In Unknown Mexico we give you the recipe to prepare a typical dish of Oaxaca: the basket of chapulines. Savor it!
INGREDIENTS
To prepare the basket of grasshoppers, you will need: 1 large tortilla, ¾ cup of grasshoppers, oil for frying, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of finely chopped garlic, 1 teaspoon of finely chopped onion, juice of ½ lemon, salt and pepper to taste.
For the sauce: 2 large green tomatoes, 4 or 5 epazote leaves or to taste, salt to taste. For 1 person.
PREPARATION
The tortilla is placed between two ladles and fried to form a basket, filled with the stewed grasshoppers and placed on a plate over the sauce.
For the filling: In the olive oil, season the onion and garlic, add the grasshoppers, fry for a few seconds, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
For the sauce: The tomatoes are chopped and put to cook with a little water, salt and the epazote leaves. Everything is blended very well.
PRESENTATION
The plate is bathed with the sauce, the filled grasshopper basket is placed in the center and decorated with some epazote leaves.
