Tacos are a typical Mexican food consisting of rolls or folds of tortillas filled with various dishes inside.
Tacos and burritos, two Mexican dishes that both use tortillas. However, when viewed from several aspects of these two dishes
has a number of differences.
Tacos are food in the form of vegetables, meat, and sauce wrapped in a tortilla skin.
However, nowadays you don't have to go all the way to Mexico to enjoy tacos. Because tacos have been sold in many countries around the world.
The origin of the food named taco is unknown. number theory says that the word taco comes from the 18th century in
silver mine in Mexico.
Taco is the name for a paper to wrap gunpowder. This load miners insert into holes in the rock face.
It could be argued that tacos were brought by immigrants from Mexico who came to the United States between 1910 and 1920.
They make tacos from ingredients available in the United States.
The most popular tacos are versions of tacos with a hard tortilla skin texture. or it can also be called hard sell tacos.
Meanwhile, tacos with crispy tortillas were popularized by Glen Bell through the Taco Bell fast food restaurant in the United States in 1951.
classic tacos in Mexico have a tortilla shell with a soft and creamy texture. made from corn or flour tortillas, topping with chopped onions and cilantro.
The tortilla on tacos is unleavened bread in the shape of a flat circle with a soft texture. Generally made from corn flour, but there are
also from wheat flour. The tortilla size for a burrito is usually twice as large as a taco.
Thus, burritos are known as heavy meals while tacos are snacks
The tortillas on the tacu are cooked, either baked like bread or fried crispy into chips and then filled with filling. So,
This dish uses corn flour tortillas.
Tips for making tacos
1. make tortillas
There are two main ingredients in making tortillas, flour tortillas or corn tortillas, which one is better?
- flour tortilla
The texture of flour tortillas tends to be smoother, and the taste is sweeter
- Corn tortillas
in a typical Mexican taco dish that features meat, all you need is a corn tortilla
2. Crispy or soft tacos
Crispy tacos are very easy to make by frying them in oil. However, many Mexican tacos use soft tortillas.
In the end, the most important thing is your taste. try making a taco dish out of both and decide for yourself which one you prefer.