Check Out This Fucking Taco

[luke duke 6414]

If sandwiches have their own thread, then tacos deserve one too.

 

Yesterday’s breakfast:

Corn/flour hybrid tortilla from Central Markup

Rice and beans that I made last weekend

Leftover brisket, also from last weekend

Scrambled egg

Cheese

Tabasco

 

 

[NOMAAA 1696]

looks pretty good.

[tx ind 7013]

Love those hybrid tortillas

[TornACL 7722]

Team Mixla

[Brisketexan 105354]

^^^ these.

My family calls those "crack tortillas."  They are incredible.

[HenryJames 66179]

Beans aren’t refried.

Cheese isn’t melted. 
 

[RollLeft 5045]

I have always overcooked my eggs and only in the past year have I begun to appreciate them undercooked.  

[Anastasis 23484]

a little pico would take that to the next level. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19429]

19 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

a little pico would take that to the next level. 

[Brisketexan 105354]

1 hour ago, RollLeft said:

I have always overcooked my eggs and only in the past year have I begun to appreciate them undercooked.  

The day a man learns to cook his scrambled eggs over medium low heat, with lots of butter, is a life changing day.  Let curds form slowly, fold the eggs over gently so they cook through gently and slowly, and end up light and fluffy.  As opposed to the way most of us learned to cook -- "turn that heat up high, cook em fast cuz I'm hungry!"

[riloh05 107]

4 hours ago, luke duke said:

tacos

blah

blah

Tabasco

 

WTF dude...That aint right.

Edited August 21, 2020 by riloh05

[smoothlonghorn 85]

Am I the only one that had to double check which forum this thread was in before clicking on it? But yes, that looks outstanding!

[Js1 85580]

Rice don’t belong in a breakfast taco 

other than that and the Tabasco, great job. 

[Dewey 3294]

Looks like a burrito 

[Etexhorn13 3053]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

The day a man learns to cook his scrambled eggs over medium low heat, with lots of butter, is a life changing day.  Let curds form slowly, fold the eggs over gently so they cook through gently and slowly, and end up light and fluffy.  As opposed to the way most of us learned to cook -- "turn that heat up high, cook em fast cuz I'm hungry!"

My dad is a chef... i feel like all the other cooking knowledge I’ve gained is found money after learning that simple bit at a very early age. Feel bad for y’all that didn’t learn that til adulthood. 

[Deej 76928]

Clicked thinking this was a thread about South Austin's mom.

[Hank_Hill 18895]

Disappointed to be quite honest 

[Steel Shank 9432]

I ate a delicious taco at your mom's house last night.

[C-Man 27263]

Love those hybrid tortillas

Same

[6th Street 6508]

Looks fine although not sure cobbling together leftovers is worth its own thread

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Have you ever thought about running for office?

[pops 7006]

1 hour ago, 6th Street said:

Looks fine although not sure cobbling together leftovers is worth its own thread

Steel shank already started it

[Napoleon 8700]

On 8/21/2020 at 11:50 AM, luke duke said:

If sandwiches have their own thread, then tacos deserve one too.

Yesterday’s breakfast:

Corn/flour hybrid tortilla from Central Markup

Rice and beans that I made last weekend

Leftover brisket, also from last weekend

Scrambled egg

Cheese

Tabasco

Looks like you're just getting started...

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by Napoleon

[Covri 6253]

20 hours ago, Js1 said:

Rice don’t belong in a breakfast taco 

other than that and the Tabasco, great job. 

I put leftover Mexican rice in my homemade migas tacos and it slams. Heat up crushed tortilla chips and Mexican rice in skillet until warm/hot add scrambled eggs shredded cheese and a couple spoonfuls of good salsa or pico if you have it.  Stir and cook until eggs are almost done and pull off pan den seeeves in warmed flour tortillas. Additional salsa or hot suace can be applied here.

 

You can mix it up too and use leftover queso instead of shredded cheese or add fresh diced onion and jalapeños with the chips and rice to sauté a bit.  
 

 

[TornACL 7722]

On 8/21/2020 at 11:50 AM, luke duke said:

 

 

 

I give this an 8.5 / 10.

If you were hungover, the score would be adjusted to a 14 / 10.

[jimmyjazz 46141]

On 8/21/2020 at 4:14 PM, Brisketexan said:

The day a man learns to cook his scrambled eggs over medium low heat, with lots of butter, is a life changing day.  Let curds form slowly, fold the eggs over gently so they cook through gently and slowly, and end up light and fluffy.  As opposed to the way most of us learned to cook -- "turn that heat up high, cook em fast cuz I'm hungry!"

Nope.  Heat a generous blob of good olive oil on medium high heat, melt maybe a Tbsp of butter, wait until the oil shimmers and then dump the eggs & salt/pepper them well.  Wait a few seconds, do a fold, wait about the same amount of time, do another fold, maybe repeat 1-2 more times and remove.  Should take about 45 seconds max and they will be the greatest scrambled eggs in history.  Fast is not wrong, but you have to essentially fry them.

[TornACL 7722]

We're going to ruin this glorious leftover taco thread with another God damn exhausting scrambled egg debate. God damnit. 

[bigcigar 1165]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Nope.  Heat a generous blob of good olive oil on medium high heat, melt maybe a Tbsp of butter, wait until the oil shimmers and then dump the eggs & salt/pepper them well.  Wait a few seconds, do a fold, wait about the same amount of time, do another fold, maybe repeat 1-2 more times and remove.  Should take about 45 seconds max and they will be the greatest scrambled eggs in history.  Fast is not wrong, but you have to essentially fry them.

This?

https://youtu.be/PUP7U5vTMM0

[jimmyjazz 46141]

23 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

This?

https://youtu.be/PUP7U5vTMM0

Well, I'm sure those eggs taste great, but no, that's nothing like what I posted.  

[bigcigar 1165]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, I'm sure those eggs taste great, but no, that's nothing like what I posted.  

Oh, I thought you said greatest scrambled eggs in history.

not really. I tried Gordon Ramsay’s way once and it was too much of a pain in the ass to be worth it.

Edited August 23, 2020 by bigcigar

[jimmyjazz 46141]

It's quite literally the easiest way to cook eggs, but OK.  Apparently some delicate leftover taco feathers are getting ruffled so I'll stop.

[RollLeft 5045]

I think it is less that it was learned late and more that it was just appreciated later.  I simply preferred the taste of eggs well done at a young age and never asked for anything different.  I remember sending back or just not eating runny, fried, or any non overcooked eggs. I only ate them if they were the consistency of an omelet.  A year or two back Wolfgang puck was making some eggs and I thought why not give it another go.  As with many other dishes, beside heat level, a few seconds can make all the difference.  That and simple seasoning.    

Edited August 23, 2020 by RollLeft

[RollLeft 5045]

4 hours ago, bigcigar said:

This?

https://youtu.be/PUP7U5vTMM0

No thanks.  I like eggs not whipped mush.

Edited August 23, 2020 by RollLeft

[RollLeft 5045]

6 hours ago, TornACL said:

We're going to ruin this glorious leftover taco thread with another God damn exhausting scrambled egg debate. God damnit. 

Moving on to the beans.  I personally can't stand under salted beans that is the worst.  Then second worst is overly spiced beans.  The color of the beans in OP's taco looks right to me.  A bit of pepper and not reddish due to over spicing.   Rice looks a bit off but taste may tell a different story.

Edited August 23, 2020 by RollLeft

[Focht Up 631]

On 8/21/2020 at 4:14 PM, Brisketexan said:

The day a man learns to cook his scrambled eggs over medium low heat, with lots of butter, is a life changing day.  Let curds form slowly, fold the eggs over gently so they cook through gently and slowly, and end up light and fluffy.  As opposed to the way most of us learned to cook -- "turn that heat up high, cook em fast cuz I'm hungry!"

This strategy also applies well to omelettes, imo.

[Anastasis 23484]

Y’all gonna fuck up a thread started with a picture of a brisket taco. 

[Incredulity 11683]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

Y’all gonna fuck up a thread started with a picture of a brisket taco. 

You new around here?

[Fudge Nuggets 19225]

If you aren’t seasoning your scrambled eggs with chili powder, well I suggest you start. Little pinch of cumin is also recommended. 

[jimmyjazz 46141]

I left this alone for awhile, but curiosity is getting the better of me:  since when did hybrid tortillas become a thing?  I rejected them out of hand when I first saw them on the shelves a few years back.  Is there any historical background or are they just what I figured, a stupid modern invention?

[irishtexan 11522]

This is kinda blasphemous, but I use the hybrid tortillas when I'm making chicken enchiladas. The taste is similar and you don't have to heat them up in oil first. When making cheese enchiladas I still use yellow corn tortillas.

[HenryJames 66179]

[billfromlaketravis 11524]

In these uncertain times, I find myself making plenty of tacos. HEB Bakery corn tortillas are pretty solid. The Taco Bell Fire Sauce also works pretty well.  
 

I usually use leftover grass fed ground beef, fry an egg, brown the tortilla, and top it with grilled onions and peppers. 

[Anastasis 23484]

2 hours ago, irishtexan said:

This is kinda blasphemous, but I use the hybrid tortillas when I'm making chicken enchiladas. The taste is similar and you don't have to heat them up in oil first. When making cheese enchiladas I still use yellow corn tortillas.

I use to subscribe to one of those meal delivery services (blue apron or hello fresh, I don't recall which one was the offender as we used both at different times).  Anyways, it was really easy when we were both working and some interesting meals showed up at the door step and got us out of the same meal routines.  Anyways, one time they sent us a enchilada recipe with flour tortillas and I cancelled them and never went back. 

[hornbri 1409]

Let me try to get this thread back on track. 

Here is some fish tacos (that is some HEB raw corn tortillas with some grouper):

 

 

And some lightly fried corn tortillas with beef, onions, cilantro, and Dona sauce: 

And some pastor tacos with Dona sauce. 

[TornACL 7722]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I left this alone for awhile, but curiosity is getting the better of me:  since when did hybrid tortillas become a thing?  I rejected them out of hand when I first saw them on the shelves a few years back.  Is there any historical background or are they just what I figured, a stupid modern invention?

Try them, and then see if you call them stupid. 

I went from "WTF IS THIS" to "HELL YES" in no time flat. 

[Steel Shank 9432]

I generally prefer hybrid tortillas just after laying pipe. Just something about the binary flavors in an immediate post-coital world that pleases me.

 

Also, homeslice up above needs to lighten the fuck up on the cilantro. Little goes a long way.

Edited August 24, 2020 by Steel Shank

[RollLeft 5045]

4 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

If you aren’t seasoning your scrambled eggs with chili powder, well I suggest you start. Little pinch of cumin is also recommended. 

🤮

[Doug E. Fresh 452]

On 8/22/2020 at 8:05 PM, bigcigar said:

This?

https://youtu.be/PUP7U5vTMM0

Done these many times - on their own, over toasted croissants, over toasted bread. Best scramble I've had.

[staboner 4988]

i like tacos

[RPM 26355]

13 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

homeslice up above needs to lighten the fuck up on the cilantro. Little goes a long way.

My thoughts exactly.