Love Mexican Sopes? Then you will love these Chilapitas Mixtos (Mixed Chilapitas)! This is a ceviche, beef and chicken Mexican sampler appetizer. Make all three for a variety sampler or choose one or two! Deliciously light and so full of flavor! Excellent appetizer!
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Chilapitas Mixtos or Mixed Chilapitas are so yummy and the perfect appetizer for a gathering, a party, Cinco de Mayo, or just Friday night drinks. Make a Mexican Sampler appetizer!
Chilapitas are a lot like Sopes.
Remember those?? How delicious are those?! Well these are a smaller scale version of the famous Sopes. Less packing but just as delicious!
In case you unimaginably forgot about those or haven’t had the opportunity to make my Chicken Sopes, let me explain a little.
Sopes are like a three to four-inch corn flour or masa basket filled with refried beans, chicken, beef, seafood, pork or whatever yummy concoction of meat you like, topped with lettuce, avocado, queso fresco, cilantro and a red or green hot sauce. Absolutely delish!
But if you are going to make these as an appetizer, you would probably make one or two per person, NOT more because they are deceptively filling!
Okay so back to Chilapitas.
Chilapitas are very similar in that the masa is made with the same ingredients as Sopes but Chilapitas are much smaller. They are about two inches around and don’t have or need the same toppings. Hence they are less filling and require less toppings but do require a tasty meat or seafood balance. Remember this is a small shell with A LOT of flavor!
I have decided to make Chilapitas Mixtos or Mixed Chilapitas. I wanted to give you some diversity! Make all three as a sampler appetizer or make just one! I chose, Chilapitas de Ceviche (Ceviche Chilapitas), Chilapitas de Res (Beef Chilapitas) and Chilapitas de Pollo (Chicken Chilapitas).
Ceviche Chilapitas (Chilapitas de Ceviche)
Beef Chilapitas
Chicken Chilapitas
If you do decide to make all three, it may be a little time intensive but well worth it! But what’s great, just like sopes, you can make everything in advance! You can also make the chilapita masa shells and freeze them, just use them when you have leftover meat or seafood and make a quick snack or appetizer!
Chicken Chilapitas by MexGrocer
Note: If you love tilapia ceviche as much as I do, you may want to check out these two other recipes,
Tilapia Ceviche with Guacamole and Tortilla Chips
Tilapia Ceviche
Masa (Dough) Steps:
Recipe below…
After making your masa (corn flour dough) form into 1 ½ inch balls.
If you do not have a tortilla press just use a plate. Place dough ball in between two sheets of wax paper and press down with a plate to form round disk. Disk should be about 2 inches around.
Should look like this.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place on top of muffin tin to form scoops cook to harden a little for 5 to 7 minutes. Can also skip this step and just fry flat chilapita shells.
If you do place them in the oven to harden a little, the shells will look like this before frying. Then fry in a pan with a little bit of oil until golden brown.
Beef Chilapitas
now scoop prepared chicken, beef and ceviche to shells. Top beef with tomatoes and red onion. Sprinkle with cilantro if desired.
Chicken Chilaquitas
Top with lettuce, tomatoes and red onion.
Top with extra green sauce if desired.
Tilapia Ceviche Chilaquitas
Top with avocado cubes
Sprinkle with cilantro if desired.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE CHILAPITAS MIXTOS!!
📖 Recipe
Chilapitas Mixtos
Love Mexican Sopes? Then you will love these Chilapitas Mixtos! This is a ceviche, beef and chicken Mexican sampler appetizer. Make all three for a variety sampler or choose one or two! Deliciously light and so full of flavor! Excellent appetizer!