FAMICOOK

Tostilocos

Name: Tostilocos
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 People
Cuisine: Spanish (Mexico)
Ingredients: "1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice"; "1/2 tsp dried oregano (preferably Mexican)"; "1/2 tsp kosher salt"; "3/4 tsp sugar"; "1/2 red onion (peeled and thinly sliced)"; "1/2 cucumber (peeled and cut into half moons)"; "3,7 oz salsa verde flavored chips"; "1 heaping tbsp tamarind candies"; "1 heaping tbsp Japanese peanuts"; "3 slices bacon (cooked through but still pliable, sliced)"; "1/4 jicama (peeled and sliced into thin sticks)"

Tostilocos are popular Mexican street food. This dish is the perfect combination of salsa verde flavored chips with bacon, pickled cucumbers, and onions, like the recipe below.

Ration

1 people

Cooking time

20 minute

Ingredient

For the pickles

1/4 cup

freshly squeezed lime juice

1/2 tsp

dried oregano (preferably Mexican)

1/2 tsp

kosher salt

3/4 tsp

sugar

1/2

red onion (peeled and thinly sliced)

1/2

cucumber (peeled and cut into half moons)

For the Tostilocos

3,7 oz

salsa verde flavored chips

1 heaping tbsp

tamarind candies

1 heaping tbsp

Japanese peanuts

3 slices

bacon (cooked through but still pliable, sliced)

1/4

jicama (peeled and sliced into thin sticks)

How to do

For the pickles: Whisk lime juice, oregano, salt, and sugar in a small bowl until combined. Mix in sliced onion and cucumber until soaked in the pickling liquid. Leave the pickles to rest for 1 – 3 hours at room temperature to marinate, tossing every 30 minutes. Cover and place the pickles in the refrigerator.

Layer the chips on a large plate. Spread some of the pickled onion and cucumber, candies, peanuts, bacon, and jicama on top of the chips. Arrange a layer of chips and sprinkle with toppings (pickled onion and cucumber, candies, peanuts, bacon, and jicama). Garnish with fresh lime juice, chamoy, hot sauce, and chopped fresh cilantro. Serve.