Sopapillas Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Sopapillas
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Sift the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Add the shortening and water, work them in with your hands to make a soft, pliable dough. Add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the dough feels too dry. Gather the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Put the dough in the refrigerator and chill for at least 1 hour so it will firm up a bit and be easier to roll and cut. (Dough can be prepared 1 day ahead, refrigerated.).
  2. Unwrap the ball of dough and put on a lightly floured surface, cut in half. With a floured rolling pin, roll each piece of dough into a circle, about 1/4-inch thickness. Using a paring knife or pizza cutter, cut the dough into triangles as you would a pizza. You should end up with 6 or 8 triangles per circle.
  3. Heat 2-inches of oil to 375° in a heavy skillet or deep pot over medium-high heat. (Reduce the temperature to 350° if you prefer a less crispy sopapilla.).
  4. Fry a few of the sopapillas at a time, keeping an eye on maintaining the oil temperature. As the sopapillas puff up and rise to the surface, flip them over with a slotted spoon, skimmer, or chopsticks; about 2 minutes on each side. Carefully remove the sopapillas from the oil and drain on several layers of paper towels or a brown paper bag. Cool slightly.
  5. Serve hot with cinnamon sugar or honey.
  6. Serving Option: If desired, let sopapillas cool, then pipe whipped cream in the center of each sopapilla triangle, and use a spoon to drizzle a bit of strawberry sauce over the whipped cream.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 66.71 Kcal (279 kJ)
Calories from fat 14.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.66g 3%
Cholesterol 1.1mg 0%
Sodium 130.52mg 5%
Potassium 72.09mg 2%
Total Carbs 11.29g 4%
Sugars 0.44g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.43g 2%
Protein 1.41g 3%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 28.1mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 243.88 Kcal (1021 kJ)
Calories from fat 54.66 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.07g 3%
Cholesterol 4.04mg 0%
Sodium 477.17mg 5%
Potassium 263.56mg 2%
Total Carbs 41.29g 4%
Sugars 1.59g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.56g 2%
Protein 5.17g 3%
Iron 0.7mg 1%
Calcium 102.7mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.4
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top