Smash Tacos Recipe | Battle of Tacos | Corn vs. Flour Tortilla | Spatchcock Funk

One of the hottest trends to hit a flat top grill these days is the Smash Taco, which is just a cooler way to make a smash burger. We’re going to show you how you can do one at home on your grill, in a frying pan. As long as you’re with smashing company, you’re in good shape. We’re joined by Jonathan Pye of ‪@americandiningcreations6836‬, world traveler, award-winning chef and all around good dude, and we’re going to make our own takes on a couple different ways you can smash things up for your friends and family.
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Jonathan’s Take - World Cup Tacos
Ingredients for World Cup Tacos
• 1 lb of fresh ground beef
• 1 package of flour tortillas
• ½ lb of monterey cheese
• 1 fresh red onion, diced
• 1 bunch of cilantro, finely chopped
• ¼ lb of Kimchi
• 8 Eggs
• 4 Tbsp of vegetable oil
• 4 Tbsp Gochujang drizzle
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Directions for World Cup Tacos
• Take your ingredients and break into eighths (2 tacos should add up to ¼ lb of meat)
• Heat the vegetable oil on your grill over medium heat
• Add red onions to grill, cook until translucent
• Add ground beef until browned, keep chopping and stirring
• Add cheese until melted, keep chopping and stirring
• Move meat mixture aside and cook one side of a tortilla until it plumps
• Meanwhile, cook an egg sunny side up on the griddle
• Take the tortilla, and press onto your meat mixture for 1 minute
• Remove taco, fold, add kimchi, cilantro, egg and drizzle
• Take a bite and take on the world
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Matt’s Take - Danny Trejo Tacos
Ingredients Overall
• ½ lb ground ribeye or 80/20 beef
• ½ lb ground chorizo
• 5 shallots, diced
• ½ stick of butter
• 1 tsp Paprika
• ½ C banana peppers, diced
• ¼ lb sharp white cheddar (the sharpest you can find), shredded
• ¼ lb Cotija cheese, shredded
• Roasted corn salsa
• 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
• Blackberry/Chipotle Mexican cream (blend ¼ C black cherries and 1 chipotle pepper into 1 container of Mexican cream)
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Ingredients Roasted Corn Salsa
• 3 ears of grilled corn, cooled and cut off the cob
• ¼ red onion, diced
• 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
• 1 de-seeded jalapeno pepper
• Juice of one lime
• ¼ C of cilantro, diced
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Directions for Corn Salsa
• Mix all ingredients evenly
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Directions Overall
• Take your ingredients and break into eighths (2 tacos should add up to ¼ lb of meat)
• Heat the vegetable oil on your grill over medium heat
• Throw the butter and paprika onto the grill, mix up
• Mix the ground beef and chorizo evenly
• Add shallots and banana peppers to grill, cook until translucent
• Add ground beef until browned, keep chopping and stirring
• Add cheese until melted, keep chopping and stirring
• Move meat mixture aside and cook one side of a tortilla until it plumps
• Meanwhile, cook an egg sunny side up on the griddle
• Take the tortilla, and press onto your meat mixture for 1 minute
• Remove taco, fold, add corn salsa and Mexican cream
• Get tough like our boy Danny Trejo and Trej a taco
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:27 Background on Jonathan Pye
0:53 Jonathan's take on his tacos
1:15 Matt's take on his tacos
1:51 Difference between flour and corn tortillas
2:50 Let the taco battle begin!
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