sopaipillas

Puffed fried dough

Sopaipillas are fried pastries made from wheat flour dough, puffed and hollow from the frying process.

Common in New Mexican and Latin American cuisines, they're typically served warm with honey as a dessert or alongside savory dishes: The waiter brought a basket of sopaipillas with our enchiladas.

Also spelled sopapillas.

pastry

fritter

Fried batter cake

churro · beignet · funnel cake · fried dough · cruller · zeppole · puff · empanada · turnover · fry bread

preparation

frying

Cooking in shallow fat

  • doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
  • lardClarified pork fat
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid

puffed · golden · crispy · pillowy · hollow · fried · deep-fried · rolling · kneading · yeast

regional

New Mexico

Southwestern U.S. state

  • ChileSlender Andean coastal nation
  • MexicanOf or from Tenochtitlan's successor
  • Tex-MexAmerican-influenced northern cuisine

Latin American · Albuquerque · traditional · fiesta · abuela · heritage · comfort food · cantina · taqueria · homemade

serving

honey

Bees' viscous nectar product

drizzled · dusted · warm · dessert · side dish · appetizer · piloncillo · butter · jam · stuffed

Categories
Opposites
flatbread vs. puffed bread

sopaipillastortilla

Thin unleavened Mexican bread

flatbread · chapati · roti · matzo · lavash

cooking method

sopaipillassteamed bun

Filled bread cooked by vapor

hardtack

sweet fried dough vs. savory staple

sopaipillasbread loaf

Baked dough unit

dinner roll · baguette · sandwich bread · cornbread · rice

Family

sopaipilla

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G