Cooking Mexican Food

If you are adventurous enough to forgo frozen Mexican food and Mexican food catering to try cooking Mexican food, there are a number of traditional Mexican food recipes that will impress your family, friends and neighbors. Making corn tortillas is simple with an authentic Mexican food recipe involving a traditional tortilla press. First heat two heavy skillets, one over medium heat, the other hot, then press the dough balls (2 cups Masa Harina or Maseca, 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour sifted and 1 1/3 cups cold water) between layers of smooth plastic. Next peel off the top layer of plastic and overturn the pressed dough onto your palm, then peel off the remaining layer of plastic. Allow the corn tortilla to cook for about 40 seconds or until it no longer sticks. Flip the tortilla with a spatula and cook the undone side on the hotter pan for about 1 ½ minutes.

Using a flour tortillas recipe also involves cooking on a hot comal (a Mexican griddle) but different Mexican food recipe ingredients (3 cups unbleached flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 4-6 Tbsp. vegetable shortening or lard, and 1 1/4 cups warm water).

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