Tortas de la Barda (Traditional Sandwiches from Tampico)

Tampico is a Mexican city and port along the Gulf of Mexico. While customary foods from this area are unassailable in seafood, this recipe for Tortas de la Barda, or conventional Sandwiches from Tampico are made similar to black beans and skirt steak. Spiced to perfection, these delectable sandwiches are topped in imitation of turkey ham, cheeses, tomatoes, sausage, and avocado. Pick a hearty sandwich roll for this delicious sandwich.

The ingredient of Tortas de la Barda (Traditional Sandwiches from Tampico)

1. 1/2 cup black beans prepared
2. 2/3 pound skirt steak
3. onion
4. bay leaf
5. 2 allspice berries
6. 8 tomatillos
7. 1 serrano chile may substitute jalapeno
8. 1 clove garlic
9. 1 teaspoon corn oil
10. salt
11. 1 pinch sugar
12. 2 13/16 ounces pork rinds
13. 2 sandwich rolls hearty
14. 2 slices turkey ham
15. 2 slices cheese head
16. 2 slices cheese yellow
17. 4 slices tomato
18. 1/2 avocado
19. cheese Panela, may performing mozzarella
20. 1 turkey sausage cooked and crumbled

The instruction how to make Tortas de la Barda (Traditional Sandwiches from Tampico)

1. Place the skirt steak into a pressure cooker and cover with water. Add a piece of onion, a bay leaf, and the allspice berries. Cook until tender and let cool completely before removing from the cooker and shredding.
2. Boil the tomatillos with the chile pepper until cooked through. Place them in the blender with a piece of onion and a clove of garlic and liquify.
3. Heat the oil in a pan and pour in the tomatillo puree. Add salt and sugar and, when the mixture begins to bubble, add the pork rinds. Cook for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
4. Slice the rolls in half and remove some of the bread from the middle to give room for the filling. Layer the beans, turkey ham, head cheese, yellow cheese, tomato, onion slices, avocado, shredded beef, pork rind, panela cheese, and sausage into the sandwich.

Nutritions of Tortas de la Barda (Traditional Sandwiches from Tampico)

calories: 510 calories
carbohydrateContent: 24 grams
cholesterolContent: 115 milligrams
fatContent: 28 grams
fiberContent: 6 grams
proteinContent: 40 grams
saturatedFatContent: 11 grams
sodiumContent: 850 milligrams
sugarContent: 6 grams