Sauted nopales. Sprinkle in cilantro and remove from heat. Nopales Recipe - Nopalitios Guisados Con Cebolla. Add red onion, garlic, and jalapeño.

In that video I also showed you how I like to boil the nopales before cooking them to help reduce the viscous liquid they have. In today's video, I'm sharing a quick and easy recipe for cooking the nopales. It's a nice and basic recipe that's perfect for nopal beginners — actually everyone will enjoy these nopales. You can cook Sauted nopales using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sauted nopales

Prepare 1/2 kg of Nopales.
It's 1/2 of onion, chopped.
Prepare 1 of green chili pepper (optional, if you like spicy).
Prepare 4 tbsp of vegetable oil.
You need 1 of chicken stock cube (Knorr).
It's 1 tbsp of salt.
You need 1/2 tbsp of black pepper.
You need 1 of lemon.

Add the nopales and salt to taste and saute to blend the flavors. While they are sauteeing, put the chile and a little of the soaking water in the blender and puree. Add this puree to the nopales and stir to blend. Nopales Recipes Looking for nopales recipes?

Sauted nopales instructions

Wash and chop the nopales in 1x1 cm squares..
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..
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..
Put the nopales back in the strainer and repeat step 2, for 10 more minutes. (The boiling process takes more slobber out...).
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..
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..
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.).
You are done! Add a bit of lemon juice just before serving..

Add in prepared nopales and a pinch of salt (to taste) and cook for a couple minutes. Cover with lid and reduce heat to medium. These pads can be eaten fresh, boiled or grilled, and even canned, pickled or packed in syrup. Nopales are described as tasting similar to tart green beans, okra, or green bell pepper, and are a good source of calcium and vitamin C. Come on, it's our native vegetable.