- Guys, in today's video, I'm going to show you
how to warm up tortillas and keep them warm.
So you can make your taco Tuesday eats
the best night of the week.
So, I am going to show you three methods today.
I have a ton of taco videos on this channel,
because I have the "Taco Tuesday Cookbook",
where there are 52 recipes,
one for every Tuesday of the year.
And there is something that you guys always ask about is,
you see me heat up my tortillas,
but how do you keep them warm
if you want to heat them up first
and then get to the rest of the ingredients?
So today, I'm going to show you how I do that on the stove,
I'm gonna show you the oven method,
I'm going to show you the microwave.
And then you can pick and choose
based on what you have on hand at home.
And I'm going to use different sized tortillas,
but just because I want you to be able to do it
for burrito night,
or quesadillas or whatever you want,
but it works,
all the methods works with every size available.
So first up is on our stove.
I'm just using an open flame for this.
If you have an electric stove,
I'm going to show you how to do that on a pan
because you do not want to put your tortillas
directly on your electric cooktop.
Okay?
So the other thing you're going to need is
some tongs that are metal
so you can put them right over the flame.
So, just by grabbing your tortilla right over,
hold it about a couple inches above your flame
and about 30 seconds a piece or so
until it gets nice and toasty,
and then you're gonna to flip it over.
Now, these are flour tortillas,
but this method works with corn tortillas
as well as actually my favorite way
and also how I do it in all my other videos,
right over the flame, just like this.
Now, you're just doing this a little bit
so they get pliable and soft
and also heat it through
so when you put your taco fillings,
it's nice and perfect.
I'm simply transferring it from here onto a kitchen towel
that's clean and then I just cover it up.
I'm just using a kitchen towel for us,
but I will show you a method on how
you can keep a lot of tortillas warm at the same time.
If you have an electric cooktop,
you're going to want to use a pan over your cooktop.
So, that way you can heat up
your tortillas on the pan.
And I prefer either a cast iron pan
or a non-stick pan,
because that way your flour or corn tortillas
won't stick to the stainless.
And the cool thing about a pan is that you can put,
especially if you have these street-sized tacos,
you can put a couple of them at once,
and about 30 seconds to a minute,
and then you can flip them over
and heat them through on the other side.
From my pan,
I can just grab all of them at once,
transfer them into my kitchen towel,
and that batch is ready.
So method number two is the microwave method.
What's great about it is that
you can heat up like three to four tortillas at once
and then serve them immediately.
So, one trick is to use a moist paper towel
and put it right on your plate.
And then I can just put the tortillas right over it.
And in the microwave it goes for about 20 to 30 seconds.
You're going to want to keep an eye on it though.
Straight out of the microwave, you can stuff them,
fold them, serve them,
use them right away,
but I'm going to keep these warm in the kitchen towel
one more time.
In it goes.
And the last method is,
using the oven to heat up a bunch of tortillas
for everyone at the party.
Now, the great thing about the oven method is that,
not only can you use the oven to heat up a bunch of them,
but you can use the oven
to keep a lot of tortillas warm.
So if you are serving a bunch of family,
or you have all the things to do
with your taco night,
this is definitely the way to go.
So on a sheet pan,
I'm just going to place all of my tortillas like this.
And it doesn't matter whether you spread them
or you stack them, because you can really load up your pan.
Just make sure that your oven is set
to the lowest temperature,
and the tortillas take about,
I don't know, 7 to 10 minutes,
but the cool thing is that you can just leave them in there
and pull them out when you're ready
to have taco night.
Whether you use the stove, the microwave,
or your oven to heat up your tortillas,
the reason to heat them up is because,
straight out of the package,
they don't really taste that great.
And two,
heating them up, it makes them pliable
so you can really stuff them for taco night.
Make sure to check the links right below this video
for a lot of taco recipes
and the "Taco Tuesday Cookbook".
See you next time.
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