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Shucos
Shucos: Guatemala City street hot dogs with guacamole and cabbage
After dark outside Guatemala City's schools, stadiums and bus stops, the shuco carts fire up: buns toasted on the griddle, split and loaded with a smear of guacamole, a pile of boiled cabbage, sausages and stripes of mayonnaise, mustard and hot sauce. The sausages are usually pork or pork-and-beef hot dogs, sometimes with longaniza or chorizo alongside. It is messy, cheap and very good. The mistake to avoid is putting the guacamole on last; it goes on the bread first so it glues everything else in place. Chef's tip: squeeze the boiled cabbage hard in a cloth; wet cabbage turns the bun soggy before you get it to your mouth.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 8 pork or pork-and-beef hot dog sausagesprecooked frankfurter type
- 7 oz white cabbagefinely shredded
- ½ limejuiced
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp mild yellow mustard
- 1 tbsp hot chilli sauce (optional)to taste
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Drop 7 oz white cabbage into boiling water for 1 minute, drain, cool under the tap and squeeze very dry.
3 minStep 2: Mash 2 ripe avocados with ½ lime and ¼ tsp salt into a rough guacamole.
Step 3: Split the 8 pork or pork-and-beef hot dog sausages lengthways and cook them on a hot griddle or frying pan, turning, until browned and steaming hot right through (at least 165°F in the centre).
5 minStep 4: Open the 4 hot dog buns and toast them cut side down on the griddle until crisp at the edges.
2 minStep 5: Spread guacamole on each bun, add cabbage and two sausage halves per bun, then zigzag over 4 tbsp mayonnaise, 2 tbsp mild yellow mustard and 1 tbsp hot chilli sauce. Eat at once.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 17 g
- Carbs
- 36 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does shucos take?
- About 25 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of white cabbage?
- Savoy or spring greens, same weight.
- What can I use instead of ripe avocados?
- Mashed peas with lemon juice (for dips).
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