Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme
by Farideh Sadeghin
Yield: 4Prep: 25 minutesTotal: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Ingredients
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produce
- ○2 mediumtomatoes(cored and diced)
- ○1 cupiceberg lettuce(shredded)
- ○1pickled jalapeño(finely chopped)
protein
- ○1 poundground beef
dairy
- ✓½ cupsour cream
- ○8 ouncesVelveeta cheese(cubed)
- ○⅓ cupwhole milk
- ○3 ouncesMonterey Jack cheese(shredded)
- ○8 ouncesOaxacan cheese(shredded)
- ○3 ouncescheddar cheese(shredded)
grain
- ○4 5-inchtostada shells
- ○8 10-inchflour tortillas
pantry staple
- ○1 tablespooncornstarch
- ○kosher salt
- ✓black pepper
- ○8 tablespoonsvegetable oil
- ○1 ½ teaspoonsgarlic salt
- ○1 ½ teaspoonsground cumin
- ○1 ½ teaspoonsonion powder
- ○1 ½ teaspoonspaprika
- ○1 teaspooncayenne pepper
- ○1 teaspoonground coriander
- ○2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the beef, garlic salt, cumin, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, and coriander. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking up the pieces with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix the cornstarch with ½ cup|120 ml water and add to the beef; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until thick, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.
- Heat 1 cup|250 ml water in a small saucepan over medium. Set a heatproof bowl over the saucepan to form a double boiler. Put the cheeses and milk in the heatproof bowl and allow to melt, stirring often. If the mixture seems too thick, add a bit more milk. Once the cheese has melted, stir in the jalapeños and season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
- To assemble, stack 4 large flour tortillas and place a tostada shell in the center. Using a paring knife, trace around edges of shell to cut 4 smaller flour tortilla rounds. If you’re using tortilla chips, simply cut out a 4-5-inch circle instead.
- Add a scoop (½ cup) of ground beef to the center of remaining 4 large flour tortillas, leaving a generous border for folding. Drizzle ¼ cup cheese sauce over each, then place a tostada shell on top. Spread 2 tablespoons sour cream over each shell, then top with ¼ of the lettuce, tomato, and cheeses. Place smaller flour tortilla cutouts on top and tightly fold edges of large tortilla toward the center, creating pleats. Quickly invert Crunchwraps so pleats are on the bottom and they stay together.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. Add Crunchwrap, seam-side down, and cook, flipping once, until tortilla is golden, about 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining Crunchwraps and oil.