Masa chips / masa tortilla
Masa chips / masa tortilla

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, masa chips / masa tortilla. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Simplify masa production by starting with corn flour and a masa flour mixing system, followed by sheeting and beyond to create all shapes of tortilla chips. Quickly stir water into masa harina, then mix with hands until dough is a soft consistency. Form into a ball, turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead lightly until smooth.

Masa chips / masa tortilla is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Masa chips / masa tortilla is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook masa chips / masa tortilla using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Masa chips / masa tortilla:
  1. Get 1 cup Masa flour
  2. Prepare 1 cup hot tap water
  3. Take 1/2 tsp chili powder
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt

Needless to say, the entire family loved these traditional Masa Flour Tortillas and even my brother refused to make any of his burritos on regular white flour tortillas although they were available, too. My Mom and I had a small tortilla on the side of our loaded taco salads and it was delicious! [*for THM, this meal would be an awesome XO.] We dip our chips into our favorite triple bean dip, guacamole, and even hummus. Cut a thick plastic food-storage bag into two squares to fit the tortilla press. I tend to use this method (as mentioned in the masa harina tortillas post) because it seems to result in lighter, fluffier tortillas.

Instructions to make Masa chips / masa tortilla:
  1. Place dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix.
  2. Add water. Mix by hand or with spatula.
  3. Let sit in fridge for twenty five minutes.
  4. Divide into eight equal balls.
  5. Flatten using press or another method.
  6. Place on hot, dry pan or griddle for a minute. Flip.
  7. Here are your masa tortillas.
  8. To turn them into chips: break the tortillas up and then place in deep fryer or in heated pan that had 0.25 inch oil.
  9. Place on metal strainer to let cool. Then serve. I enjoy mine with a bowl of chili.
  10. Note: there are two ways to make the chips. (1) make the tortilla and then fry it. (2) place masa dough straight into the fryer.

Corn tortillas are made from masa harina, meaning "dough flour." This special flour is dried corn that has been soaked in limewater and finely ground. The easiest way to make round tortillas is to purchase a tortilla press. Hand cut into perfect quarters, these white corn chips are perfect for fuelling the fiesta and simply DELICIOUS WHEN DIPPED Got to this post trying to finding the English equivalent to "masa" (which we make tortillas with). Once the masa, salt and water are mixed you're ready to cook. To turn your masa into tortillas, first line your tortilla press with plastic wrap to keep the masa from sticking.

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