January 3, 2009
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taco shells
I just bit the bullet and made homemade taco shells for the first time. They always seemed so scarey. I'd had them once when I was in college and loved them...but just never got the courage to try.
Man was that stupid LOL They are sooooooo easy. And *gasp* everybody liked them.
Bit messy, but very easy.
Three cups flour
1 t salt
2 t baking powder
1/4 cup oil
1 cup water.
Mix dry ingredients and oil together until all mixed and then add water until consistency is right for rolling.
Make small balls and roll out flat.
Fry immediately in oil. We fried at medium heat and it took about 1 minute on either side if that. And it wasn't in deep oil, just enough so it wouldn't stick.
From start to finish for a family of 8 it took me about 10 minutes. I think that included eating them. *snicker*
And MMM they were good. I suspect they just became a family staple.
Comments (2)
And you think it was nice to post this to a WW who isn't doing all that well right now!!! lol If I could figure out how to bake them rather than frying them I might be able to justify eating them.
I make Taco's from an arizona recipe cookbook and they are a smidge differernt. They also don't require any oil to fry at all. If your interested in trying them sometime:
4 cups flour, 2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup lard(or marg or shortening) slowly mix in 1 cup warm water. knead dough until smooth and stretchy. Make them the same way with small balls, cover the balls for 15-30 min. then flatten and cook.
I'm going to try your version because I'm curious how they taste! it looks like a biscuit recipe? The ingredients for yours are similar to mom's fry bread recipe, I never thought of using it for tacos. If I can find some ground beef I might try it tonight.
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