My wife and I like watching your videos and she's sleeping in for our anniversary so I quite literally get to "Babe wake up, New Net Shaquille just dropped"

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

sensational. happy anniversary. That reminds me.... mine's in 8 days and I still haven't picked out a gift or made plans!

@NonJohns

9 ай бұрын

good luck my mans :)

@adamresh9952

9 ай бұрын

@@internetshaquille How about a Barkley tortilla warmer?

@borisstanislav4560

6 ай бұрын

@@adamresh9952 Barkley does have great gifts for every occasion!

Finally, someone who understands Mexican food! Final tip: the 5/5 dry tortillas are not worth salvaging. Instead, you should spray them with some oil, sprinkle them with salt and bake them for 10min at 330°F. Now you've got easy, cheap, fresh tortilla chips you can use for snacks or chilaquiles. If you've got an air fryer, cover them with a steel rack so they don't curl up and fly around while cooking.

@EzraM5

9 ай бұрын

Oooooooohhh this might be a game changer for me... I was trying to find a way to do Tostadas so I didn't just add them to my grocery list, and I think this is just the way to do it!

@TheAmericanDeagle

9 ай бұрын

@@EzraM5 i highly recommed this, i prefer home-tostadas made from tortillas than pre-made ones

@user-io9hj9ip2d

9 ай бұрын

"Finally, someone who understands Mexican food!" -tells people to spray their corn tortillas with water LOL

@SilverHawk214

9 ай бұрын

Agreed, the only way to use 5/5 corn tortillas is with oil.

@fernandomoras9160

9 ай бұрын

@@user-io9hj9ip2d that's how you heat them up if they're too dry dude

Me: "Hey, those are the same corn tortillas I get at the supermercado!" NetShaq: "These will taste worse than any other tortilla shown today." Me: "Oh."

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

I'm sorry! Give homemade a try and see how different it is!

@pressxtojason

9 ай бұрын

I don't get the strangle hold terrible tortillas have on supermarkets. It's rare, but sometimes I see some smaller brands with wonderful tortillas but they're always way more expensive. I started lucking out because I subscribe to imperfect produce and they often have a brand of blue corn tortillas that are decently priced.

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

@@pressxtojason sometimes a food brand succeeds based on distribution, not quality :/

@cyanbolt6503

9 ай бұрын

​@@internetshaquilleWill do. The same supermercado has excellent flour tortillas from a local tortilleria though, so maybe I just need to look closer.

@scose

9 ай бұрын

Look for any preservative free tortilla, Diana's is a good brand

Infuriating that it's 2023 yet grocery stores still only carry garbage 10 inch tortillas that haven't changed in 20 years and you have to SEARCH for good ones

@colin661

9 ай бұрын

Not in Texas 😎

@donkeykong315

9 ай бұрын

MFs keep buying them, what are they supposed to do?

@kunaikai

9 ай бұрын

We have it good in California

@arthurcatrambone1982

9 ай бұрын

I think that's more of an issue of locally available goods. Here in Chicago we have a massive El Milagro factory that sends out tortillas fresh daily to supermarkets and also neighborhood tortillerias that you can go straight to the source.

@SylviaRustyFae

9 ай бұрын

​@@arthurcatrambone1982Yeah, youre def prty right there as i only noticed when i moved to the midwest how all the grocers back in Oregon were able to have an entire display dedicated to a gigantic variety of corn and flour tortillas of many sizes... Back where i lived in Oregon was in a city where the elementary was bilingual (english & spanish ofc) and the city just 10 mins north of that one was chockfull of businesses with only Spanish signs on them, not even tryin to appeal to English spkin only ppl cuz that place was very hvily Hispanic populated, with a lot of first generation immigrants and their kids, both in the 90s when i grew up and the 20s when i moved away. All those Hispanic ppl tho meant that we had some of the best bakeries and carnicerias and otherwise around almost any neighbourhood; while ofc they were the ones supplyin the bigger chains with those tortillas, but also the rly delish breads that are practically donuts but better in every way. Here in the midwest, theres like eight tortilla options and theyre all the same 10" flours save for that exact 5/5 dryness corn tortilla xD

French toast the corn tortilla

To be fair, dry ramen noodles with a sort of flavor packet sprinkled on it all crushed up is a very popular snack in Taiwan. It's also very delicious.

@Jydmd

9 ай бұрын

It was popular in Canada when I was in middle school.

@xxfloppypillowxx

9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure that they are popular per se here in Canada but I do know that when I was in school it wasn't uncommon for kids (myself included) to eat it like that and I still do that to this day, I do also eat them cooked it's a different experience. Crush up the bag before you open it, sprinkle the seasoning on it, hold the bag shut and shake it. Enjoy you have yourself these nice crunchy savoury snack. Although depending on the brand you probably only need about 1/2 of the pack of seasoning because they're extremely salty unless diluted in water.

@jeremyevans9629

9 ай бұрын

科學麵！

@huy1k995

9 ай бұрын

Here in Vietnam too. So good.

@metalpunk696

9 ай бұрын

That was super popular with my stoner friends lol

This is a pretty dramatic "oh, wait, I'M the asshole here" moment for me. Thank you for giving me this realization.

About 20 years ago, my two Mexican aunts (I’m half white and was raised by my white mom) and my cousins all got take out and I microwaved my tortillas with paper towels to steam them up. Both my aunts made fun of me and called me a gringo (not gringa…) and it really hurt my feelings. Thanks for the validation all these years later.

@TheAmericanDeagle

9 ай бұрын

oof, dont feel bad. Making tortillas seems to be a rite of passage among aunts, but that also means using the most painful and least practical method sometimes

@pressxtojason

9 ай бұрын

I kinda got the same shit from my family. I'm Mexican and so are my parents but at some point I realized their method of warming corn tortillas on the burner sucked ass so I microwaved mine in a towel and got endless amounts of shit about it from my family. I still do it this way and they're still over there using fire like cavemen to make the most fragile tacos known to man.

@PankoBreading

9 ай бұрын

"No mijita lo haces mal, así es más fácil" **Proceeds to do the task in the most inefficient and complicated way imaginable**

@asherdie

9 ай бұрын

Because a hot pan with oil is correct gringo. Microwave is crap.

@dinahlizett

6 ай бұрын

born and raised in mexico, I microwave the tortillas when I dont want to bother with the comal

It's to the point I ask non-Mexican restaurants if they heat up their tortillas. If they act confused, I avoid any tortilla dishes lol

@oshwaflz

9 ай бұрын

WHAT? as a fake Mexican working at a non mexican resturaunt, how do you NOT heat up tortillas as a god damn cook?!

@KvltKommando

9 ай бұрын

how many tortilla dishes do non-mexican restaurants have

@AndrewLawton16

9 ай бұрын

​@@KvltKommandothis person is most likely classifying any tex-mex restaurant as non-mexican

@Kihidokid

9 ай бұрын

And every time the servers are gonna get weirded out and hit you with the "let me ask the kitchen"

@droctogonapus1223

9 ай бұрын

​@@KvltKommandolots? there's a lot of restaurants that will have some form of taco on the menu.

I didn't know that I had to heat corn tortillas. I stumbled across heating the flour ones somehow along the way and they do taste better. I can't put into words how I'm glad that you helped a problem that I never would of realized existed!

@melaniebluck6549

9 ай бұрын

They're best fried

@lisahinton9682

9 ай бұрын

@serenityjoy1872 "... that I never *would have* known", or, ".. never *would've* known."

@malachyte_art

9 ай бұрын

I feel the same! I never even realized there was an issue to be solved, let alone a desire to solve it.

@asherdie

9 ай бұрын

Nobody ever reads the directions. Right on the package it tells you.

@borisstanislav4560

6 ай бұрын

as a Mexican chef seeing Jamie Oliver using a tortilla without heating it and calling it a taco instead of tortilla still gives me nightmares to this day.

You have no idea how valid I feel bc you showed off the tortilla steaming inside of a wet towel. My mom showed me that 16 years ago and every taco night has been fueled by microwaved store bought tortillas (or abuelitas misshapen fresh ones).

This has made corn tortillas so much better for me. I'm still a white boy buying the big bag of crappy grocery store tortillas, but oh my god is the microwave move a game changer. Thank you.

Watching this felt like unearthing a memory capsule in the back of my brain. I've seen so many of these techniques used at family dinners with the Mexican side of my family in the past, but I never really questioned why they did things in such a specific way. Seeing the cotton towels and the styrofoam was spot-on and really gave me a better understanding of those dinners and parties I spent much of my childhood attending worked. Not to mention it was great info for the next time I want to get myself some corn tortillas!

So I've been making your chicken tinga recipe, and one of the only problems I was having with it was this exact issue. I never eat tortillas much at all, so when I bought some corn tortillas, I was pretty disappointed by how dry and weird they were. I had no clue there was more prep involved, I treated it like sandwich bread where you just... use it! Thank you for this additional info.

@cafemiel7

9 ай бұрын

You ate the tortillas cold?

@malachyte_art

9 ай бұрын

That is what I'm saying, yeah@@cafemiel7

@emilytheimp

9 ай бұрын

You dont toast your sandwich bread?

@malachyte_art

9 ай бұрын

I do not toast my sandwich bread, correct. @@emilytheimp

@emilytheimp

9 ай бұрын

@@malachyte_art Thats alright. Enjoy your sandwich the way you prefer it ^^

I was blown away when you crumpled that tortilla and it just sprung back at 2:35 . I had no idea that they could be that springy! Clearly I've been doing flour tortillas wrong for a long time. Thank you so much for this information!

@KarlosMarkos

8 ай бұрын

These are corn tortillas, he should have also mentioned that white corn tortillas fall apart way easier than yellow corn tortilla.

Got my tortilla warmer yesterday, made dinner tonight & it worked great! Thank you Barkley!

I don't eat tortillas but I've always had trouble reheating refrigerated chapatis - your towel method worked so well! thank you!

I didn’t think I would watch a whole video on reheating tortillas, but this was so informative.

The steaming applies to hot dog buns as well. Wrap your weiner sleeve in a damp paper towel and nuke it for 20 seconds depending on your individual microwave. You get a pillowy soft bun that transports you right back to your favorite ballpark. Now you’re able to serve yards of delicious meat tube every time, but remember to practice safe grilling and use condiments.

This video changed my life! I grew up in a border city and we could get fresh tortillas literally anywhere. I moved to South Carolina for work a few years ago and had given up on corn tortillas cuz I could never heat them properly. I had no idea you had to heat store bought ones differently than fresh made ones. Tyvm.

I never knew to do this, so thank you! I have celiac disease and can't have regular flour tortillas and have been complaining about corn tortillas falling apart for forever 😂 This has saved me hahaha

as a long time fan, one of your best videos yet. clear, concise, and practical

I absolutely would NOT spoon uncooked cake mix into my mouth. Promise 🤞

Just bought the fabric warmer, i'm so excited!

Thank you so much! This is the video I was looking for. Very organized and showed different methods.

you saying barkley put such a huge smile in my face. so incredibly happy for you bro.

First video I’ve seen from you, but you saved tonight’s dinner that’s a EZ sub 😂

Easier than a wet towel is putting tortillas between two plates, the top one upside down. Sprinkle on some water and microwave; it creates a small steam chamber between the plates. This works for everything you want to steam or reheat and should be the default method for reheating anything in the microwave.

All google has ever told me was that I needed to warm them in a skillet. It never worked, but today I have stumbled across your video, O Wise One, and you have changed my destiny! (Possibly, we'll find out the next time I use corn tortillas ig.)

Excellent video! I'll go make some fajitas now with some steamed corn tortillas! Thank you.

I genuinely didn’t know this about corn tortillas. Thanks!

10/10 info. Will likely be buying one of those warmers.

Store corn tortillas work just fine for me, I double them up and pan fry in a decent amount of oil until slightly crispy then stack them up to steam up a bit. I always get compliments on my street style tacos with this method

@dactorwatson4313

3 ай бұрын

This is what my mom does. Looks like she was right again (as usual)

We dont even have the 5/5 tortillas here, the only corn ones are the super crispy taco shells

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

surely you're joking

@goonbag803

9 ай бұрын

welcome to continental europe

@canuevenxx5957

9 ай бұрын

european hellhole

@BinarySecond

9 ай бұрын

Soak them anyway!

@BobbyHill26

9 ай бұрын

Soft corn tortillas are a fairly new thing in my area as well. They aren’t great, but they are decent

I’ve always used a little oil to reheat tortillas if I don’t want them dry but adds extra calories. I love these water hacks and will try them now!

my condolences to anybody who knows someone who eats tortillas without steaming them

You blew my mind, making those factory tortillas pliable. That particular brand is the only corn option my supermarket has, and i always feel bad serving them as the gluten-free tortilla when i have friends over for taco night.

Thank you for this video. Sounds straight forward when you here it and im surprised I did not know this before.

i fear that the insulated tortilla warmer plug worked..... i bought it and am very excited

Bro, I made the flour tortillas from your video for the first time last night and I was eating the leftovers when I found this video! I'll keep this info in mind for when I inevitably make your corn tortillas!

This video is brilliant. Everything about it. Subbed.

I literally got a tortilla press bc this hot guy from the internet told me. And he was right they’re so so much better than store bought

toasting factory corn tortillas over an open flame also works. it doesn't make it soft and pliable but rather crisps it up a touch to give it a bit of crunch. and tastes good.

@chinii_eej

9 ай бұрын

Grill Corn tortillas with queso fresco and carne asada is the best

Great explanation, thanks for sharing. 😊

My favorite way to make them is to deep fry them in a pan for a couple minutes. Excellent for taco shells. They get a crunch, but are still flexible

Very informative! Got a good video on some classic taco fillings? I enjoyed making the Chicken Tinga, which worked pretty well.

I can't believe I just learned this wth. Thanks.and congratulations ❤

Thank you for sharing advanced tortilla science shaq

I like frying my corn tortillas in oil and building the taco in the pan, frying it on both sides. the cheese melts perfectly and the tortilla is a combination of crunchy and chewy. so good

Last comment, I've had my warmer for a month or so & its held up great! I microwave the tortillas, so for the water I barely wet my hand & just flick some into the holder. 15-20 tortillas will stay warm for 40 mins even with the frequent opening. 5/5

I’d love if you could drop a ponche / atole / horchata / gorditas / tamales / pozole tut .. also recently i tried en la calle’s tepache which i didn’t know existed and it’s practically the most delicious refreshing thing. porfis try! ty fr posting :>

I bought two packs of vacuum sealed corn tortillas and warmed them in the microwave, as per instructions - they crumbled like nothing and just weren't...nice. gonna try this tip next time!

You can find a plastic in-between Styrofoam and clay price option in most Indian grocery stores that's made to hold rotis. Same problem though, you need to put a cloth towel in there to absorb the steam.

a steamer basket seems like the perfect application for this, it could keep way more than a single serving of tortilla's warm and pliable depending on the basket and it would be way easier to reheat since it serves as both a warmer and a reheater.

I prefer the flash fried corn tortillas for ground beef, chorizo, and/or bean tacos and also enchiladas. I like the spritz method for the street tacos. Great vid.

Hey, thats good to know! I love corn tortillas but they come in such huge packages I often end up with a half a pack that could probably be ground up and turned back into corn flour. 😂 If I dont give up and throw them away i usually make a casserole with them. Nice to know I have a few other options.

@KainYusanagi

9 ай бұрын

add a bit of oil to a pan and fry those hard ones to a nice tortilla chip!

Internet Shaquille needs to team up with Internet Kobe for an episode (Internet Kobe is like 5 years old but is also a chef)

Lol, I've been getting store store tortillas and just toasting them dry on a pan, and even doing just that theyre very tasty and dont fall apart when I make tacos with them, but you're right- boy howdy are they dry 😅 I'll have to start adding some moisture when I'm toasting them for some steaminess

When I moved into my new place I bought a bunch of corn tortillas, but I didn't have a microwave or a nonstick skillet to heat them up in. I tried using a stainless steel pan but it just stuck and made a mess, lol. I bought some cheap non-stick cookware and was so happy to finally be able to eat them, lol.

ngl that crumble test at 2:30 has strong your tortilla vs turboflex tortilla vibes

when i was a kid my dads girlfriends kids would eat raw crunchy ramen noodles with the seasoning pack sprinkled over. so i dont have to imagine that one

I usually need to double up factory made corn tortillas, so the strategy I use for cooking to double stack them in the pan. The top tortilla locks in air moisture which steams the insides which makes them pliable, while also leaving a crispy outside.

Argh. I just threw out a bag that I now know I could have rehydrated. Thx! I don’t like the smell of the dough conditioners in commercial flour tortillas though, so I buy corn.

I've been doing this for a long time, since the moment I realized reheating torillas made them so much better. I use "worst case" store bought tortillas, and typically use an oven to heat them back up. Basically I turn on the oven to the default 350F, and after a little bit (the oven isn't really fully getting to temperature, doesn't need to be precise) I put up to 8 of them on a pan and stick them in. I wait a few minutes for the texture to start to change, and flip them over for another few minutes. Otherwise the bottom becomes too wet from the moisture they release. When I take them out of the oven I flip them again, and I'm all set.

@annalynn9325

9 ай бұрын

good tip... i don’t have a microwave (no room)

some solid fixes for dry tortillas. nice!

I'm definitely getting that tortilla warmer. I might also get that soap holder, the definitely seems worth the price imo. Family members are always fucking knocking the sponge into the sink where it just gets to sit moist and then they wonder why they get stinky so fast -_-

I am going to make your chicken tinga today, and eat it with warm pliable tortillas! Perfect timing!

Thank you. lol my leftover tacos will now be just as good as before

My wife's family has always used the microwave method for heating many tortillas at the time and their tacos are to die for!

We don’t have a microwave rn, waiting for the kitchen remodel to get a nice one like bet shaq, but we wrap those ‘tillas in foil and steam ‘em up in the oven

Mad respect for using a Yiddish term for the extreme case.

Thank you for the information. Cheers.

Sadly, here in Germany acces to authentic mexican ingredients or even a simple corn tortilla is basically non-existent. Actually I don't think I have ever seen corn tortillas sold in Germany.

@pressxtojason

9 ай бұрын

If you're down, I think you can order masa online. Corn tortillas are super easy to make

@vanTersec

9 ай бұрын

Yep, my brother moved to South Germany for 3 years and he basically ran a small tortilla business doing them at home. Takes practice but it is not more difficult that making brownies

@AlexLPs99

9 ай бұрын

In some Edekas you can find them in the refrigerated snack aisle, but it’s a once in a blue moon experience for sure! And also I live in Hamburg, might be worse or better elsewhere 😅

@rohitmisra.44

4 ай бұрын

I buy it from Edeka Simmel in Munich. 100% corn. The real deal.

Mind blown 🤯 Thank you!

I really need to try your freshly made tortilla video. I had tried corn tortillas from the shop before and even reheating them well but for some reason I get a funky almost chemical taste off of them. Being in a place with few mexican people doesn't help I imagine.

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

that chemical flavor drives me nuts. it's SO strange

Holy shit that fabric tortilla holder just changed my life My lazy Guatemalan parents buy the cheap tortillas and put them in the toaster 😂

I’ve been tosing the the store bought corn tortillas in a fry pan and I thought they tasted great

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

The taste won’t be improved by adding water to the mix, but it WILL get you into crumplable territory

Thank you for sharing !!

I use the 5's for mini enchiladas, the olds are way cheaper, just soaked in the sauce to make flexible

Wow what a great video. How would you heat homemade frozen corn tortillas? I've been making my corn tortillas on Monday for use throughout the week, so I've been freezing them after pressing them. When I heat them directly on a hot cast iron, they crack and crumble. Any advise on how I should heat frozen ones?

Despite my family not using water that much, instead just opting just for the camal, they still come out relatively still pliable once we’ve let them sit. I suppose it’s mostly since when we have them sit in the towel they almost are steamed. Though I’ll have to give this a try, maybe compare water/no water on the camal.

great instructions. Thank you! Can anybody tell me how to defrost corn tortillas properly?

You sold me on that tortilla warming bag 😮

Excellent video, but it will not stop me from eating cold, dry tortillas at 3 AM.

I have never damped my tortillas store-bought or not just a very hot comal and steam them in a towel after heating them up

There used to be a tortilla shop neare that had fresh corn tortillas daily, and fresh in house made salsa. I miss it, it sadly died, but God the chilaquiles were ripping during that age

Internet Shaquille back at it with another banger! 😮

Ngl, you really had me a while. You're a wonderfull marketeer!

That microwave timer knob is out of this world…

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

+30sec plus knob equals best microwave UI ever

Thank you!

I desperately needed this.

Since the holidays are coming up could you do a video on reheating tamales? They’re a tricky beast.

@internetshaquille

9 ай бұрын

I feel you on that one honestly. I can never bring them to their full original glory

i think the softening of flour tortillas is more about starch retrogradation, i see the hardening and softening again with heat with flatbread made with no fat

Make your own with Organic Masa from Bob's Red Mill or King Arthur. We cook our's on a Breville Smart Grill it is so easy. We alternate our daily lunch between corn and wheat freshly made tortillas.

I like my tacos with slightly crispy corn tortillas. I usually try to fry store bought ones up in the pan a bit with oil, but I get pretty inconsistent results. Any recommendations?

jokes on you, I DO spoon boxed cake mix into my mouth

congrats on your first new born!

It's y'boy still watching the Factor portion of this vid, but muted and typing out this comment. I am one of those people who, _after_ he finds and makes a good recipe the first time, will go back and read that 6-page essay that foodies type up before they cough up the actual recipe. They hide little stuff like this up intermixed with stories of how their aunt was their _real_ mom and showing them the _real_ way to make panna cotta. Learned this in one of those essays, and we love Auntie Carol, done we? Glad you're blasting it out to the world. You bae

Those Guerrero tortillas are pretty good for frying or dipping them inside a consume from a birria pot. Using fat to “hydrate” the tortilla instead of steaming/ using water. It also gives color and such a depth of flavor of the meat translated into a tortilla for a taco. Birria is what’s using used for dipping the tortilla in the fat but honestly you can do it with most meats. Chicken might be the hardest but as long as you have a little bit of fat you’ll be fine.

Bro which Nonstick Double Burner Griddle do you recommend to get?