You want a hot tortilla?

This is a nice a simple recipe. The hardest part is rolling them out. I was so excited I found a tortilla press, but it turns out I hate it. It doesn’t get them thin enough and they are a little thick so halfway thru hubby decided to roll them out with my rolling pin. I had no idea he knew what a rolling pin is so I was happy to let him do the rolling. :)

The recipe is simple

6 c AP flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
½ c vegetable shortening- cut into small pieces
2 ½ c warm water

Put everything in the mix but the water stir for a minute to mix and add water slowly while mixer is running. And that is it, it will all come together really nice and look like dough. Then pull it out onto a floured counter and divide in half, let rest 15 minutes. After it has rested divide each half into 8 balls so you will have a total of 16 balls. You can make more if you want some smaller tortillas. you can use a rolling pin or a tortilla press and make them the size and thickness you want.Let rest another 10 minutes and they are ready to put in the hot skillet. Just 1 minute on each side is enough they will have brown spots on them when they are ready.

They are best eaten right away but if you need them to wait get a large peice tin foil and put a paper towel or reusable cotton cloth and make an tin foil envelope so that they don’t dry out but the paper towel also keeps them from getting a condensation feel to them.

These are truly yummy and delish. My MIL can’t buy tortilla at the store anymore as she says they don’t taste as good anymore! Hey, if the MIL is happy SOMETHING must be right! :)

Let’s make Fajita’s

Well I had planned to make my hubby's favorite fajitas but I didn’t realize that I needed pineapple juice for the marinade. Well, I am not nice enough to go to the store for one item as we don’t live near enough to walk to a market and I hate to waste gas so I turned to my best friend recipezarr.com and found a recipe using ingredients I had on hand.

Ingredients

1 clove garlic (minced or grated)

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

2 tablespoons oil (any type works,I used regular corn oil)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/3 cup A-1 Steak Sauce (this was a odd thing to add i thought but yummm so good)

Directions

Combine all ingredients, mixing well.

Marinade 1 1/2lbs Beef skirt steak for at least 2 hours.

Cook as desired on outside grill, stovetop sauté pan, or you can even cook them on the George Foreman grill.

I cooked them on the grill for 7 min on one side and 3 min after turning over once. I found the coolest website to help a novice grill it is http://www.charcoalbob.com/ you tell it what you are making and it will tell you how to do it! I am excited about this as I am sadly, not a great griller.

OHHHH baby and a good time was had by all!!!

By the way to make a really yummy soft grilled onion I put 1 red pepper cut in strips and one onion sliced and then threw in ½ Hatch pepper put in a tin foil envelope with 2 ice cubes and stick it on the grill the same time as the meat and they should be soft and smoky done the same time as the meat.

I love how the picture looks a little fuzzy on the top as it is the steam. I have sour cream and cheese also on the plate. I also made some guacamole but this is my hubby’s plate and he hates quac so it isn’t on there.

I will be sharing my homemade tortillas tomorrow so come back as they are amazing compared to store bought.

Thanks for coming by.