Homemade Sopes Recipe
I’ve never made homemade sopes before. But that’s what happens when you meal plan with what you have on hand. I’ve had a bag of masa in my pantry for a while. I just googled “what to make with masa” and sopes popped up. A lot of recipes called for adding lard to the batter, or butter. Masa is simply corn flour. I got excited because I thought my Whole 30 peeps might be able to use this recipe, but I don’t think corn is on the list of approved foods. Let me know if I am wrong. These are Weight Watchers friendly!
What are sopes?
Sopes are a traditional Mexican dish made from a thick, round base of masa (corn dough) that’s fried or toasted until it’s crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The edges are pinched up slightly to create a small “bowl” that can hold various toppings. Typically, sopes are topped with refried beans, meat (like shredded chicken, pork, or beef), lettuce, cheese, sour cream, salsa, and sometimes avocado or radishes. They’re similar to tostadas but with a thicker base, making them hearty and perfect for holding a variety of flavorful toppings.
You can find Masa flour in the hispanic aisle of your grocery store. I looked with the rest of the flours first, so now you know.
This recipe makes 10 sopes. I used 1.5 cups of masa flour with 1.25 cups water and a teaspoon of salt. (I actually didn’t put salt in the first four that I made and after Hannah and I made them, agreed that salt was needed and it made all the difference).
To figure out the points/calories, I mixed the whole dough together – the total weight was 17.35 ounces, so to make 10 sopes, I measured out 1.73 ounces per dough (there about) – each one is 2 WW points, or 62 calories a piece.
Hannah was my sous chef while I made the sopes. We had fat free refried beans, seasoned ground beef, cheddar cheese, spinach, radish and diced tomato, with a squeeze of lime. Love that refried beans are zero Weight Watchers points.
Oh my lerd – I could make these every night and never get sick of them. The different toppings are endless. As made above, they came in at 10 smart points, or 450 calories, 50 calories, 21 fat, 25 protein. These were surprisingly light. I went to the gym 30 minutes after I ate, and was completely fine – didn’t feel heavy at all. #winning. I could eat these homemade sopes every week and not get sick of them.
Homemade Sopes
If you've never had a sope before, they are amazing! Crispy corn filled "tortilla" filled with your favorite toppings.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups masa flour
- 1.25 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Mix the masa and salt together. Mix in the water and knead together to form a dough.
- Divide the dough into 10 pieces.
- Roll out into 3-4 inch circle. Cup the sides to hold the fillings. Fry for 2 minutes a side, until crispy.
- Fill with your favorite toppings. Refried beans, chicken, pork, beef, cheese - so many possibilities!
Notes
As of the date of this publication, each sope is 2 WW without toppings.
Breakfast was 4 points of my cream cheese apple streusel, peppered turkey (1) hard boiled egg and fruit.
My sister has been sending me calendar requests to put our walking shoes on – and I love it. It’s like an actual appointment, and I just have to get it in my head that no matter what is going on at work, I can leave for an hour and all will be well.
One thing I forgot about yesterday was the Columbus Day parade! She was on one side of State Street and I was on the other. I finally found a spot that wasn’t blocked off and ran across the street in between a couple floats.
So many talented high school performers! We watched for about 10 minutes (um, its a 3 hour parade!) and got to the river walk and got our steps in.
Looking for more Weight Watchers recipes? Check out my appetizers category!
Happy Tuesday friends – 83 days left until 2019. Let’s kick this last quarter in the ass – deal?!
Make it great day!
Yum, yum, and more yum. I love stuff made with corn flour. So cool you work in the BIG city and have all the events going on all the time. I know it has the flip side to people being everywhere and things probably get too crowded at times. I hope you get to 10k this week the swipe up feature would be awesome sauce: )
Thanks Kym! It’s the perfect balance since I live in the sticks. So noisy downtown, and then I hear crickets at home 😀