Five Fiesta Favorites to Spice Up your Taco Night
Whether feeding a crowd or a family of four, it is essential to have the right tools in your kitchen to host the ultimate fiesta. These five Nordic Ware kitchen essentials will make busy weekday Taco Tuesdays, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and fiestas with all your friends easier than ever before.
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One Pan to Heat Them All
Whether you are making your tortillas from scratch or buying them from the store, it is so important to heat up your tortillas. For tacos, quesadillas, or enchiladas, heating helps prevent them from breaking and it makes them savory and delicious. In traditional Central and South American culture, they would use what is called a “Comal”, or a smooth and flat griddle, to heat up tortillas. The perfect upgrade to this traditional griddle is the Traditional French Steel Crepe Pan. With its wide and flat base, it fits all sizes of tortillas and heats them evenly throughout and the addition of the PFAS free non-stick coating helps with an easy clean release.
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To Keep Tortillas Warm While You Are Cooking
The most important piece for building the perfect soft-shell taco is having a warm and soft tortilla to pile all your topping on. To check if your taco shell is pliable enough to support your taco, you can perform the “crumple test” by crumpling the tortilla in your fist like a piece of paper then releasing it onto a flat surface. If the tortilla returns to its original shape with no cracks or breaks, it passes the test, but if it breaks, it may need to be steamed a bit longer after heating.
To make sure that all your tortillas pass the crumple test, add them to the Tortilla & Pancake Warmer after cooking to keep them warm and pliable. With capacity to fit more than a dozen tortillas of any size, the tortilla warmer is perfect for keeping enough tortillas warm for the whole fiesta! We recommend using a tea towel or damp paper towel to keep the warmer tortillas in and place inside the warmer with the lid on top. This ensures they continue to steam! The warmer is also microwave safe to easily reheat tortillas if preferred and even pancakes.
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Three Ways to Make Tortilla Bowls
Can’t decide between savory or sweet taco bowls? Why not both! It’s so easy to customize the perfect bowl for you with the Tortilla Bowl Maker that fits all sizes and flavors of tortillas. Bake a large flour tortilla to make a filling taco salad, grill up multiple small corn tortilla for classic taco bowls for ultimate customization or add some cinnamon sugar to a crispy gluten free tortilla to create a fun ice cream bowl with all your favorite toppings! The combinations are unlimited, and the edible bowl eliminates extra dishes to clean! Our Tortilla Bowl Maker is grill and oven-safe.
Get inspired to create your custom bowl with these three easy recipes or watch our how to video:
Southwest Sweet Potato Tortilla Salad Bowls
Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Ice Cream Bowls
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For Serving Your Tacos in Style
Nothing is more frustrating than creating the most amazing taco with all the best fillings and watching them fall and spill the moment you pick up your plate. You can easily avoid this mistake and serve your tacos in style like restaurants do using the Stainless-Steel Taco Grilling Rack. It easily fits your soft- or hard-shell tacos keeping your fillings in place, and the stainless-steel design can withstand the heat of the oven or grill to keep your tacos warm until they are ready to be served. Best of all, the festive cactus design can be branded into the side of your soft-shell taco from the heat of your grill which adds the perfect touch to your taco celebration. Check out this easy fish taco recipe that can be assembled and served in the Taco Grilling Rack!
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Five Alarm Jalapeno Heat
Summertime is the perfect time to soak in some sunshine, and nothing relieves the sun’s heat like a little jalapeno spice! To create the best jalapenos to add to your tacos to turn up the heat, we have made the perfect Jalapeno Roaster to grill or bake up to 18 jalapenos at a time (as well as chicken legs!). If you are looking for an easy side to add to your fiesta, the jalapeno pan’s upright design makes it easy to add your favorite fillings to your jalapenos such as cheese, bacon bit, or diced onions like in our recipe here.
