Torta Ahogada

Name: Torta Ahogada
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 birote or crusty baguette rolls; 400g carnitas; 400g crushed tomatoes; 3 arbol chillis, toasted; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp apple cider vinegar; refried beans to fill; pickled jalapeños to serve

Guadalajara drowned sandwich — a crispy roll filled with carnitas then drowned in spicy tomato sauce.

Total time

35 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

Ingredients

4birote or crusty baguette rolls

400gcarnitas

400gcrushed tomatoes

3arbol chillis, toasted

3 clovesgarlic

1 tspdried oregano

1 tspapple cider vinegar

refried beansto fill

pickled jalapeñosto serve

Instructions

Blend tomatoes, arbol chillis, garlic, oregano and vinegar into a spicy sauce.

Simmer sauce 15 minutes until thick, season with salt.

Split rolls and spread with refried beans.

Fill generously with warm carnitas.

Close the sandwich.

Either dip the entire sandwich in the sauce or ladle sauce over it generously.

Serve in a deep dish with the sauce pooling around it.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

1.1g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

5.1g

Fiber

1.5g

Sodium

6mg

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