Sauted nopales

Name: Sauted nopales
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Nopales; 1/2 onion, chopped; 1 green chili pepper (optional, if you like spicy); 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 chicken stock cube (Knorr); 1 tbsp salt; 1/2 tbsp black pepper; 1 lemon

Jack Fermon @el_pinche_jack

Mountain View, CA

I hated nopales when I was young because they can be slobbery. But when I grew, I learned how to cook them properly (tips below)

Jack Fermon @el_pinche_jack

Mountain View, CA

I hated nopales when I was young because they can be slobbery. But when I grew, I learned how to cook them properly (tips below)

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Ingredients

40 mins

4 servings

1/2 kgNopales
1/2onion, chopped
1green chili pepper (optional, if you like spicy)
4 tbspvegetable oil
1chicken stock cube (Knorr)
1 tbspsalt
1/2 tbspblack pepper
1lemon

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Steps

40 mins

1

Wash and chop the nopales in 1x1 cm squares.
2

Put the chopped nopales in a strainer and rinse them with cold water for 40 seconds to drain the slobber. Then keep them in the sink draining for 10 minutes without water. This step is key.
3

Boil the nopales until cooked (they become soft.) It normally takes about 10 minutes. Beware of the foam spilling out of the pot while boiling.
4

Put the nopales back in the strainer and repeat step 2, for 10 more minutes. (The boiling process takes more slobber out...)
5

Heat (medium) a pan with oil. Chop the onion and the chili pepper and put them in the hot pan. Cook them until the onion is golden.
6

Add the cooked nopales to the pan. Increase the heat to high. Add the salt and pepper. You might need to add more oil. Saute them for 5 minutes while stirring.
7

Chop the stock cube with a knife so you make it powder, and add it to the pan. Stir and keep cooking until the powder dissolves (about 3 more minutes.)
8

You are done! Add a bit of lemon juice just before serving.