{"id":194,"date":"2012-05-05T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chefpattie.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2012-05-05T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T03:30:00","slug":"cinco-de-mayo-homemade-corn-tortillas-and-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Cinco de Mayo Homemade Corn Tortillas and Tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!  I made some homemade corn tortillas and tacos tonight! Ole! Ay ayay!<\/p>\n

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I remember when I taught school in Long Beach, California and I had kids bussed in from downtown. I had many monolinguals in my class who had come straight from Mexico and didn’t speak much English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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These were VERY yummy…because the tortillas are homemade!  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 I remember Maria’s mom who offered to come make tortillas for our Cinco de Mayo celebration. She took 2 busses to get to the school. These tortillas were so yummy I went out and bought a tortilla maker that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Masa de Harina is what the corn flour is called. It’s in the Mexican food section of the grocery store.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mix as directed on your package. I did a cup of corn flour to a cup of water….and it mixes up kind of like Play Dough consistency. It is not very sticky. It is really a fun, perfect kind of dough to work with. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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I rolled it into about 12 tortilla sized balls, just about a handful like this….<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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And here’s my little metal tortilla maker from a Mexican outdoor market called Olvera Street. I must have bought it  15 years go now. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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This pic is deceiving because I tried this little blob of dough…and it made a mini taco….really cute but not what I was going for….so then I doubled the balls… We like BIG tacos around here….snicker…..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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As you can see this is a BIG handful of dough I rolled into a ball…..it was the perfect size….<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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There is parchment paper under and over the blob of dough to keep it from sticking to the tortilla maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Making tortillas is really fun!  Kids LOVE it!  And it makes a  perfectly round taco when it’s homemade!  Ariba!   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Then I put it in a fry pan sprayed with Pam…..about 1 1\/2 minutes on each side….just to cook them….
I experimented with some Wesson oil and some lard….of course lard is better if you want that authentic taste of a fried taco shell.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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I did some fried in grease and some just cooked on a hot frying pan….Fried are tastier….but both are great. My taco meat is ground beef fried, grease drained, then  mixed with  1\/2 bottle of salsa and a taco seasoning packet simmered together. You can also add a tiny can of green chiles if you like.  I sometimes do. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Then  I added cilantro, tomatoes, cheese and lettuce and maybe a dollup of sour cream on top,
and it was a  Happy Cinco de Mayo celebration!<\/p>\n
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 And I’m all ready for our Cinco de Mayo Fajita and Taco party too!   OLE! <\/p>\n

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Now I need to go make a strawberry-lime virgin Margarita to go with our fajitas and tacos! Yum. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Had to decorate with some sombreros for the Cinco de Mayo party too! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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And made some noisemakers…..we call them homemade marraccas!  Shake Shake!  Kids love these too! We just made them out of empty cans with dry beans and popcorn inside for noisemakers. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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And what party would be complete without the Mexican Hat Dance?   Not mine!  Party on Garth!  OLE!   <\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  I made some homemade corn tortillas and tacos tonight! Ole! Ay ayay! I remember when I taught school in Long Beach, California and I had kids bussed in from downtown. I had many monolinguals in my class who had come straight from Mexico and didn’t speak much English. These were VERY yummy…because … Continue reading “Cinco de Mayo Homemade Corn Tortillas and Tacos”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[224,223],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefpattie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}