How to Make Corn Tortillas That Taste Amazing: 3 Ingredients, Super Easy, and Perfect for Taco Night
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While supermarket tortillas are convenient, they pale in comparison to homemade versions. Luckily, making them is easier than you might think. The ingredient list is short, the dough is forgiving, and you don’t need a tortilla press.
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Looks raw. Undercooked.
Didn't say what size to make the dough sections
she so cool
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My wife❤❤ has bought instant corn Masa , can we make tortillas with it ?
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the rippin' and the tearin'
I tried making these and I can't believe how much easier the dough is to handle with just a tsp of added vegetable oil. It's so much easier. Thanks for sharing this tip.
We use our hands to flip the tortilla
These are ok but not amazing. I grew up on amazing and still make my tortillas from nixtamal. Those tortillas are amazing. Maseca is like tortilla Bisquick. Amazing tortillas come from stone ground nixtamal and are cooked on a clay or cast iron comal while listening to Vicente todo pedo. Volverrrr volverrrr volveeerrrrt!!!!
great
Thank you, thank you!!
JUST FYI: there is no asperated "h" sound in Spanish, so it's Masa "Arina", as if there's no "h"; the "h" is silent. (Miguel de Unamuno famously said the "h" is in Spanish alphabet only to show who has been to school and who has not….).
I can’t wait to try it
I just noticed idea with dish towel.👏👏
Thanks for this.
Instead of adding vegetable oil to the masa we actually oil our hands as we form each tortilla by hand – we do not compress the tortilla, that is not traditional or authentic. Instead you should be able to form your tortilla like a pancake in your hand so that it is thick and round, cook on a hot camal or griddle for a few minutes on each side until browned. This would be the traditional method for authentic corn tortillas
The best corn tortillas are made with real corn. Taste 100 tomes better
Please edit title, there are 4 FOUR ingredients not 3–> Masa, Water, Salt, Vegetable Oil
Very nice, no nonsense video, which clearly shows what needs to be done. Nice work!
THIS would have been a good if your website didn't require a person to PAY to see it.
Recipe on masa bag says 1oz ball
I didn’t see any flour
pronounced "Eh-dee-nah" rather than "Hairy-na"
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Remember that time you were cooking Chinese food with an old lady and said you can't make that dish unless you have a wok. Well, there is…believe it or not..a difference in cooking tortillas on a comal or a cast iron skillet…use a comal..
Go to H.E.B. and buy a pack.
1 It's cast iron use any flipper you've got including the metal ones it'll be fine. 2 no oil necessary a dry cast iron is fine 3 that sand texture in your cast iron has to go use a palm sander and some 150 ish grit pads to make it smooth after it's seasoned you'll thank me…
That first tortilla was colorless turn up the heat or leave it longer.
Thanks another amazing Video
Can you also show us how to do flour tortilla and what is brand of of tortilla press you are using
Anxious to try your method. Mine has not been satisfactory.
Tap water? No.
2:48 The tortillas are ready for tacos/fajitas/burritos
"Or you could use skills."
Hahaha love it!
Wish I had them.
I'm going to try this.. thanx
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Leave it to ATK to ruin a traditional recipe.
They really changed the format of these in the last year. I've been watching a lot of their 2019-2020 videos and they all seem a lot more high production value and engaging. Also this chef Lan Li? decided to stop making videos apparently and go back to her duties away from the cameras and in the kitchen. I wonder if it's a comfort thing because she looked like she wanted to be anywhere but there and also there was only one shot of her face in this whole video.
At any rate, it's a pretty tumultuous time with cancel culture and the implosion that happened at Bon Appetit.
Can you please come read the phone book to me? Your voice is do relaxing.
Can't believe she's saying harina with an h. She might as well say tor-til-la. I wonder where she got the idea to use oil in the dough and on the pan?
55 grams is what we arrived at.
The H is silent.. not "H:arina but "ARINA".. if you are going to "pronounce" in English simply use the word "Flour" otherwise "H"arina sounds ridiculous- especially if you are making tortillas… let me guess you advocate pronouncing Tortillas as Torti"L"as as Opposed to Torti"y"as"
Love corn tortillas!
I started juicing and have carrot and celery stuff that I want to make into tortillas. And is that Keto friendly?
If you want really AMAZING tortillas, you need to start from corn and cal. That's how my abuelita did it and it can't be replicated with masa harina. But masa harina is better than store bought. But all masa harina is not created equally. Do your homework.
Great! Fast, simple, witty, and informative. Including notes like about not substituting, and why you need to double towel erases hesitation cause by confusion or reluctance! Love this video
Ridiculously wasteful wad of paper towel for the oil
@americastestkitchen Why not use a food processor to mix the dough until it just comes together then finish up kneading in the mixing bowl?
I assume you can use lard instead of veg oil. Also, isn't there a griddle somewhere in the America's Test Kitchen?
So how do you reheat without them getting hard
Make sure it is organic corn flour as they found Mansanto Weed Killer in Maseca Corn Flour and the corn is GMO. Beware and be safe
It would've been a better video if you hadn't assumed the whole world has access to a tortilla press.