Tacos De Papa (Fried Potato Tacos)

These are extremely easy, and soooo good.
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- 45mins
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ingredients
- 6 large potatoes
- 4 ounces queso fresco (mexican crumbly cheese)
- 3 tablespoons onions, chooped
- salt and pepper
- milk, if needed
- oil, for frying
- 2 dozen corn tortillas
- lettuce, julienned
- queso fresco, crumbled
- salsa
directions
- Boil potatoes and peel. Heat oil for frying.
- Mash potatoes with a masher and mix with onions and the 4 ounces of queso fresco. (if mixture is too thick, add a little milk. mixture should be a little lumpy, but should not be as creamy as mashed potatoes.) Season with salt and pepper.
- Warm tortillas in microwave for about 15 seconds.
- Spoon potato mixture into tortillas and fry until golden on both sides.
- Serve and garnish with lettuce, queso fresco, and salsa.
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Looks like flour tortillas were used here in the picture but both corn and flour would be good. Flour tortillas make these a little like potato perogies that also have cheese in them. I would not use garlic because garlic is normally not used in traditional Mexican cooking. I love the way this recipe is just as it is written.
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Having Mexican parents my mom would make these for us... more so during lent. Every time we had company and we had this, people who make a weird face and say "potato tacos?" However; once they tried them there was no going back. My mom does them differently. potatoes (russet) garlic powder onion powder pepper grated cotija cheese and oaxaca cheese salt Mixed all those ingredients and leave potatoes a little lumpy. Heat up corn tortillas, put filling in and fry. Must eat hot. Once on your plate, mom would have a platter of lettuce or cabbage (whatever was available in the fridge), tomatoes, onion, sour cream or crema, and home made salsa made in a mortar. Simple and super inexpensive. The cheese makes the filling stick and not fall out as sometimes this tends to happen if you mash the potatoes when hot.
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