Chalupa Supreme-style deep-fried bread shell

Ingredients

Chalupa shell

• 500 g ready-made pizza dough (or 1 batch homemade)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp chili powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• Oil for deep frying

Beef

• 250 g beef mince
• 1 tbsp taco seasoning

Toppings

• 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 4 tbsp sour cream
• 200 g three-cheese blend

Method

1. Dough. Mix dough with olive oil, chili powder, salt, garlic powder. Roll into 4 thin discs (about 12 cm).
2. Fry. Heat oil to 180°C. Lower one dough disc in. It should puff and turn golden in 1-2 minutes. Flip, cook 30 seconds more. Drain.
3. Shape. Gently press the hot fried dough into a bowl shape to form the chalupa shell. Let cool and crisp up.
4. Beef. Brown the beef in a pan. Add taco seasoning and 30 ml water. Simmer 5 minutes.
5. Fill. Fill each shell with beef, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and three-cheese blend.

Tips

• Fry the dough until golden and puffy. Don’t submerge — just hot oil bath.
• Use ready-made pizza dough. Roll thin, fry, shape into a bowl.
• Don’t skip the seasoning on the dough. Chili powder + salt + garlic.