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Vegetarian Peublan Style Cemita Sandwich With Green Tomato Salsa Verde

A popular street food from Mexico, this vegetarian Cemita Sandwich is filled with avocado, bell pepper, pickled Jalapenos, cheese and a Tomato Verde Salsa.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 2 serving

Ingredients
  

For the Sandwiches:

  • 2 Mexican Cemita Buns (or sesame topped buns)
  • 1 large large avocado
  • 1 large red bell pepper sliced lengthwise
  • to taste Salt
  • to taste black pepper
  • 2 small red onions , sliced into thin rounds
  • to taste pickled Jalapenos
  • fresh coriander/ cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup cheese grated / shredded Mozarella
  • little olive oil

For the Green Tomato Salsa Verde:

  • 4 green tomatoes , chopped
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • 1 small handful fresh and tender stems coriander leaves
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 2 to taste Salt

Instructions
 

  • To make the Green Tomato Salsa Verde, just put all the ingredients in your blender and run it till you have a slightly chunky mixture. Adjust for taste with more salt and lime juice if necessary and refrigerate till needed. This Salsa is best consumed not long after it is made.
  • If you do not like the idea of consuming raw green tomatoes, please cook them and then add them to the other ingredients in the blender. This recipe makes about 1 cup of the Salsa Verde.
  • To make the sandwiches, cut through the Cemita/ sesame topped buns. Toast both halves of the bun if you would like your's that way. Otherwise, start building your sandwiches.
  • Then build them from bottom upwards with the following ingredients in the order given. First sliced avocado and lots of it, then slices of the red bell pepper and a little salt and crushed pepper if you want it. You can add a little of the cheese here if you want or not at this point.
  • Next layer the onion rings, then the pickled Jalapenos, and coriander leaves. Add some of the Salsa Verde over this and top with a generous amount of the cheese and then a light drizzle of some olive oil over this.
  • Close the sandwich with the top half of the bun and serve with more Salsa Verde on the side.