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Homemade Cassava Tortilla Breakfast Tacos with Chorizo and Crispy Potato

A fully from-scratch breakfast taco: warm cassava flour tortillas pressed by hand, filled with seared pork chorizo, crispy golden potato, charred poblano, and a bright roasted tomatillo salsa.

Homemade Cassava Tortilla Breakfast Tacos with Chorizo and Crispy Potato

Total

1h 25m

Prep

45 min

Cook

40 min

Serves

4

Servings

Recipe serves 4

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cassava flour
  • 6 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 12 ounces pork chorizo
  • 2 large russet potatoes
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 2 poblano peppers
  • 8 ounces tomatillos
  • 1 serrano pepper
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 lime
  • 2 avocados
  • 4 radishes(optional)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Make the tortilla dough: whisk the cassava flour and kosher salt together, then stir in 4 tablespoons of avocado oil and the water. Knead until a smooth, pliable dough forms, about 3 minutes. Rest covered for 20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Meanwhile, roast the tomatillos, serrano, and half the onion on a hot comal or cast-iron skillet until blackened in spots, about 8 minutes. Blend with the cilantro, juice of 1 lime, and a pinch of salt into a chunky salsa verde.

  3. 3

    Char the poblano peppers directly over a flame or under the broiler until the skins blister, then steam in a covered bowl for 10 minutes, peel, seed, and cut into strips.

  4. 4

    Dice the potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes. Cook in 1 tablespoon of avocado oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, pressing occasionally, until deeply browned and tender, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and set aside.

  5. 5

    In the same skillet, cook the chorizo over medium heat, breaking it up, until crisp at the edges, about 8 minutes. Add the diced onion and cook 4 minutes more, then fold in the potatoes and poblano strips.

  6. 6

    Divide the tortilla dough into 8 balls. Press each between parchment sheets or in a tortilla press, then cook on a dry comal over medium-high heat, 1 minute per side, until puffed and lightly spotted. Keep warm wrapped in a clean towel.

  7. 7

    Slice the avocados and radishes. Build each taco with the chorizo-potato filling, avocado, a spoonful of salsa verde, and a squeeze of the remaining lime. Serve two tacos per person.

Nutrition per serving

Calories

640

32% of a 2,000 kcal day

Protein21 g
Carbohydrate68 g
Fat33 g
Fiber12 g
Sugar6 g
Sodium890 mg

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