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Baked Taco Shell

2012 January 7
by admin

My husband wrote a song once called “My Night Off.”

It is about being a musician or a waitress or whatever and going into a bar or a music  scene and NOT being the one performing or waiting tables.

Taco night used to be my night off.  Husband would do the chopping (which is mainly what tacos consist of around here, chopped lettuce, scallions, tomatoes, shredded cheese) and I’d waltz in just in time to heat up boxed taco shells for dinner.

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But now that I’ve started making these baked taco shells I am definitely back on duty for dinner on taco night.  I use a really nifty taco rack but I’ve read that you can achieve the same affects by draping corn tortillas between the bars of your oven rack.

 
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You can make these in advance and then reheat them as a batch by placing them in a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes.

Baked Taco Shells

Ingredients

6″ corn tortillas
cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Microwave 6 tortillas on a plate for 30 seconds or until they are soft and pliable.
  2. Lightly mist each side with cooking spray and drape over taco rack.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
  4. Allow to cool before filling with taco ingredients.

Preparation time: 30 minute(s)

Cooking time: 7 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 3

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from → Mexican/Hispanic/Latin, vegan(izable)

  • http://www.carascravings.com Cara

    I make these just using my oven rack too :) Love it!

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  • Kate

    I made these for dinner tonight! Mine didn’t come out very crispy, but still pleasant and better than the boxed ones. I made them on my oven rack.

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