Ingredients
- 4 Pueblan cemita buns
- About 1 pound thin-cut beef bisteces or sandwich steaks
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- Salt
- 2 1/2 cups (8 ounces) bread crumbs (though fine bread crumbs are common in Puebla, I like the added crunch from panko crumbs)
- Oil to a depth of ½ inch in an extra-large (12-inch) skillet
- 2 large ripe avocados
- A little olive oil
- 5 ounces quesillo (Oaxacan string cheese), pulled into thin strings
- A nice handful of pápalo leaves (or cilantro leaves if pápalo isn’t available)
- About 8 stemmed, sliced Sweet-Sour Pickled Chipotles, plus some of their pickling liquid OR about 4 large, stemmed, sliced pickled jalapeños, plus a little of their pickling liquid
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