mmm, breakfast tacos

at 11/18/09 11:53AM
breakfast tacos
inspired by a youtube video, i've had a major hankering the last few days for some breakfast tacos. today is a holiday where we live, and so with the wife at home for the day, shops closed, and no tortillas available, i decided to make some myself, including homeade tortillas for the first time.

i followed the instructions from the video pretty faithfully and boy did they turn out really great. it's definitely more work than just opening a package, but it's honestly not that hard, and if you are cursed like me to have to live far, far away from any sort of authentic mexican cuisine, i'd highly recommend trying it yourself.

by the way, that guy from the video (robert rodriguez, a movie director who grew up in san antonio, tx) should totally do a cooking show. he has a really personable style and really makes it fun. he has another video where he shows how to make cochinita pibil, a dish that my parents swear by.

anyway, my tortillas turned out quite well - although i must say that rodriguez makes the kneading and rolling out look really easy, it was hard for me to roll them out into much of a circle shape, but they cooked fine and tasted perfect anyway. i wish i had had some sour cream as they were a bit dry, but you honestly don't even need cheese and sausage to make great breakfast tacos.
  • chooselove
    maybe i'll have to try that sometime. next time it's a holiday and all the stores are closed here....wait...the grocery store is 24/7. maybe i'll just try that sometime anyway...
    by chooselove at 11/18/09 12:19PM
  • tu_madre
    robert rodriguez makes fun movies (:
    by tu_madre at 11/18/09 12:45PM
  • alegna
    yum, looks delicious! I've been making my own tortillas recently, too! I am looking for a recipe that is less dry as well.
    by alegna at 11/18/09 1:08PM
  • ben
    I can direct you to some fantastic breakfast tacos if you're ever in Denver.
    by ben at 11/18/09 2:29PM
  • ben
    After watching that video, though, I'm making those tacos at home tomorrow. I think that it will be necessary to supplement that recipe with lots of cheddar cheese, though.
    by ben at 11/18/09 2:36PM
  • fullofgrace
    "just a warning...if you learn how to make this...you will crave it every day for the rest of your life..."

    lol
    by fullofgrace at 11/18/09 3:40PM
  • kennon
    please tell me how they turn out! take some pictures too.
    by kennon at 11/19/09 3:32AM
  • marla
    Corn tortillas are fun to make, too. Just reeeeeally hard to get flat enough.
    by marla at 11/19/09 10:29AM
  • spike427
    that looks yum! homemade tortillas are a workout! what did you use for the fat?
    by spike427 at 11/21/09 11:35AM
  • rose
    tortilla explosions! my latest thang has been to buy corn tortillas ($0.79 a bag) from Whole Foods, brush with oil, bake, & salt to simulate the pricey (and delicious) blue/yellow corn chips from brands like Garden of Good Eatin'...they come pretty close. then, as you did, i had the inspiration that I should just try to make corn tortillas/chips on my own...so that's the next project (among many).
    by rose at 11/23/09 3:30PM
  • kennon
    i just used real butter. were a tad dry, but still tasty.
    by kennon at 11/24/09 1:02PM