Tacos de Guisado
Braised Filling Tacos
A double layer of tortillas cushions a bed of red rice and your choice of saucy guisado — from picadillo to rajas con crema — so the filling stays put instead of soaking through.
Tacos de Guisado
✦ Antes de Empezar
Before you cook
Why stack two tortillas per taco?
Doubling the tortillas keeps the taco from tearing under a saucy guisado like picadillo or rajas con crema. The bed of red rice underneath does the rest of the work, absorbing excess sauce so the filling stays put instead of soaking through.
Ingredientes· 10View
Rajas Filling
- 4 largePoblano Peppersroasted, peeled, sliced into strips
- 1 largeWhite Onionsliced into thin half-moons
- 3 clovesGarlicminced
- 1 cupSweet Corn Kernelsfresh or canned
- 1 cupMexican Crema or Sour Cream
- 1/2 cupQueso Fresco or Panelacrumbled
- 1 tbspVegetable Oil or Butter
- to tasteSalt
Assembly
- as neededCorn Tortillas
- 2 cupsMexican Red Rice (Arroz Rojo)warm, cooked
Instrucciones
5 pasosCalienta los guisados
Keep the guisados hot
Keep each guisado hot and thick enough to spoon without flooding the tortilla.
Calienta las tortillas
Warm the tortillas
Warm the tortillas and stack two per taco.
Agrega el arroz
Add the rice
Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of red rice to the center — the rice absorbs excess sauce and supports the filling.
Agrega el guisado
Add the guisado
Spoon one guisado over the rice.
Sirve
Serve
Garnish only as appropriate for that stew, and serve immediately.
Authentic Culinary Gear for this Recipe
Heritage Mexican cooking relies on dedicated craft tools to develop authentic blisters, toasts, and emulsified textures.
10.5" Heavy Cast Iron Comal
Distributes high, dry radiant heat for charring poblanos, toasting chiles, and warming tortillas.
Cast Iron Tortilla Press (8")
Heavy calibrated leverage to press fresh heirloom masa dough into thin, supple rounds with zero sticking.
Heirloom Masa & Dried Chiles
Single-origin Mexican dried chiles (Ancho, Guajillo, Pasilla) and heirloom nixtamalized corn masa.
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