Rick Bayless Fundamentals: How to Reheat Corn Tortillas
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- When you buy corn tortillas at the store, your work is not done yet. Here's a foolproof way to reheat store-bought tortillas and keep them warm and pliable. Hope this helps!
My mom taught me a version of that microwave method when I was a kid and it still surprises me that “no one” knows this. Rick is a national, nay, global, treasure.
I think it's because people general shy away from microwaving ziplock bags...
@@greg5143 Yeah probably because plastic inside microwave has been shown to cause cancer
@@greg5143 yea, better to wet a linen T-towel. But really, I've just never learned how - never been around a kitchen where someone warmed tortillas for some reason...sad, really.
That's because microwaving a zip lock sounds like a god awful idea even though it's perfectly safe according to the FDA.
Chef Bayless ... I don't know how RUclips knew to stick this up at the top of my feed today, but I'd just picked up a package of corn tortillas yesterday, and was having a real hard time working with them then. Once I watched this, I headed out to the kitchen for some lunch, and followed your suggestions, and they worked perfectly!
Thank you for this tip. I did a taste test: one I heated over open flame on my gas burner and the other I heated in the microwave using your method. What a difference in flavor! Your suggested method was much tastier.
Thank you Chef! I will never reheat a corn tortilla another way again. This tip was absolutely mind blowing! Cheers!
I don’t like to microwave plastic because of the toxins released when heated, so I wrapped them in the damp paper towel then parchment paper and it worked great.
LOL! There are more toxins in the outside air that you breath.
Thanks
Parchment paper is soaked in silicone, which is a plastic material. It is not safer than plastic.
Chef, look into the IMUSA sunburst cloth tortilla warmer. Microwave safe, would look beautiful in your kitchen or table for guests. I have a couple, and use them for pita, waffles, etc. Cook's Illustrated tested all warmers and the IMUSA won.
Thank you, thank you thank you. It’s such a simple thing but It makes a huge difference to have warm reconstituted tortillas.
Rick, I totally agree with you; this is how I do it sometimes specially when I am in a rush or if I am going to make enchiladas and I want them soft.. for eating with our meals I use the comal since I like mine a little crispy.
I have never been happy reheating corn tortillas, until now. Thanks
This is the 1 bit of information I was missing Rick. Thanks.
You're the best, can't imagine life without your teachings!😁
Love your shows !! Much respect from my Mexican Heritage🙏.
Thanks chef! This has improved my tortilla game immensely.
Gonna do this tonight in conjunction with your carnitas recipe! Thanks a million Rick
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I have to cook carne asada tacos for a large gathering this Cinco De Mayo and couldn't figure out how to warm or keep warm my corn tortillas. This information came just in time.
Works like a charm. Thanks Chef Rick all the way from Saudi Arabia. I own a Tex-Mex restaurant in Dammam and you sir are driving us more towards Mexican and greater flavors.
I’m wondering, is there a way to store flattened ready to bake tortillas for quesadillas? I intend to bake and make the quesadillas.. makes all the difference when the tortilla is bubbly and soft… good tortilla is half the taste.
Great information Rick. Thank you
Worked great 👍thank you for your advice, it's common sense just thinking about it rationally yet I've never tried it this way.
I prefer the fresh from the griddle taste and toast them on a pizza stone. I spritz them with a spray bottle with water and toss on the stone till dry and puffed then wrap stack in foil and leave on top of hot stove to keep warm
Just tried this and it worked great!! Thank you😎
Thanks Rick! Parece que some folks out here just not ready for heating up tortillas in a plastic bag in the microondas!
Very helpful, Rick. Thank you so much!
When I was a kid we just ran them under the faucet and then threw them on the flame :^)
I’m a masa girl in a masa world! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for this updated method with the paper towel, I had tried them in a plastic bag w/o the paper towel and they wouldn't come out good, usually partially mushy as I only do small batches.
Not only is rick invited to the carne asada, he is the one makin it!😂
Thank you.
As someone who really doesn't like to cook anything in plastic, I'd be looking to do this a different way. Wouldn't mind if it took more time in the oven with ceramic or glass or cast iron, whatever. I think putting some moisture back into them is surely key.
great info, gracias chef!
I'll admit it, I'm team throw-a-Mission-tortilla-in-a-hot-pan-with-a-bit-of-oil 😅
One day I might up my corn tortilla game a bit... one day.
You'd up it by using El Milagro tortillas immediately
Down here (well, from where you are, up here) in South Texas, 99% of reheating tortillas is done in a hot cast iron skillet or directly over a gas burner. I don’t like them when they are soft and pliable. I like a little crust and crunch myself.
I’m Latino and this guy taught me how to reheat my tortillas before I ever gave my mom the chance to teach me. 😅
Rick’s a pretty cool dude
Worked great, thanks.
It's so worth it to eat a delicious hot tortilla with whatever you want to eat...❤❤❤
I love my corn tortillas. I don't have a microwave though
ive always been apprehensive about microving ziplock bags in the microwave, assuming It might release some kindof unnoticcable unconfirmable cheimal particulate steam into the food but. If rick bayless says its ok ill get over it.
I usually wet the tortilla before it goes on the griddle to reheat the tortillas.
My best method is inside a rice cooker! It gives just a bit of crisp, but steamed soft at the same time!
Thank you as always for the culinary education!
If you wanted to do a giant batch for a party, would it work to put them on a bamboo steamer at the lowest setting? Or would they get soggy too fast?
Soggy too fast brother.
A plastic ziploc bag?... in the microwave? Plastics are petroleum based chemical and can contaminate the food unlike oven safe glass or ceramics. I'd just use two plates or a plate plus a bowl if I want to create steam.
Why not just put a bowl over the tortilla's? Something about microwaving a plastic bag seems wrong, even if the technique/outcome is correct.
You do you 🤘🏼
You sound like that raw vegan guy Paul something that says microwaves are from the devil
@@toddbarker6466 Look Ted, I don't how you do you things up there in RIver North... but down here in Juarez we don't make tortillas in the Microwave.
1:41... LOL...OL... your finger searching for the right combination of buttons to push like a blind man trying to find a navy blue shirt in a dark closet.... then the fade out/in 'edit'....which must have been to go get out the owners manual!! I'm lovin' it. What we NEED is a government mandate on microwave buttons to all be uniform. Politicians need to forget this other crap and focus on what's important.
Excellent observation
Let's say I want to open a taco truck operated by one to three people. Since it's not necessarily feasible to make fresh tortillas from masa on demand, I will need to make 200 or so the night before and reheat as needed over the ensuing 24 -48 hours. Is this wet-towel-zip-lock-bag-microwave method the best option, or is there a method that does not require a microwave?
Great video
I like this guy
🙏
Rick Bayless wins the right to be called “primo” by the Hispanics 😂 👍
Could I wrap them in a thin towel and then place in a steamer on the stove?
Nice, thanks.
What kind of a bag?( that could be used in the microwave). Not a zip lock, I hope?
Love corn tortillas but my vessel is the paper towels. I don’t have room for more accessories in my kitchen.
Rick, do you heat flour tortillas any different than this method?
This works with good quality tortillas, most tortillas I think I use are months old in the shelf, too saggie (sp), how can i make my tortillas good for tacos without frying them (calories ahem), that's the only method it works,, steaming, desintegrate them. I am in detroit area, so fresh tortillas are out of the question other than make them myself..... or driving 20 miles....
We don't have a microwave oven or any styrofoam in our house. Guess we will just fry up the old tortillas and make tostadas.
I still prefer to use my comal or just on the burner over the flame
Great tip Rick. How would you recommend reheating these if you don’t have a microwave?
on a comal or pan is the only way
if torts are dry lightly spritz w/ water & throw on a heated fry pan & flip. Do a search if you need a visual.
What if you don't have a microwave? How can I reheat them then?
Is it really safe to heat a plastic bag in the microwave??
I know right? Doesn't release micro plastics .I wrap it in wet cloth or paper if I have to use microwave at all..
I have 3 vessels😊
Never tried corn tortillas before but pardon my inexperience, but can I use this method to reheat flour tortillas? Thank you.
OOh wow.. Corn tortillas are a must for tacos! I hope by now you've found some.. 😋🌮
This probably works better than my method of putting them straight on the gas burner lol
That works great for flour tortillas not so much for corn
@@trinkie It works perfectly fine for corn. I'll warm one and fill it with the warmed refried beans in the pot on the next burner, toss on some shredded queso quesadilla and eat it next to the stove, last bite toss on another.
The added flavorful burnt parts are usually flesh
@@johnb7046 If you're talking about homemade corn tortillas 💯. If you're talking about store bought corn tortillas then 🤮
@Trink It works fantastic if you're going to fry the corn tortillas for tacos, taquitos.
Rick = god
Calm down weirdo
I don't own a microwave. Other advice?
*FIRST? A QUESTION.* The dried peppers hanging behind you. Did you buy those or make them?
OKAY...... My comment.
I love corn & flour tortillas! However! I noticed that they'll literally last FOREVER in the fridge (when the bag is closed tightly). Obviously the commercial tortillas are PACKED with preservatives, and that's a game changer for me.
I first learned how to make flour tortillas here.... ruclips.net/video/fA68XXQJN4Y/видео.html
And then I bought a _'tortilla press'_ and made corn tortilla using the instructions on the bag of dried Masa. _Today? I no longer buy tortillas, and mine beat the heck out of store bought in every way! ...from taste to price._
Can I do that with the flour tortillas too?
and if you don't have a microwave?
Hey Rick, what's that piece of Kitchenaid equipment on your counter next to the sink?
Having never owned KitchenAid equipment in my life, your comment got my curiosity raging for some reason.
After half an hour of searching, I'm pleased to announce it's a sparkling beverage maker.
@@Don2006 Thanks!
What's the next best way for a household without a microwave?
I'd follow all the advice that say a quick trip on a hot griddle with a teensy spritz of water. Just make sure the trip to the griddle is FAST.. 😋🌮
Same with flour Rick?
I've tried this with store bought and they just end up sticking together horribly. Any other ideas Chef?
They were corn, not flour, and they were still sticking together? Hmm.. 🤔
Healthy. Delisiouses. Item. With. Tea.
Micro wave ?.
Cmon rick
Assume this would work for flour tortillas as well?
No. Flour tortillas will stick together using this method. Use a hot skillet or Comal would be best.
Avoid toxic plastic containers
I don’t think you’re supposed to put plastic in the microwave
Will this method work for regular flour tortillas?
I heat up my tortillas on a comal, NEVER ever in the microwave and I am mexican texan
This guy lives 100 miles into the woods on a compound. I doubt there is a grocery store around the corner.
time to eat
I don’t have a microwave......
You can just run a tortilla under a fawcet, or spritz it, then just warm up on a comal or open flame. :)
@@beh4846 Thanks. I’m thinking my bamboo steamer might work.
@@theresahonsaker8546 Bamboo steamer will work but they will be very soft most likely and prone to tear (unless they are thick). If you're going to be making heavier tacos I'd recommend to do what Be H said.
You lost me at the microwave
I need to find something not made out of styrofoam to keep them warm.
im honestly shocked that as a professional chef, you put a ziploc bag in the microwave. people at home - don't do that. use glass or ceramic
He wouldn't even eat one lol
That minute seemed long. Lol
I know right I thought the same thing
I don’t use microwave…is there another way?
@@edwardkeller440 you can cook your bacon chorizo/sausage/meat first, then coat your corn tortillas in the residual grease and do lid on at medium-low, or hot and fast while flipping them often to not burn/harden.
I just throw my flower tortillas on the flame on my stove and I flip them over like that once or twice and they come out perfect
Ooooh, no you put it in plastic!!! That’s the WORST THING U CAN DO!!! Now the food has plastic in it!!! OMG 🤦🏾♀️
1 word: microwave. I will not be elaborating
No one dare address the fact that they don't sell
us a corn tortilla that won't disintegrate when we
try to make a burrito with them. 99.9% of Videos on
how to soften etc corn tortillas about about enchiladas
lol, yeah, well that's fine, at the point that they fall apart,
is makes no difference.
I've tried every trick they come up with, they always
just fall to pieces.
A Mex Friend told me many years back that commercial
corn tortillas are typically 'never' made from just corn,
they are made with the entire cob, often more cob
than corn, lol.
A kings Ransome to anyone that can link me to
a real corn tortilla made our of 'corn' that doesn't
fall apart when used to make burritos.
You aren't supposed to use corn tortillas to make burritos.
@@Mousehanseni hope you received your king’s ransom!
Rick's traditional Mexican food needs a little work from a nuce Abuelita.
Have you had his food? It's extremely traditional and on par with, or even superior to, the traditional Mexican food you find in Mexican homes and restaurants in Mexico, where he studied the cuisine for many years.
@@Mousehansen Wait. Did you really just say his "traditional" Mexican food is more traditional than what Mexicans cook?
I'm sure his food is great, but any abuelita will tell you that it isn't as traditional as he claims it to be.
@@speedspeed121 Yes, I did say that and I didn't quite mean it the way it sounded. I meant that he has retained much of the traditional preparations that are now sadly no longer being used in many places in Mexico. You'd have to give me a particular example of where his food deviates from the traditional in a way that an abuelita would take issue with.
My best method is inside a rice cooker! It gives just a bit of crisp, but steamed soft at the same time!
What do you do if you don't have a microwave?