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The Art of the Deal (if the deal was a breakfast taco)
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20stone said:I love this post, and any post that makes my mouth water right after I have stuffed myself.
Bacon grease fried tater tots are genius. I am more of a hand-raised-and-grated hash browns guy, but I know how good your way tastes.
For those of you without regular access to tacos, breakfast or otherwise, you have to give this a shot. They will change your life for the better, except for your cholesterol.
Advice for the nubes - if you buy tortillas, flour are easier to handle. Heat em up in a dry, but shiney w oil CI. Microwaves are a tool of the devil, and only suitable for softening ice cream.
Advantage is that you can heat up 2- 3 at a time . Pop 'em in until they just start to puff up (corn tortillas won't puff up as much). Remove and place in a tortilla box or wrap in a kitchen towel. If they don't puff, then you don't have the right tortillas.
And +1 for the mixed corn+flour tortillas from HEB.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
I am a big fan of the breakfast burrito and the taco. A fresh made tortilla in in SC is impossible to come by. Big case of jealousy from this camp.Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
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northGAcock said:I am a big fan of the breakfast burrito and the taco. A fresh made tortilla in in SC is impossible to come by. Big case of jealousy from this camp.
We are talking breafast tacos, here. It's time to step up(now only 16 stone)
Joule SV
GE induction stove
Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
Prosciuttos in an undisclosed locationAustin, TX -
20stone said:northGAcock said:I am a big fan of the breakfast burrito and the taco. A fresh made tortilla in in SC is impossible to come by. Big case of jealousy from this camp.
We are talking breafast tacos, here. It's time to step upEllijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
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northGAcock said:20stone said:northGAcock said:I am a big fan of the breakfast burrito and the taco. A fresh made tortilla in in SC is impossible to come by. Big case of jealousy from this camp.
We are talking breafast tacos, here. It's time to step up
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I would still buy the uncooked tortillas that are mentioned above. I don't press my own.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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And neither does the guy trying to get you to press your own . I've been to the store with him to buy tortillas more than once.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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The Cen-Tex Smoker said:And neither does the guy trying to get you to press your own . I've been to the store with him to buy tortillas more than once.
(now only 16 stone)
Joule SV
GE induction stove
Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
Prosciuttos in an undisclosed locationAustin, TX -
@northGAcock Homemade corn are super easy and good. When you order a press, get a heavy metal one, not aluminum. Heavy is your friend here. And get the 8"
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cazzy said:Yes yes yes!!
We do the same often, but a few small differences. Fry some bacon, then I cube up some potatoes and fry em in the bacon fat. I usually don't cut up the bacon and everyone in the house prefers fried eggs (over medium and over easy). We kind smash the egg and yolk with a fork in the tortilla. I just use a strip of bacon and the girls tear it. Lol
For the tortillas, I usually use Tortilla Land refrigerated raw or HEB flour/corn tortillas.
Damn you, now I want tacos!Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
20stone said:The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
If you like chorizo, use it in a BT. You will not be sorry. Chorizo and eggs are magic together.
When scrambled with eggs, all that grease just "disappears".
Although I love the taste, I quit trying to cook with chorizo (Mexican) because of the grease, have not tried scrambling eggs WITH them; project for next weekend!
Note that Mexican, and Portuguese, chorizos are almost two different things. Portuguese is more like a solid sausage, and only because of the base's Commissary do I have access to it. Mexican chorizo is delicious, but falls apart completely in a flood of red grease when cooked. And if you like it, nevernevernevernevernevernevernevernever read the ingredients list on the package. Seriousry, Never!_____________Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'? Well, we showed them.
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northGAcock said:
I'm game....what does one use at home to flatten them out? Make on the flat griddle? Help a brother out.
Placed a ball of kneaded masa in between the sheets in the center, then pressed down on it with a glass pie plate. Brilliant! Because both the bag and the plate were transparent, you could easily see not just the size of the resulting tortilla, but could even see the thickness/evenness. I don't know if this would work equally well with a flour tortilla, they just used corn.
That being said, if I fixed tacos/tortillas on a regular basis I'd get one of the metal presses too._____________Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'? Well, we showed them.
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@Botch I use the plastic bag trick with the press.
also, I've never had Mexican chorizo not mixed into eggs. Cook it down, then add your scrambled egg mixture and you have a colorful swirly delicious mess. -
Flour tortillas are traditionally rolled. Guess you could start on the press, but you will have to roll them out before throwing on the flame or comal. The gluten is at play.
Corn tortillas are pressed. Huge fan of Bob's Red Mill masa harina.
I love bacon with all my heart, but the first taste of authentic chorizo and eggs by my buddy Tino, was a special food moment in my life. The grease is the best part. I can't recall my first bacon kiss, but I'm sure it was special too.BrandonQuad Cities
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