fantomlord
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looks fantastic! care to share details on the tortillas?
I'm a big fan of El Pollo Loco unfortunately my "Better Half" does not share my enthusiasm. I do believe you nailed it Sako.
Would you please stop making me hungry Sako.
looks fantastic! care to share details on the tortillas?
That looks fantastic, brother! I'm looking forward to trying this; do you think you'll be posting your revised marinade? I've never been to El Pollo Loco, but if it's good enough for you to hack, I'm in!
Thanks fantom!
I hot hooked on these tortillas when I was visiting my bro in New Orleans and he made some carnitas tacos with cassava flour tortillas. He's got ulcerative colitis and one of the many things he can't have is carbs so he's beeing using cassava (Yuca) flour.
I've grown to really liking the way they taste and great substitute for regular tortillas. You eat a ton and you don't get bloated since it's sort of root vegetable flour.
Here's what I bought off of Amazon but apparently there are better ones out there. I guess the key for great cassava flour is no grittiness.
Still playing around but this is the recipe I used:
2 to 2.5 cups cassava flour
About 1tsp salt
1tsp baking soda
1 cup coconut milk (in a can)
1/4 cup oil, melter butter or ghee
1/2 to 1 cup water
Now I mostly eyeballed since cassava flours differ and some require more hydration than others. Basically you're looking for pliable, ice cream-ish consistency.
Hope this pic helps
yep -- great info, especially with the pic! We use cassava flour quite a bit here (our kids our gluten free) -- it makes an awesome gravy, and does well for breading and frying (dredge, rest 10 mins or so, dredge right before frying).
I really like the Otto's brand cassava flour -- haven't tried the brand you're using yet.
Those are some Tastee lookin vittles.Have you ever used Sazon? It will give the meat that unique color also.
not sure about other areas of the country, but here is AZ and northern Mexico, the green salsa at most taco and pollo stands is tomatillo based, not avacado.
Thanks! Give it a shot. Try and get a chicken meal to get the real taste.