Molletes

Experimenting in the kitchen with my kids is something that we all look forward to.  We enjoy finding new dishes that we can add to our regular menu rotation - dishes that are packed full of flavor but don't cost a lot are our favorites.  Today's kitchen adventure was a real success in both of these categories.

Let me introduce you to the Mexican Mollete:

A mollete is a nice, crusty bolillo roll that has been cut in half, then each half is spread with refried beans, covered with shredded cheese and then popped under the broiler so that the edges get crispy and the cheese melty.  Doesn't it look delicious??  

Now there are a few different ways that these can be fixed but that will be up to each individual and their personal taste preference - you can use regular refried beans, refried black beans, jack cheese, cotija cheese - whatever you like. 

For our molletes, we used refried beans made from charro beans, a mexican cheese blend and then topped them with freshly made guacamole and freshly made pico de gallo.  Muy sabroso!