Finally Nailed This Recipe | Tortillas for Pantry Pork Tacos

[@1870s]

Heaven's sake Rachel, lol Baking POWDER friends NOT SODA!

[@jackiecasas2697]

Lol

[@daniellehaggard7401]

I agree. There is no acid in there to help it rise. Using lard or crisco is best.

[@wendyforler7250]

Well crap, I just made them with soda!

[@ronelsmith6906]

@@wendyforler7250 So how did they turn out??

[@gabrielabennett2110]

Just made tortillas and a older lady told me to use close to boiling water and mix with wooden spoon until it's cool enough to handle with hands. Let your balls rest for 45 minutes and try not to use to much flour when you are rolling them out. Made them last week 🙌 best tortillas I've ever made!

[@insouthca]

Agreed, must be boiling water

[@thomasdrake6190]

This is Lisa Drake, using my husband's account. I didn't want anyone to be creeped out with my comments. LOL. I want to thank Rach for the message... "Homemade food shouldn't taste like store products". Homemade food is what we should crave. It's natural and better for us. Thank you Rachel.

[@denisescull4227]

My best friend's mother made tortillas almost daily for 9 children. She used a round crockpot to keep them warm. She heated it up then shut it off when she started filling it with the freshly cooked tortillas. HOT water, lard, baking soda and water. She flapped them in her hands a few times after she rolled them out. Oh how I wish I could watch her again

[@selenebrannin8845]

Rachel... I am not sure if you know this, but a tortilla press is for corn tortillas and the flour tortillas are always rolled by hand with a rolling pin. The reason you can not get your tortillas thin enough is because you are not letting them rest for at least half an hour. Usually if you put them in the refrigerator for a little while and then try to roll them, you can get them pretty thin. I have left my dough in the refrigerator over night and they turn out great.

[@dianetucker2711]

Can I use Rachel’s recipe and insert cornmeal instead of flour? Does anyone have a good recipe for corn tortillas?

[@Yarnfairy87]

@@dianetucker2711 You would have to get Masa Harina or Maseca. It's specifically for corn tortillas. And you would leave out the baking powder. There is a recipe on the back. And plenty of youtube videos as well. It's just as delicious, and a little less messy. Good luck!!

[@melissahoney8317]

That's what I was going to say too

[@dianetucker2711]

Thanks guys❣️

[@brandytrevino]

The water has to be very warm. Right until before you can't touch it. You're doing everything absolutely awesome! Lard will make a better tortilla. Also, the extra flour makes a difference. When making the balls to let them set up for 15, don't add the extra pinch of flour. When rolling it out a pinch of flour is okie dokie artichokie. The pan we use is cast iron. We call it a comal. Pro tip: after you've cooked them, place them in a tea towel that's in a tortilla warmer...but I just reuse a Walmart bag or what not. Keeps the moisture in and keeps them fluffy and pliable. You did great!! Good job hun, I bet they're delish💛 also, non of us really eat them thin hahaha carb overload 😂

[@brandytrevino]

Always keep the tortillas covered in the tea towel and bag 💛

[@nanajude3444]

Just came across your channel, loving it so far. I am fascinated with the fact you are dressed in black while working with all that flour! I would be a mess. I’m 80, widowed and like watching people like you who do so much work, it’s exhausting but fun to watch

[@amyparker1762]

I’ve watched you and Becky at acre homestead make tortillas using this recipe. This is on my to do list! Yum. Hope you’re healing well ❤

[@annettadunham7611]

Glad you seem to be recovering well from your surgery. I’m 5 weeks out and still in a lot of pain. I take Miralax every day too. Tortillas looked fantastic.

[@Grandpaige]

Flour everywhere and you have a black shirt on! I’m impressed!

[@RiceaRoni354]

I love Rachel Cooks with Love channel. She has great tutorials on flour and corn tortillas. Yours look great.

[@AutumnSpice6]

I agree. Her' recipe is my go-to tortilla recipe. Perfect every time. I use one of those silicone mats with the circles so you don't need a ton of flour and I can use the circles as guides to the tortillas I'm making.

[@kathygomez99]

Rachel, if you want to use lard you can melt it and let it cool a few minutes, also knead your flour a little longer ! I let my dough rest for 30 minutes , then make the balls and let them rest 15 minutes covered before rolling them! Great looking tortillas!

[@stevemichalski2538]

Dinner looking great. Canning juice here today. Orange, apple and tomato. :)

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Nothing better than home made tortillas. Nicely done they look great. Tacos look great!

[@rbud57]

Reminds me of when I was in college, and some Costa Rican friends made their own tortillas about every day. They used one of the old school "Melmac" brand plates - if you look at the bottom of those, there's a ring around the base. They used that as a press for the balls of dough, and each and every tortilla was identical to the others and the perfect thickness. Then they toasted them for a bit on a rack they'd made out of a coathanger, above an open flame on a gas cookstove burner. Ingenious!!

[@atomicbd100]

The way you both ad lib on food makes me use more of my on hand stuff. it liberates me from standard recipes! Thank you, I have enjoyed all of you videos and had a very successful sweet potato season thanks to your tips!

[@patz780]

Like you, Becky from Acre Homestead recently tried oil rather than solid fat to her tortillas and like you, they came out great. The oil must be the trick! Nice to see it on two different videos…thanks for sharing your experiment.

[@annhendrick8681]

Great job! Glad you and Todd are really satisfied with the turn out this time. I celebrate with you! The pork looks amazing, with all the condiments! Rachel you look amazing!!

[@ljtminihomestead5839]

Looks like you did a great job, Rachel!! I buy tortillas and freeze because I didn't know how to make them!

[@blueyzdeb5255]

I have a recipe that turns out great everytime. From a Hispanic taxicab. 2 c flour, 1 top salt, 1 top baking powder, 1 T shortening and hot tap water to get to moisture needed. Ive use less than a cup.

[@bperez185]

Love your "Whats for dinner" videos! That's what got me seeing your videos at first. Now learning much much more. Love the pantry and canning 😁

[@mistygoodson4025]

Failed jelly is one of my favorite ways to have wonderful syrups! I currently have beauty Berry “syrup” and red hot apple pie “syrup”. Last year I had a fail with my gingered pear jelly and everyone now asks for my pear sauce, so this year I made that with the pears.

[@Ginfiz]

They look great 👍 bet they tasted fab ! small tip: flour your rolling pin , the dough will stick less when rolling out ....reducing frustration😉

[@debbiealtman4572]

Word of advice cover the dough balls with a damp towel and after cooking cover them. I use lard from the store in a can. But, I may try the oil method. I saw simply mama cooks I think that’s the channel I’m subscribed to make tortillas 2 yrs ago or so. I can make tortillas but I’m not good at rolling them out and I have a press I use to start them. It helps me. Love the channel and your dinner looks delicious.

[@JPGallo]

Delicious! Watched your recent video and went back to watch this one. Now I'll can more burritos! Thank you.

[@miephoex]

Kudos for making your own tortillas Rachel. Who needs a basket when you have a tea towel? Just move tortillas to a plastic bag and seal afterwards to keep them soft.

[@lisanowakow3688]

I had some strawberries that didn’t congeal into jam so I called it syrup.

[@jojogrocks]

Hi Rachel you said something about a tortilla basket for them to steam in and I thought I bet your Dutch over would work well enough.❤

[@cynrok]

i put my tortillas directly into a tupperware with lid after frying, so they steam themselves and stay soft. works well!

[@scarletbluefield2542]

I made flour tortillas a couple of weeks ago because I hadn't realized we were out. These were my best tortillas ever. I rolled them out on my pastry mat, which made it easier (for some reason) to keep them circular, and I was able to roll them to the correct diameter, which meant they were the right thickness. I was so pleased, and everybody liked them. Tried to restock on store bought and the store hasn't had any tortillas the past 2 weeks! So I'm super glad I figured out the secret to good homemade tortillas.

[@victoriaanderson1468]

Oh, Rachel if I lived by you I'd show you how to do this. Good job.

[@lynsmith2698]

I just dug out ingredients for enchiladas for tomorrows supper, your tortilla recipe is the same as mine. Your dinner looks delish💕🇨🇦

[@audracorley1090]

I had a failed strawberry jam (tried to double also) & it was excellent on biscuits, waffles, & ice cream. I cherished every jar!

[@stschubs]

thank you so much for posting this, I've been trying to crack flour tortillas forever

[@lannettewilson9553]

Took me months to master flour tortillas. Here is what i use. Ingredients: 3-cups of all purpose flour Half cup shortening 2 and half tsp salt One and half cup of hot water. Steps: Mix flour & salt Add shortening work in flour until a sand texture. Slowly add water. Mix dough until nothing sticks to bowl. Make big ball dough pat with extra shortening. Cover with kitchen towel for twenty minutes. Then form balls. 😊

[@carolynsinyard1306]

I have never made tortillas but I am going to give it a try. Thank you for sharing.

[@northernkarma9296]

I used to make my own tortillas years ago when I was young and stupid and didn't know I could buy them at a store, LOL, now however, I'm always either disappointed with the doughiness of the tortillas or the extortionate price!! So, I have been looking for a new recipe! Perfect timing Rachael. Thank you!!!

[@jojogrocks]

Oh and I saw someone harvest green mulberry and made malaise with it!❤ they boil the whole berry and then strained it and cooked it down to a thick malaise 😮

[@kuchdilsecreationsbysonali9605]

In india we have wheat flour tortillas called chapatis/roti for both meals in which it’s just flour and water but u did an amazing job rolling so thin as normal flour pulls back kudos 👍👌👌

[@laurielyon1892]

I don't always like the flavor of store bought tortillas and I've always wanted to make some. these look so good. I'm going to give these a try.

[@maryloomis8075]

I've had a butt ton of blackberries for the last few years...no idea what to do with them. Finally decided to make a 'berry concentrate' that can be added to soda water or mineral water/punch. So your idea with the jelly is a great idea!

[@TheShmoo123]

What a lovely couple you are. Hi from 🇬🇧🙋🏽‍♀️

[@debrawichmann5152]

I think the key is using oil instead of lard, watched Becky at acre homestead make the same thing using oil instead of lard, she was finally happy with her outcome. It's going to be her go to recipe and sounds like yours also. Meal looks very yummy!

[@155jds]

Have never thought of making my own tortillas but am definitely going to try these. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@tracybruring7560]

Yumbo; When i make my peach salsa, i mix it in a huge bowl and I always have liquid left after the jars are all filled. I can that also and use it in mixed drinks;

[@shelleycatlin3727]

Great video! This is now my go to recipe, have made them 3 times and they were great each time! Thank you!

[@chessbaeninety-four8337]

Thank you for ALL the recipe inspiration, Rachel. I'm moving to Cyprus soon and I know many of the foods that are easy to grab and get in the US won't be there so I'll have to learn to do stuff on my own. I love to cook, but I def rely on the store for a lot. Anyway, thanks so much!!

[@agathareimer2924]

That looks like the recipe I use for tortillas and I love it.

[@expertonnothing6624]

A few suggestions. Mix with wam / hot water , mix with wooden spoon. Give them a rest time to cool off. The tortilla press is for corn tortillas and will not help with corn. You could try using a pasta roller, like the attachments for mixer. Helps when you have to make a bunch.

[@ann2155]

Looks amazing. I am going to try the Tortilla recipe they look great.

[@conniegant7781]

I had a hard time getting my tortillas to be thin enough as well and a friend of mine showed me her cast iron tortilla press and it works beautifully so I purchased one. Sometimes they are still a bit wonky but better than I could do with my rolling pin. Your dinner looks absolutely Delicious! Thanks for sharing

[@joeyhardin1288]

Still can't get mine to be round either. Blessings

[@ht6684]

I have a press as well but is small. Do they make big ones> or do you just use small tortillas?

[@darrylsharongrimaldi2040]

The press is for corn tirtillas

[@darrylsharongrimaldi2040]

Tortillas

[@grandmananners]

Not sure if someone else mentioned it already but this is what I do to get them round, I roll it out as best I can then put a plate on it upside down and use a butter knife to cut around the plate to remove excess dough

[@haliebemister5480]

We mix our miralax with prune juice and the juice helps also

[@marilyncapehart663]

Thanks Rachel & Todd 11-3-2022👍🏽👍🏽

[@kristasnelling1616]

omg, we have the same stove! lol! enjoyed watching and will make some tortillas soon! Thanks!

[@auntdello5286]

Thank you Rachel, this was very motivating for me to try making flour tortillas. Thanks to everyone else who added tips, too. That mulberry syrup sounds wonderful. Making yummy beverages with it is a good save. I have some blackberry "syrup" I will give my brother some, since he is the big cocktail maker. I recently made my first apple based fruit leathers in my dehydrator. I used 2 year old canned apples and applesauce. Also mixed in some rehydrated and pureed cherries to applesauce. Hubby really liked that. He said he would love having my homemade fruit rolls in his lunches. Big compliment there! I think you could use some of your mulberry syrup in a fruit leather, and it would turn out nice. I'm going to be doing some more with peaches, pears and some of my blackberry syrup.

[@pamelapelech3249]

Great job on the tortias

[@tamarahenggeler4491]

Rachel, your tortillas looked so yummy! TFS!

[@vickik791]

Best tortillla I ever made is from “Rachel cooks with love” he videos and recipes are wonderful.

[@jessicawellington292]

I like making tortillas with avocado oil, they come out much softer and are so good. I am about toake a batch for enchiladas shortly.

[@loripretti843]

Those tortillas turned out Great!!! Dinner looks Scrumptious!!! Nice job!!! God Bless!!!

[@paulas.8089]

Those look delicious! I may have to try them.

[@arlinerobertson6377]

I finally got a press cast iron and cut a freezer bag in half putting it in between perfect thickness

[@annettegoodfellow9688]

Becky from Acre homestead made tortillas and used oil instead of lard and hers were also the softest and best she has made

[@allisonhartley6712]

I made peach jam last year, doubled the peaches, went to a pageant for my niece, came home to finish it and forgot to double the rest. It was delicious, but of course didn’t set for jam. I liked it in yogurt so much I did it wrong again this year. Some failures are wins.

[@debminder4420]

In the video you say baking powder but on screen it says soda?? Thank you for sharing. So glad to see you look great and hope healing well.

[@DirtPeaceAndPurpose]

Love the idea of a mulberry syrup. That sounds Divine!

[@amyjo987]

Thank you! When you did your Crock-tober dish I asked you to show us how you made them 🥰 Also...in watching your post on making cake mixes in jars you shared that you need the white processed sugar for that! Thank you so much for sharing that! I'd started using raw cane sugar but did not know it wasn't good in cakes so I've had two pound cakes that were just plain ugly schmugly! Now I know why! I also have enjoyed all your "how to make homemade gifts" posts, especially the beauty treatments 😎 so if you have anymore concoctions in your play book. Please, do tell! Love you guys!

[@marking-time-gardens]

Dinner looks absolutely delicious! Thank you for the tortilla recipe. My goal is to be less dependent upon stores as well and your encouragement is a huge help. Blessings on your day Kiddos!🥰🌻🐛🍁🍂

[@aaronmiller6972]

Tortillas look super yummy!

[@sharons6290]

I always had trouble getting them thin also and saw a video that they replaced the lard with the oil and turned out smoother more pliable dough, been doing it ever since. The pork looked great.

[@thomasdrake6190]

Rach, what kind of surgery did you have? I hope your recovery is going well. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I love your dinner ideas.

[@jessicaperonia7519]

Thank you for sharing your recipe! I'm so glad you did!

[@redlanternhomesteadcathym105]

Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Yum! Those tortillas look really good!

[@cindyfinn4845]

I love making them and they taste so much better than store bought now if I could only mill my own flour. I use lard and after I roll into balls and cover them for at least 2 hours and they roll out beatifully to thin ...

[@gabrielabennett2110]

Beautiful tortillas!! I'm with you. Trying not to depend on the store and making more homemade 🥰 looks sooooo yummy 😋

[@beccaharris2247]

Rachel! Your tortillas look awesome!!! I made them once. Was more like a really big thick cracker. 😂. I may try again. Thank you.💕

[@MichellesCraftsandMore]

I haven't attempted to make tortillas yet. I want to and would love to learn how to make corn tortillas.

[@rosieslade8416]

at the mexican store you can buy the dough already made just ask for flour or corn dough (masa)

[@hollynelson543]

Hi Rachel 👋 looks good

[@marcelacecil3036]

tortilla presses are for corn tortillas. You have to use a rolling pin for flour tortillas

[@teresaroubal7237]

love this recipe thank you for sharing, I'm going to be making chicken taquitos on Sunday using homemade tortillas

[@thatonegirl1837]

Thank you for this!!

[@brendalay5161]

They’re beautiful!

[@Greens5511]

I am going to try this too....I want to learn to make my own too.... maybe even try freeze them to have a few on hand 👌 I have never heard of ginger beer? Sounds yummy!!

[@wingwalker2458]

Love these videos. The next time you make these increase your baking soda to 2 tsp. Those taco's looked so good.

[@samanthahoffman4647]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! I had several of those Peanuts glasses from Mc Donald's back in the day!!!! Wish I had saved them!!! On another note, I will be trying to make tortillas soon!!

[@TheWyomingHomestead]

Looks delicious thank you for giving us a meal to try on our homestead ❤️

[@alicesais770]

Your doing a great 👍 job, but just a thought from a Mexican friend of yours, that has been making tortillas since I was 12 yrs old you are not adding enough water the dough shouldn’t be so shaggy and dry, try to use your hands when you’re mixing your dough so you get the feel of the dough a little softer, so that way when you roll them you can roll them thinner. Just a thought ❤

[@suedonald2583]

Nice! Yum!

[@susanmurten6178]

Just a tip, tortilla presses are good for corn tortillas, not so much flour tortillas (because of the gluten formation) 😊

[@brendahone2509]

Buy a tortilla press. They are very thin then. The presses are not expensive. I have a cast iron one. We also use a scale to weigh the balls.

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

Hey, Rachel 🌻🍁🧡. I have never tried to make my own tortillas. I really prefer corn tortillas with tacos. To me a stuffed flour tortilla is a burrito 😂. Guess I have spent too much time in Mexico 😂. Your tortillas turned out beautiful 😂 I will have to give your recipe a try ❤. I do love crunchy flour tortillas like chimichangas❤. Thank you so much for sharing sweetie pie ❤

[@alicesais770]

When we young I’m 69 my parents from Mexico 🇲🇽 always called them Tacos not until Taco Bell did we start calling them “Burritos”😅

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

@@alicesais770 thank you so much, Alice! That’s good to know! But, did they use flour or corn tortillas? I am 73, and have been to several places all over Mexico, which I love ❤️. I never had a taco with a flour tortilla 🤷‍♀️. I am just curious 🤨

[@melissam450]

Making tortillas with lard comes from experience. My mother always made them with lard and the were the best and softest tortillas I’ve ever eaten. I’ve never had tortillas that compared to hers. Not once. She would knead and knead and knead. And then let them rest for 30-45 min. she didn’t use a lot of flour to roll them out and she rolled and rolled and rolled. So it’s all about the experience you have making them. Many people make them with oil or butter. And that’s fine, but to me they don’t taste as good, but I will still eat them! 😄 Also: enchiladas should always be made with corn tortillas. I know some people use flour for enchiladas, but these people are wrong. JK, kinda. Not really. Also, they get hard or crunchy when they are cooked too hot and/or too long. As soon as they bubble you should flip them and pull them as soon as they puff a little on the other side. Just a tip. Do as you do! I’m just throwing thoughts out. I’m 49 and have been watching my mom make them my whole life. Sadly I never learned to make her tortillas and so I don’t make them often. I just can’t roll them perfectly round like she did. 😢

[@bluesnakewoman]

Need to need dough longer until smooth n elastic also divide into a medium meatball size portions. If you have one, easier to use French rolling pin. Should raise bubbles and becomes opaque in color. The griddle/pan should be hot enough to cook in it 45 seconds per side. If the griddle is too cold it will cook but when cool becomes brittle and is a bad reheat. JMO

[@birdsberriesbrews6191]

Failed mulberry jelly tastes like sweat tart's. :) Been there.

[@kathy3178]

I make my tortillas with hot water. The only flour I use is that the recipe calls for. I don't knead mine. I separate them into 16 pieces. Then let rest them for 15 minutes under damp towel. I use use my tortilla press to get them flat. Then I use the wooden rolling pin to get them thinner. Once you roll them out you can put parchment paper between each one, put them in a zip lock bag, and refrigerate them until you are ready to cook them. They will last for a few days.

[@lizhaynes3524]

My best results with rolling tortillas are when I do not kneed and roll in flour, but actually lightly oil the bench instead

[@MNms-ny1gl]

I use HOT water, as hot as my hands can handle it because it denatures the proteins relaxing the gluten so that it doesn't continually shrink back after rolling.

[@tinafisher]

love