I used longhorn style cheddar and oaxaca melting cheese.
Floor tortillas you can see through.
To re heat the tortillas you can either use the stovetop pan method just as you cooked them or you can pop them in the microwave in between two damp paper towels for 15 to 20 seconds or until they re warmed through.
Corn tortillas can supply some built in portion control.
How to re heat homemade flour tortillas.
Corn tortillas can be more flavorful and have a bit of texture to them where flour tortillas are blander with a doughy consistency.
Tortillas can be stored in a sealable plastic bag and refrigerated until ready for use.
I m a fan of rolling flour tortillas as thin as you can.
The amount of moisture in the dough will cause them to stick together.
In northern mexico nine times out of 10 you ll see them really really thin and they are the king of the flour tortilla so i go with.
One more vote for buying fresh but if you can t i would freeze them if you re not eating them everyday.
2 cups grated cheeses use any combination of good melting cheese you like.
A good tortilla should be a nice vehicle for the taco.
4 medium flour tortillas buy the thinnest ones you can find hopefully thin enough to see through when you hold them up to the light 4 teaspoons unsalted butter melted.
But for me a good flour tortilla is when you can almost see through it.
For example when eating the tortillas with grilled meats and seafood i want the thin and ultra tender ones that are so fat laden that you can practically see through them like oil stained paper for that style of tortilla check out my recipe here.
Thin and light and chewy and then you can put less filling in it and everything becomes a much more delicate thing to eat.
The tortillas will be super thin and almost see through after they are rolled out this is what you want.
That way you pull out what you need when you need it if you buy the real deal mexican flour tortillas the ones that are so thin you can see through and would probably light if you held a match to them for all the lard in them i would definitely freeze them as they mold fairly quickly.
On the other hand when eating the tortillas with melted cheese or fluffy eggs i prefer.
Cook flour tortillas for about 1 minute on one side and flip them only once.
Use a nonstick pan over medium high heat if you don t have a nonstick use a frying pan lightly greased with oil or butter.
Cook the other side for an additional 30 seconds until you see a hint of browned spots.
Flour tortillas inset a.
Do not stack the tortillas before they are cooked.
To reheat the tortillas tuck them in an envelope made out of aluminum foil and heat in a 325 f oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
