Mexican tortilla is a thin round slightly salted cake made from corn or wheat flour. This dish replaces bread, as well as it can wrap a variety of fillings.
Recipe for Mexican tortilla from wheat flour
Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 3 items;
- baking powder - 2 tsp;
- margarine - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- water is warm - 1 item;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
In a bowl, mix the flour with soda and salt, add the cooled oil, grated on the griddle or cut into small pieces cut with a knife. Then gradually pour in warm boiled water and mix a fairly soft homogeneous dough. We put it on the board and with your hands until it becomes elastic. After that, we divide the dough into parts, form small balls, about the size of a chicken egg, cover them with a clean towel and leave them for 15-20 minutes on a cutting board to make them come up. Now sprinkle the table with flour and roll the balls into thin pancakes about 20 centimeters in diameter. We bake tortillas in a hot dry frying pan, without oil.
Mexican tortilla tortillas from cornmeal
Ingredients:
- cornmeal - 600 g;
- baking powder - 2 tsp;
- margarine - 120 g;
- warm water - 1 tbsp.
Preparation
Mexican tortillas tortillas from cornmeal cook just like from wheat. If it has a coarse grinding, it is better to mix it in equal parts with wheat flour. If tortillas wrap food film, then they can be stored for a long time in the freezer. Before use, they simply need to be thawed at room temperature, and then, remove the paper and heat 2 minutes in the microwave.
Mexican tortilla with vegetable filling
Ingredients:
- finished tortilla - 12 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- canned beans - 400 g;
- avocados - 1 piece;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- lettuce leaves - 3 pieces;
- bulb - 1 piece;
- cheese - 3 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Using a blender, grind half the beans, put sour cream and mix everything to a homogeneous mass. After that add the mass to the rest of the bean. The bulb is cleaned, finely shredded and we pass on the oil about 6 minutes. After that, add ground coriander, spread the beans, mix and cook for about 6 minutes.
Avocado clean, remove the stone, shred by slices and add to the vegetable roast. Now take the ready tortilla, defrost it if necessary and fry the tortillas for about a minute in a frying pan. Next, lay out the filling, sprinkle with cheese and roll into a tube.
Mexican tortilla with chicken
Ingredients:
- finished tortilla - 12 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- cheese - 100 g;
- chicken fillet - 2 pieces;
- bulb - 1 piece;
- zucchini - 1 piece;
- Bulgarian pepper - 0,5 pcs.
Preparation
The bulb is cleaned, shredded in small cubes and wesser until golden on vegetable oil. Chicken and zucchini are processed, cut into thin strips and put the meat in a frying pan. Stir, fry all 5 minutes, and then transfer to a bowl. On the same oil prepare zucchini with pepper for about 3 minutes, stirring and podsalivaya to taste. We spread on the ready-made tortillas stuffing, top with cheese and wrap everything in tight tubes.
Recipe for Mexican tortilla with meat filling
Ingredients:
- finished tortilla - 12 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- cheese - 100 g;
- beef - 400 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- spice.
Preparation
Meat and garlic finely chopped, add a spoon and put the olive oil for about 2 hours. After that, fry beef in boiling oil exactly 5 minutes, add pepper, salt to taste and cook for about 3 minutes. We spread on the ready-made tortillas stuffing, top with cheese and wrap everything in tight tubes.