Molletes Mexicanos (Mexican Molletes) are open faced Mexican sandwiches, topped with refried beans, cheese and pico de Gallo. Slice them to make them the perfect appetizer when entertaining or eat them for lunch or dinner. If you love Mexican food, try our lime chicken tacos next!
Molletes Mexicanos (Mexican Molletes) Recipe Video :
Take a look at the video below to see how to make traditional molletes step by step!
To make these molletes you will need :
- Mexican Bolillos (or French baguette, as we used here)
- Onion
- Tomato
- Black beans
- Grated cheese (we used emmental)
- Jalapeño
- Fresh cilantro
- Garlic
- Cumin powder
- Smoked paprika
- Brown sugar
- Apple cider vinegar
- Fresh lime
- Olive oil
We love to have friends over and are always looking for easy recipes that are delicious and surprising. We love introducing our friends to new flavors, World cuisines, spices and ingredients.
This recipe is perfect for sharing. You can easily cut it up into small pieces to serve as an appetizer or leave it whole and serve as a main dinner recipe.
Tips to make molletes :
- Choose a good quality bread for this recipe. Traditionally, bolillos (a crunchy Mexican bread) is used. We used French baguette which worked perfectly but you can use any bread that is thick and will toast well.
- Use a cheese that melts easily. We used emmental cheese (a Swiss cheese) for this recipe but you could also mix things up by using cheddar or another cheese that melts well.
- The key to creating a dish with maximum flavor is using high quality, fresh, organic ingredients.
- Make sure you use ripe tomatoes for this recipe.
Make this recipe your own by mixing things up a little :
- Add meat – we eat primarily vegetarian and made veggie only Mexican sandwiches but you could absolutely add chorizo, chicken, ground beef or turkey.
- Make the recipe less spicy! We love spicy food so we added Jalapeños to the Pico de Gallo. If you are sensitive to too much spice, leave it out.
- Add your favorite cheese. Swap out the Swiss emmental cheese and add your favorite, easily meltable cheese. Cheddar, Asiago, Gruyère, Fontina, blue cheese, Monterey Jack, Havarti, Brie and Camembert all melt extremely well.
- Skip the cilantro. The world is divided – half of you LOVE cilantro and half of you DO NOT. We love it and put it everywhere. If you don’t like it, just skip it, or replace it with parsley.
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Molletes Mexicanos
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: For 2
Description
Molletes Mexicanos are the perfect Mexican open faced sandwich topped with melted cheese, refried beans and Pico de Gallo.
Ingredients
For the refried bean puree:
1/2 onion (chopped)
2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of smoked paprika
1 tsp of brown sugar
1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
1 can of black beans
Salt and black pepper ground
Olive oil
For the Pico de Gallo:
1 large tomato (diced)
1/2 onion (chopped)
1/2 jalapeño (chopped)
2 tbsp of fresh cilantro (chopped)
Juice of half a lime
1/2 tsp of salt
3-4 bolillos (or a French baguette)
1 cup of grated cheese (emmental cheese)
Olive oil
Instructions
To prepare the refried bean puree:
Heat olive oil in a medium Dutch oven on medium heat.
Add the onion and a pinch of salt, cook for 3 minutes.
Add the garlic and cook for a minute.
Add cumin and smoked paprika and cook for a minute.
Add the sugar and cook until the onion caramelizes.
Add the apple cider vinegar and cook until it’s absorbed.
Add the black beans, a pinch of salt and ground black pepper and cook for another 10 minutes.
Mix to make the bean puree.
Leave to rest.
To prepare the Pico de Gallo:
Mix the tomato, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime and salt in a bowl.
Put aside.
To prepare the sandwich:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the bread in half, lengthwise, and drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil over each slice of bread.
Bake for 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven.
Slather each slice of bread with the bean puree.
Top with grated cheese and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven.
Top with Pico de Gallo to serve.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Cuisine: Mexican
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