Garnachas Istmeñas

You’ll see these crispy masa disks everywhere in Oaxaca’s isthmus of Tehuantepec, the hot and humid narrow piece of land where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are just a little over one hundred miles apart. I fell in love with the crispy texture the first time I tried them. The pickled slaw with strips of pasilla chile is particularly refreshing in muggy weather. The secret to this dish is to add a bit of salsa while the masa cake is crisping up in the pan so it absorbs enough to flavor the