Nopales – easy and exotic

By Mr. E Chef

If you want to impress your friends try this exotic dish but make sure they are adventurous or have a fallback plan like some natchos. As Mrs. E said, “This is not to everyone’s taste…”. The acidity of the nopales complement the beans very nicely though.

Clean three of four nopales. See Nopales in the ingredients section for more details.

Cut them into strips across the leaf and saute in a tablespoon of butter with a coarsely chopped onion.

salt to taste and add boiled beans with some of the liquid they were boiled in.

serve on tostadas over melted cheese

or add a bit extra liquid to make a stew topped with a generous dollop of crema.