Recipe: Perfect Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas

Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas. These Homemade Corn Tortillas are still the most popular recipe on the site, so if you're new to them please consider giving it a go! I've updated this post with tips for the most common obstacles you'll encounter when making tortillas for the first time — plus some brand options if you're new to Masa. Making Homemade Corn Tortillas from scratch is EASY!

Learn how to make your own fresh Corn Tortillas! While they may take some experience to really master, making your own corn tortillas is fast, easy, and the. Corn tortillas are made with just two ingredients: masa harina and water. You can have Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas using 3 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas

1. It's 2 1/4 cups of masa harina (nixtamalized corn meal), plus extra for rolling out.
2. You need 1 tsp of salt.
3. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of hot water.

Here's how to make tortillas for the best-ever tacos! Fresh corn tortillas, where have you been my whole life? They are chewy, savory, and crispy-edged in all the best possible ways. These homemade corn tortillas are so, so, so easy to make and the result is soft, warm, and full of incredible flavor!

Quick and Easy Corn Tortillas step by step

1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Knead the dough until smooth, about 2 minutes. The dough should not be sticky, but also should not be too crumbly. Think the consistency of play dough..
3. You can allow it to sit covered for half an hour for a better hydrated dough, or just move onto the tortilla making..
4. Place a piece of parchment paper down on a clean, flat work surface. Sprinkle a handful of masa harina on the paper for each tortilla. Grab a fist sized ball of dough and place on paper..
5. So, most recipes call for a tortilla press. I'm not making tortillas often enough to warrant the space or money spent on a tortilla pres. So find any object you can find the is approximately tortilla shaped and has a defined edge. Pictured is some cake thing I found at the local supermarket..
6. Roll out the dough as thin as you can get it without breaking. This dough is pretty cool because if it does break you can just push together and it will patch right up. If you're have trouble, grab a patch of dough from the outside, sprinkle on some water and roll out the patch. Using cylindrical cutter push down to cut..
7. Remove excess dough and cook this tortilla over medium heat in a cast iron pan (about two minutes per side). Once you get in the groove, the total cook time of four minutes should allow you to roll out a new tortilla just in time for the old one to come out of the pan..

In a medium bowl, mix together masa harina and hot water until thoroughly combined. Turn dough onto a clean surface and knead until pliable and smooth. If dough is too sticky, add more masa harina; if it begins to dry out, sprinkle with water. Flour tortilla lovers - try these corn tortillas at home and let me know if you are a convert, like me! Homemade Corn Tortillas is an easy way to add more homemade deliciousness to taco night with your very own I think most of my recipes are pretty easy and quick - just right for the beginner cook!