Crispy Cheese Tacos Recipe
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Why It Works
- Using gentle heat helps ensure even cooking and avoids burning the cheese.
- Placing the tortilla on the cheese after it has melted ensures the cheese adheres without overcooking the tortilla.
- Letting the cheese cool in the skillet makes it easier to remove with a spatula.
Grated cheese is a common taco topping, but it's also a boring one, failing to take advantage of the cheese's best assets: its melting and crisping abilities. The solution is the here with these crispy cheese tacos, in which we fuse melted, crisped cheese to a tortilla, which can then be stuffed with all sorts of fillings.
Recipe Facts
Ingredients
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4 ounces grated parmesan, Manchego, Cheddar, or other hard or semi-hard cheese
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8 corn tortillas
Directions
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Arrange 1/2 ounce of cheese on one side of a non-stick skillet in a 5- by 2-inch rectangle. Turn heat to medium-low. When cheese begins to melt, place 1 tortilla on top of cheese so that roughly half the cheese is covered by the tortilla.
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Let cheese cook until it turns an even golden brown color. Remove pan from heat and let stand until cheese cools and firms up slightly.
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Carefully slide a thin spatula under cheese and remove tortilla from pan. Fill as desired (see note) and serve immediately. Repeat with remaining cheese and tortillas.
Special equipment
Non-stick skillet
Notes
Crispy Cheese Tacos can be filled with all sorts of fillings. Some ideas include carnitas; chile verde; chicken tinga; seasoned ground beef; beef barbacoa; or making a breakfast taco with scrambled eggs and either pico de gallo or salsa verde.
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Nutrition Facts (per serving) | |
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112 | Calories |
5g | Fat |
13g | Carbs |
5g | Protein |
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings: 8 | |
Amount per serving | |
Calories | 112 |
% Daily Value* | |
Total Fat 5g | 6% |
Saturated Fat 2g | 11% |
Cholesterol 12mg | 4% |
Sodium 267mg | 12% |
Total Carbohydrate 13g | 5% |
Dietary Fiber 2g | 5% |
Total Sugars 0g | |
Protein 5g | |
Vitamin C 0mg | 0% |
Calcium 140mg | 11% |
Iron 0mg | 2% |
Potassium 70mg | 1% |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. |