Make Tortillas Like a Mexican Grandma (The Easy Way)

Warm water (maybe around 100-120F) and let it rest at least 20 minutes instead of 10 is what I was taught by my parents. The texture difference is subtle, but people that eat tortillas every single day (a lot of Mexicans lol) will notice!

I can vouch for the press. I have made flour tortillas for a few years now, always hand rolling which gets very old and takes time away from other critical prep like fajitas, quesa birria tocos, etc. Game changer and much easier with a good press. I bought a stainless press since it afforded thinner flour tortillas. I have wanted to try corn since the flour demolishes store bought cardboard and many restaurants, so we will see if these are better too... I also have a Blackstone, so it makes cooking them easy, including 16" flout tortillas I make for cheese crisps.

Is Maseca non GMO?

Great video!!

The other day while making tortillas, I noticed I'd left my pizza steel sitting across two of my gas burners. I decided to give it a try... Absolute game changer. If you own a pizza steel, do not sleep on its tortilla potential!!

I make great tortillas.
Step 1. Scoop up two pounds of dried bent corn off of the stoop.
Step 2. Give to wife.
Done!

La Chancla is always looming...

There we go, 1 puffed up! That was slightly thicker. Maybe I was going too thin. Used more water with 2 heaping tablespoons of flour hoping easier to work with. Not sticky. Trying just set this time and fry in a little oil for Nachos see if it soaks less oil that way.

Took a few times. Think I almost got it now. I like the fact that if doing it fast, don't have to be careful and cook in the right oil so it turns out like Tostitos. The flavor comes right out. So like Nachos. Either way good. Just have to be careful they can soak up oil easily.

water first then add the flour, not the other way around, 1/2 of the needed masa by weight 60C water with a pinch of salt then slowly add flour until right, use reusable kevlar baking sheets for the press, the pan should be hot enough that water freely beads and dances on the surface, lay it slowly on the pan, 30 seconds first, flip 1 minute, flip again for 1 minute, after the last flip press it a bit and it will puff up. I found using a container to steam them leads to brittle tortillas that will fall apart once loaded, just put them on a wire wrack to cool, enjoy

I made a batch of tortillas for the first time this evening and they were so so good! Thank you for the inspiration and guidance :)

I had to click on this video becuse your dragged in a Mexican Grandma!

Our toilet broke so our water was turned off. I used chicken broth and the tortillas came out amazing!

JCPenney also has tortilla presses on sale right now- cast iron, just to say- $20!

Masterclass!!!

Water should warm, not hot

Should have watched first. My first one was chips. I realized by the end of my first attempts that it's like making a grill cheese but with oil. Light oil right temp. Different tortilla than the hard tacos. Good, almost has that white Tostito's taste. A good alternative authentic taste.

Thank you for the tips. I made my first batch this week, and they were pretty good!

Great explanation with useful tips. This is the best demonstration I've seen.

I use 2 round reusable baking sheets for the tortilla-press and! transfer it to the pan! I can remouve it after 10 sec. So the dough must not necessaryly be perfect (ore sticky).

"split in TWAIN" 😂😂😂😂😂
You're a poet, aren't ya???

The best part about this video is not hearing a severely forced hispanic accent the entire time.

Water temp? I tried again this morning... 0 for 5, total nightmare.

Thanks for showing what too little and too much moisture looks like

These were wonderful tips. They were the best ones I've made yet. Thank you!!

You have angered the ancestors talking about tortilla presses!

How hot should the pan be? No one except for Billy Parisi has mentioned how hot the pan should be and he said a “little more than medium high” heat.

You can put the cast iron press right on a gas stove and press and cook right in the cast iron press

WHY? Does everyone use a $20 press? I can buy about $300 worth of Corn Tortillas at Wall mart for JUST that price? I'm willing to hand roll them at a 1000th of the price less? :( This is frustrating, searching for homemade Corn Tortillas.

Got a question, Is this corn flour GM free?

Having a spray bottle with clean water is one of my favorite cooking hacks. Keep it in your fridge and use it to revitalize and rebalance things while cooking. You only touched on this secret during this video, but hopefully others will get enough from it to play with this idea and realize its power for themselves

It was very interesting to watch, even though I've been on the internet for years. Tortillas for the win!

One of the highlights of my culinary career was when I started out my chef was Mexican. He had one of his family members, I believe it was his Tia Christina come in for an event with her tortilla press. She taught me how to make tortillas. It was a very cool experience to have a genuine Mexican Tia show me with such great patience. I learned a lot working there. Country clubs are great places to learn for anybody who is thinking about cooking. It's a tough environment, but you're well paid. And they know what they're talking about. You'll learn a lot. But yeah, it was very cool.

Nombre, llevo medio año y seis kilos haciendo tortillas en el extranjero y lo que me faltaba era usar agua caliente! A ver si ahora sisí se me inflan pa que mi novia ya me de el anillo <3

Let's not use masa harina...do it from scratch, use DRIED YELLOW, BLUE, or White corn kernels .

@internetshaquille Aha ! I see that you’re using a FRY’s plastic grocery bag in that press. That gives away your location as: ARIZONA 😂😂😂❤

nuke a corn tortilla and it's soft in 5 seconds.

dont let abuelita see you add wheat flour
or else you'll get the chancla

I want to roast you for not using you fingers to flip your tortilla!😂

Excellent video!

Best Instructions I've ever heard on homemade Corn Tortillas, Great Job !

I am a old Mexican woman, I love corn tortillas from Walmart, is the only way I will have them.

4:53 oh SNAP, the side panels are insane!

Thank you for teaching me to make corn tortillas. Our car is out of commission leading up to The Big Storm and we weren’t able to get any bread or half-and-half before the shelves were cleared out. But I still have 2/3 of a bag of masa so this weekend will be showtime for my new skill.