Serve them up plain or with a few scoops of vanilla or churro ice cream. Top or dip with all your favorite sauces like listed above: Caramel, dulce de leche, berry topping, passionfruit curd, chocolate or Nutella. Learn From Us Precooked Flour Tortillas - we understand that sometimes it can be hard to find raw tortillas. While we highly recommend using raw tortillas for the best flavor and texture, you can use precooked in a pinch. Yes, here we present to you the El Charro Classic Cheese Crisp, reinvented for the home cook. Ooey, gooey cheesy goodness at its best. Remove to a plate lined with paper towels and drain the excess oil. Then toss with fresh lime juice and the spice mix. Revive stale tortilla chips by baking them in a 400 degrees Fahrenheit oven. Spread them out on a single layer on a baking sheet and cook for about five to 10 minutes until they are warmed and crisp.

Resembling Mexican rice pudding, arroz con leche is a delightful and uncomplicated dessert you can easily make by combining rice with milk or water, garnished with raisins, cinnamon, and various other flavorings. These can easily be made much lighter by substituting the melted butter with water. Using a pastry brush, coat the tortillas the same way. The texture isn't quite as good and the sugar doesn't caramelize, but they are still delicious! The water does tend to grab on to more of the cinnamon sugar mixture, so we just recommend making sure you have a very thin coating of water. Substitutions and VariationsMcCoy’s has taken another stab at Mexican-inspired flavours, adding the two-strong Epic Eats range of crisps. First, make sure your pan in very dry. Water and hot oil are enemies and can cause the oil to violently pop and sputter when it gets hot. Chicharrones de harina(also known as duros de harina) are the addictive, crunchy wheat chips in the ever-adorable wheel shapes, doused in lime juice and generously sprinkled with tongue-tingling spice mix. Pulse powder cheddar cheese, ancho chili powder, dark chili powder, chili lime powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, and a teaspoon of salt in a food processor. Set aside.

Tortilla chips are plain chips whereas nachos are a dish that uses tortilla as the base. Nachos are tortillas topped with cheese, sauce, meat, beans, and vegetables. Bags of nacho chips are tortilla chips with nacho and cheese flavor. Are tortilla chips fried? If you don’t like the flavor of corn or choose not to consume it, there’s still a tortilla chip for you. Siete Family Foods, created by the Mexican-American Garza family, makes grain-free tortilla chips and refrigerated tortilla wraps to accommodate grain-free and paleo lifestyles. The brand also offers dips, like cashew queso and sprouted bean dip, enchilada sauce, hot sauce, hard taco shells, and taco seasoning. If your tortilla chips have gone past their prime, you can still save them from the dreaded landfill. Here are some ideas: But if you follow a few simple tips, you can safely and easily fry your favorite foods with no trouble at all. Our hometown - Tucson, Arizona - is the birthplace of this simple culinary delight, and specifically El Charro restaurant, my all-time favorite place to eat. ((Note: We are going to do a post on El Charro soon here on EDS - IMHO they serve the best Sonoran style Mexican food in the universe.))They come in different shapes, the classic ones are rectangular and a dead-ringer for crispy, fried pork skins or chicharrones (hence the name).

Use a deep-fat thermometer to measure the oil temperature. You want the oil to be between 350°F-375°F for this recipe. Adjust the heat so it stays in this range. Hint: these will feel tender when they first come out of the oven, but will crisp right up in 5-10 minutes as they cool. Lighter Churro Chips Last, and most importantly, keep a box of baking soda within arm’s reach at all times. Baking soda will put out a grease fire. Water will only make it worse. These fried wheat crisps with that signature potato chips crunch are a popular street food in Mexico. There’s never a bad time for Mexican appetizers. We’re always craving fresh chunky salsa, impossibly creamy queso, and layers upon layers of nachos. Homemade guac is a frequent occurrence!Place each ball between a flat surface and a plastic wrap. Press it down using any flat surface utensil. The ridged crisps offered “unique and tempting flavours” and had been designed to “bolster growth of the McCoy’s brand, while strengthening its flavour credentials”, said the brand. They were “perfectly positioned to attract younger shoppers”, who were “influenced by flavours when making purchasing decisions”.

Founded in 2006 our food products are chosen with care to be truly authentic. Specialising in Mexican groceries & Mexican chillies and delivering unique products that no-one else has. I found the dried wheels in the Mexican section of our local grocery store so I’m almost positive you can find them in yours. If you serve the tortilla chips on their own, there are several different flavors to choose from. When served with a dip or a salsa, on the other hand, a lime-flavored or spicy tortilla chip might be overwhelming, so a plain chip works better. Tortilla chips made of blue corn have a heartier taste than those made of white or yellow corn. Next, only fill the pan up half-way full with oil. Once you add the food the oil bubbles up and you don’t want it to be so full that it boils over. These tortilla chips have a classic triangle shape and are available salted, unsalted, and in dairy-free flavors, including lime, ranch, and nacho. All Siete Family Foods chips are made from a blend of cassava and coconut flours and cooked in 100 percent avocado oil. Cassava is a starchy root vegetable, similar to a tuber or potato, that can be ground into flour. These chips are very light in both flavor and texture, making them the perfect canvas for your dip of choice. They can withstand the weight of a thin salsa, but may break in heavier dips or if topped with nacho fixings.

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At MexGrocer you can find a wide range of authentic Mexican groceries and ingredients ideal for traditional Mexican cooking. Most of our foods are imported directly from Mexico and are free from animal products making the various ingredients that we offer vegan and vegetarian friendly. We also have a great range of gluten free products. We have been in the industry for over 14 years and deliver our unique Mexican products to the UK and Europe market. It is not a surprise that the Cheese Crisps there are THE best. Ever. Thin, crispy flour tortillas with a little butter toasted to perfection in the oven and then slathered with Mexican cheeses and melted again. Oh. My. Gosh.The Perfect Bite. Sauces- if you've been to Mexico, you know that Mexican churros are often filled with fun sauces. Dip the chips in whatever sauce you can think of! My personal favorites from when I've been to Mexico are passionfruit curd, followed by homemade caramel. Chocolate, Nutella, dulce de leche, berry sauce, fruity pebbles and basically anything you can come up with are other fun options. Yes, you can. Just be sure to put them in a freezer-safe, airtight container to keep out any moisture. You can eat them straight from the freezer, but they are even better if warmed in the oven (see above).