Description
Learn how to make authentic Pambazos, a delicious Mexican street food favorite. These chorizo and potato-filled sandwiches are dipped in a flavorful guajillo chile sauce and fried until crispy. Perfect for a flavorful and satisfying meal!
Ingredients
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For the Chile Sauce:
- 4 dried guajillo chiles (stemmed and seeded)
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/4 small white onion
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil
For the Filling:
- 1 pound Mexican chorizo (casing removed)
- 3 medium potatoes (peeled, diced, and boiled)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sour cream or Mexican crema
- 1/2 cup shredded lettuce
- 1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 1/4 cup diced white onion
For Assembly:
- 6 pambazo bread rolls or soft telera rolls
Instructions
- Prepare the Chile Sauce: Simmer guajillo chiles in water until softened. Blend with garlic, onion, and soaking water. Simmer in oil.
- Cook the Filling: Brown chorizo, add potatoes and salt, cook until combined.
- Prepare the Rolls: Dip rolls in chile sauce, fry until crispy.
- Assemble: Fill rolls with chorizo-potato mixture, top with lettuce, sour cream, queso fresco, and onion.
Notes
- Pambazos can be made with bolillos or teleras as well.
- Prep filling and sauce ahead for easy assembly.
- For extra heat, add arbol chiles to the sauce.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop, Pan-Frying
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pambazo
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 19g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
