Saturday, May 9, 2015

Homemade tacos

The tacos are a typical and very popular dish of Mexico. They are very easy to prepare, as well as fun, since you can fill them in multiple ingredients and varieties.
The most popular Mexican tacos are the chicken or meat, but you can add the filling of your choice, with only vegetables and even sweet. In this recipe we suggest a simple way to enjoy some homemade tacos, accompanied by a delicious Mexican salsa.
Flour tortillas, have the peculiarity that is made from wheat flour and yeast in their jobs are not required. These flour tortillas, you can fill them with sweet or savoury, as well as prepare them in advance and store them in the refrigerator, to then fill them so easy and fast, before a dinner or lunch where you do not have time to prepare it to your liking (also valid for a day of laziness).

1- Ingredients:


Homemade tacos

For the filling:

2 cups minced meat
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 tomato cut into cubes
1 tablespoon chopped green onion
1/2 head lettuce or shredded cabbage
1 cup Mexican salsa

For flour tortillas:

4 cups and 1/2 of flour
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup of warm water
1 teaspoon of baking powder
Salt to taste

Preparation of flour tortillas:

To make tortillas, mix in a bowl the flour, yeast and salt. Open a hole in the middle of the mixture.
Then incorporates butter and warm water. (It is very important that the water is warm so well blended with butter and you can melt it.
Mix all the ingredients. When you have as a result a soft dough, you have that go take lots with your hands to form balls. Extends over the work table or countertop a little flour to prevent dough from sticking to the work on it. With the help of a roller, it extends each of the balls until the flour tortillas are very thin.
Pour oil over a frying pan and heat it. He joined a one flour tortillas until golden brown. If they take air while frying, don't worry, turn them out and remove them on a plate with kitchen paper, so that it will absorb the rest of the frying oil.


Homemade tacos

Now it is time to refill the flour tortillas:

Option 1. I season the meat and sofriela with a bit of garlic in a pan with a few tablespoons of oil. Add to a taco and incorporates the lettuce, onion, Mexican salsa, tomato and cheddar cheese. Repeat on all the tacos.
Option 2. Not previously cold tacos. Incorporates the filling onto the extended roll with flour tortillas, wrap them, and add them on a baking sheet with foil for cooking. Bake homemade tacos at 180 degrees about 10 minutes. A delight!
Option 3. You can make tacos landlords as in the first option, only adding more cheddar on each taco cheese, and broil it a few minutes in the oven.
You can add some strips of red and green pepper baked half an hour at 200 degrees to each option.
As you can see, tacos landlords options are many, varied and go according to the taste of each one. You can make a variety of fillers with different preparations, to be liked by every one of the Diners.
If you have children at home, you choose to make a dessert with sweet homemade tacos, filling them, for example, with bananas and strawberries with chocolate or fruit and jam. You be right safe!
And you, what filling put or put on your taco home?
Try this tasty,easy and best recipe. Your comments will highly appreciated.

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