HURACHES (MMM QUE RICOS)

Ingredients

• Masa Dough:
• 2 cups masa flour (corn tortilla flour)
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• Cooking oil
• 1 3/4 cups of chicken broth
• Cooking ingredients:
• 1 can (15 oz.) refried beans (you can use any type of beans you want even freshly cooked, just mash them up).
• Optional, meat topping: chicken, beef, pork 
• 2 cups shredded lettuce.
• 1/2 cup green or red salsa
• 1/4 cup crumbled cotija or feta cheese or Mexican crumbling cheese
• 1/4 cup nonfat or reduced-fat sour cream
• 1 Onion
• Optional guacamole
• Optional shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 large red tomato
• Wax paper or plastic bag
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• Chicken topping:
• 2 cups of shredded cooked chicken breast
• 1/3 cup of thinly sliced green onion
• 1/4 cup of chopped fresh cilantro
• Salt and pepper
• 2 garlic cloves
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 PREPARATION
• Dice vegetables including the cilantro. Dice up the onion, tomato, and shred the lettuce. Set the vegetables to the side  
  Chicken topping:
  *Boil the chicken for about 10 minutes or until it is well done. Once cooked remove the chicken and let it cool.
  *Take the cooled chicken and shred it using your hands. Place the shredded chicken in a bowl.
  * Mix 1/3 cup of thinly chopped green onion, 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro, and two diced garlic cloves.
  *Salt and pepper the mixture to taste.
  *Set the chicken mix to the side.
  
  Making Masa Dough:
  * Mix the masa flour, baking powder, salt, and broth in a large mixing bowl until the dough holds together well. It should look like cookie dough when its ready.
• Take a hand full of dough out, enough to make a 3 inch ball. Roll the dough into a ball. Lay about 9 inches of wax paper on a clean table with the wax side face up. Place the dough ball on the wax paper and use your hand to smash the dough into a flat circle. The dough should be about 1/2 an inch thick after smashing.
  Use a rolling pin or two flat boards to flatten the rolled up dough sandwiched in between the two pieces of wax paper wrap. Flatten until the dough is about 1/4 inch thick. The dough should be an oval shape.
  
  Place a small bit of cooking oil in a frying pan big enough to fit the oval shaped dough or onto a griddle. Remove the dough carefully from the wax paper and place the oval piece in the cooking oil. Fry the dough on medium heat until one side is brown then flip it to brown up the other side. This should take 2-3 minutes per side. Remove the bread from the frying pan, pat each piece dry using a paper towel to remove the grease and place them in the serving plate. Make as many huarache bread pieces as you can with the masa dough you made.
  his is the creative part. You have a wide choice of toppings you can put on the huaraches. You can use beef, chicken,  or even eat the huaraches with out meat. 
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• Spread some  beans sour cream on each of the huarache bread pieces and then spoon some of the shredded chicken mixture onto the huaraches. Sprinkle some crumbled cheese and some of the diced onion on top of the chicken. Place as much shredded lettuce and tomatoes you want on the huaraches.

• Top it off with a bit of guacamole and some shredded mozzarella. 
  
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