rolls almost through. Spread 1 tablespoon refried black bean
paste on bottom of roll. Add turkey and garnish with pickled onions and
cheese.
Yields 48 servings.
Each serving, with bacon added to beans: 299 calories, 493 mg sodium,
51 mg cholesterol, 7 grams fat, 33 grams carbohydrates, 24 grams protein,
0.36 gram fiber
Recipe Source:
Los Angeles Times - 12-20-1998
Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@prodigy.com
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 24 Calories; trace Fat (10.1%
calories from fat); trace Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber;
trace Cholesterol; 95mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat;
0 Vegetable; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preparation Time: 0:00
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