Kitchen Tip of the Week!
This tip came to be by accident actually, but don't let that fool you, it's fantastic nonetheless.
On an ordinary "taco night" at home, I found myself trying very hard not to burn myself as I opened the oven to flip the shells I had placed on one side. Obviously, if I didn't flip them, there would be burn marks on one side of the shell, so I frantically stuck my arm in and began turning each shell one by one. After doing one row, my arm was hot and tired. I was hurrying myself to finish when of course, I knocked a few shells into another and there went everything! Some crashed into the rack below and shattered into pieces, but one had managed to flip over and hang itself on the rack! It looked odd but I thought it was worth a try. I flipped them all that way and had the crispiest taco shells, with absolutely no burn marks anywhere. Getting them out was faster and easier than before. Needless to say, it changed the way I make tacos.
Here's a quick and easy way to heat store-bought hard taco shells.
* Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
* Place each taco shell upside down on the oven rack (think of a clothes liner). One rail per taco shell, hanging with the widest part of the taco shell facing downwards.
In 5 minutes, not only will the taco shells heat evenly, but it they'll be easy to remove one by one without cracking!
