Flour Taco Shells

Flour Tortilla Shells

I make ground turkey tacos with my own taco seasoning.  Daiya dairy-free "cheese" is the cheese pictured on the tacos.  Most store-bought corn shells are already gluten-free, but you have to watch the labels.  Some corn shells and tortilla chips do contain wheat.  I had to make my own shells because we like to eat turkey tacos two or three times a week, but my husband and daughter can do corn only in extreme moderation and most pre-packaged shells and tortilla chips are fried in a soy-based vegetable oil that neither of them can tolerate.   So I had to come up with my own recipe.  I have folded them into taco shells and also prepared them flat and cut them up into chips with a little sea salt.  Now we can have tacos or nachos as often as we like!   

Use gf mixture – 1 1/2 c sorghum, 1 1/2c potato starch  and 1 c tapioca starch.  Mix in a plastic bag.

1 1/4 c  gf flour mixture

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

1 Tablespoon canola oil

1/2 cup of cold water (pour slowly may not need it all) 

I combine the ingredients with my hands.

When all combined run a finger over it and it should look like this.  

1) Make a golf ball size ball.

2)Press down on the ball and flatten out into a circular shape on an oiled piece of foil and then turn over on hot griddle at 400 degrees. (The foil wasn't my idea.  I got that off the internet somewhere,  Wish it was:)

3) It should hang freely from the foil when you pick it up after 1-2 minutes on the griddle.

4)  If not, use a spatula to help loosen it.

My hubby likes hard shells so I just leave on griddle until it is hard.

It is very soft for making wraps or burritos.

See how flexible it is?  Yum!!!

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Seasoning Salt

The long awaited seasoning salt is now here!!!!  Now many of you can try my fried chicken.  Most of the brands you find have cornstarch or some corn derivative in them.  It took a long time to get the salt to seasoning ratio to work.  Many have enjoyed this seasoning on my fried chicken.  I put it on almost all the meat that I cook.  My husband even uses this as a base for his dry rub for ribs.  It is very similar to Lawry's Seasoning Salt but without the corn derivatives and anti-caking ingredients that proved harmful to my daughter and husband. 

1)  Use a wide mouth sprinkling jar or a ziplock bag.

2) Place the following ingredients in a wide mouth jar.

3)   2 ½ Tablespoon sea salt (Hain's brand)

      1 Tablespoon paprika

      1/8 teaspoon celery salt

      2 teaspoon garlic powder

      1 teaspoon onion powder

      ½ teaspoon turmenic

      small pinch of cayenne

I use this kind of glass jar.  I make a lot and store it in this easy to sprinkle jar.

Enjoy in any meal that calls for seasoning salt.

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