Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas. These homemade corn tortillas are so, so, so easy to make and the result is soft, warm, and full of incredible flavor! By Charlyne Mattox and Emily McKenna. Ready to think beyond the burrito?
Although we enjoy my quick Mix-N-Pour Tortillas, enchiladas require corn tortillas in the our household but we had none. Traditionally, at least in Northern Baja - we use salt and 'additional' lime juice with the masa harina to prepare corn tortillas. There aren't many different types of masa harina - because masa harina is corn flour made from corn and lime. You can have Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups of masa harina (nixtamalized corn meal), plus extra for rolling out.
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 1/2 cups of hot water.
In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, cumin and olive oil, brush onto the corn and place corn onto the griddle pan. Remove, allow to cool, then slice kernels from cob. Place the corn kernels, coriander, red chilli and lime juice together in a bowl; toss well to combine. Great recipe for Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas.
Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas step by step
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Knead the dough until smooth, about 2 minutes. The dough should not be sticky, but also should not be too crumbly. Think the consistency of play dough..
- You can allow it to sit covered for half an hour for a better hydrated dough, or just move onto the tortilla making..
- Place a piece of parchment paper down on a clean, flat work surface. Sprinkle a handful of masa harina on the paper for each tortilla. Grab a fist sized ball of dough and place on paper..
- So, most recipes call for a tortilla press. I'm not making tortillas often enough to warrant the space or money spent on a tortilla pres. So find any object you can find the is approximately tortilla shaped and has a defined edge. Pictured is some cake thing I found at the local supermarket..
- Roll out the dough as thin as you can get it without breaking. This dough is pretty cool because if it does break you can just push together and it will patch right up. If you're have trouble, grab a patch of dough from the outside, sprinkle on some water and roll out the patch. Using cylindrical cutter push down to cut..
- Remove excess dough and cook this tortilla over medium heat in a cast iron pan (about two minutes per side). Once you get in the groove, the total cook time of four minutes should allow you to roll out a new tortilla just in time for the old one to come out of the pan..
I could not believe how easy it was to make corn tortillas at home. I made a little modification to a recipe I found at theKitchn.com. So much better then the ones you find at the store. These quick and easy flourless tortillas, with tapioca, coconut flour, and eggs, are a great addition to a paleo or gluten-free lifestyle. By A Day In the Kitchen Chicken Gorgonzola Quesadillas Directions.
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