I have lived in San Antonio all my adult life, and all my adult life I have been looking for someone who knew how to make these. Today I found her. I'm so happy. 👍
Rachel not only that your such an excellent homemade chef , you are also concerned about safety... that is sooooo sweet and wonderful to know. Thank you Rachel for caring so.
Rachel, this is going to be my next project, oh yes, I’m Steve from Three Rivers Tx we are 71 years young, and do really love all your videos, the lady I have been friends with for years can cook this good, but says it’s to much work, an she is Hispanic, and has kinda give up on life, she has lost her sister and her brother, their in heaven, with Jesus, I love these people, and, I’m hoping to rekindle her spirit for the love of life with your help in the kitchen… Thanks Steve
Aw, thank you so much for your comment Steve, I hope your lady friend feels better, it's very nice of you to help. Thank yiu for your support of my channel my friend, enjoy. 👍❤️
These look delicious Rachel. I love your videos. I feel like I'm right there with you. You have such a gift to teach. I am looking forward to trying these. 😋 I've made your peach cobbler with my mother last year. We loved it. Thank you for making everything look so enjoyable and simple. I love your kindness too and all your tips above the way, including safety. You're a gem. Take care, Sandy 🍅🫑🥬🥑🌮
Steve! Bless your heart my friend, we’re the same age, prayers for your lady friend, every day is a gift! I’ve survived 2 heart attacks & heart surgery & my Lord has my ole crippled self rejoicing with gratefulness & Thankfulness I’m still here! Maybe you can cook for her! 👍👋🥰❤️🙏🤗
Hello Rachel and Ron. I'm from Stockton California I'm 16 years old and my name is Jorge. My brothers and I live with my grandpa who is a math and science teacher. Our mother was a good cook like you and made meals from scratch before she died. Watching your cooking videos we really make our own flour and corn tortillas and the flour tortillas are amazing. We make them thicker. Most of the time grandpa let's our friends eat over so we have to Increase the ingredients using math to determine how much more we need to add to your recipes. Grandpa makes everything we do a learning lesson where we have to use math for portion, Good English for description and even discussions on the history of food we are preparing. It really helps us learn to use our brain to know-how much more we need to add to feed extra people. I want you to know my 3 brothers and 8 kids we go to school with on our street all got A's on math and most our subjects. Our friends mother makes videos for a living and she has filmed us cooking your puffy tacos for 13 kids and 3 adults using basic algebra to calculate how much extra to add to your recipes. She is going to share this with the news channel here so they can see how the kids on our street do homework. We made sure to let them know all about both you Rachel and Ron and how you make videos from your home to teach people how to cook. We owe good eating and good grades in school to your videos because you give approximate portions that can be adjusted mathematically to feed extra kids. This is my grandpa Rick's email I am writing this to you who is your big fan. Thank you both for teaching our family and friends to cook amazing food. We joke a lot and say your RU-vid channel saved us from fast food poisoning. Sincerely Jorge Rivera
Dear Jorge, thank you so much for sharing, wow!! I am so impressed with what is going on with you, your brothers and friends in your neighborhood, your grandpa is amazing to be so dedicated to you and your brothers and friends. You are going to have these beautiful memories stay in your heart forever and that is so wonderful...it would be great if all neighborhoods were like yours. I am so proud to know that I could do something to help, and the fact that you all have A's is impressive. Math was my worst subject, I was always so afraid of it, and still am, I guess it's because I didn't learn the basics well so everything just got harder... Your grandpa is so dedicated to you all, and that is a blessing. Thank you for sharing my channel with your friends mom, ( i bet it was fun being filmed while making the puffy tacos). I am so proud of you Jorge, you sound like a wonderful young man, please stay in touch with me, I enjoyed your happy comment and again thank you for sharing all that is going on my friend. Blessings to you and your family, Merry Christmas from my Ron and I. ❤
Rachel, we would like to send you 3 of the videos we had made cooking tortillas, puffy tacos and our Thanksgiving turkey dinner. For Thanksgiving we had to increase portions for 18 extra people plus enough for everyone to take food home. It was amazing. Mr brother said we can email the videos on Wednesday.
What a beautiful story Jorge! I live somewhat close to you by the San Francisco airport. Your story touched me very deeply. Your mother would be so proud of you. I hope you never lose your joy of cooking or your love of math. You have an amazing grandfather May he be blessed with health and may your family and friends as well. What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing with Rachel and her community.
Hi Jorge, I loved your story. What a wonderful man your grandfather must be. I also live in Nor Cal , about 45 minutes from Stockton in Antioch. Small world. Loved the puffy taco video, too. Respectfully, Francesca
Hi Rachel, I watched this video and your Cabbage Roll video, my first thought was "she needs to have her own show on the Food Network.!!" You are so great at explaining the recipes and so organized, I like your kitchen very much!! And I like how you speak so clearly and at a perfect pace, you are incredible Rahel. My son and I cook together every night,and on the weekends we make new recipes we have never done before. Since it's still cold we have been making big batches of homemade soups, we eat some and have enough to freeze for another day. We bought a small freezer this year , we needed the room since we double all the recipes so we can freeze a batch everytime. He surprised me one night and made from scratch soft taco shells. They were so easy to make and so very delicious, I don't ever want to eat a soft shell from a bag again. I will buy him the press machine as soon as I look at all of them, and find a good brand to purchase. I hit like on both videos and of course subscribed!! I will be watching your videos every night. I am going back there now to watch your salsa recipes. 😋 Thank You for being special and so friendly Rachel. 💛 😁😋👋🌮🍅🫑🌶🥑 Wanda
My husband and I love watching your channel and cooking your recipes. The biggest change in my cooking has been to use 2 spatulas (1 in each hand) when I cook. It’s so much easier and neater! Now, no matter what I cook, both hands work.❤❤
Hi Rachel & Ron. We made your puffy tacos yesterday. I had my grandsons and 4 of their friends here all helping. They came out so good it was amazing. Afterwards one of the boys asked if we could make some to take to his dad and mom so they could see how we made them from your video. His mom told a neighbor about us making puffy tacos, she told her brother and his wife about your puffy tacos and today all of us made more puffy tacos in our back yard and both you and Ron were the topic On how we found you and the other videos you made. Thank you both for your easy to make good food. Rick & Grandsons Stockton CA.
What a wonderful success story my friend!! I know these puffy tacos are super delicious, it is one of our favorite meals. It sounds like you had a wonderful time with your grandsons and 4 of their friends, you are awesome. I'm so happy you enjoyed these PUFFY TACOS and I'm grateful you shared too. These are the successful stories that keep me doing what I love. Thank you so much for your comment and support of my channel. ❤👍
@@rachelcookswithlove How fantastic to have viewers throwing a backyard "Rachel Cooks with Love Puffy Taco Party!" I think that has to be a new RU-vid Milestone Landmark!! Blessings to all!
Born and raised here in San Antonio. I always thought it was hard to make Puffy Tacos, I buy them from Mary Lou's the beef, but seeing you make them looks very easy. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Rachel. You do cook with love!! Thanks for showing us this delicious recipe and teaching us how to make puffy shells. My favorite and you have inspired me to try this. May God bless you always.❤️🙏
Oh Rachel,you are an amazing teacher. I ran across your video by chance and immediately you tugged at my heart strings because your voice is so pleasant,nice to the ear and you remind me of two of my favorite Aunties…and that’s BEFORE you even started cooking. You explained each cooking step so clearly,you’re easy to follow. I have loved to cook since I was a child,my grandma passed several of her New Mexico recipes down to me. One of my favorite hobbies was to prepare Mexican food for my family and friends now due to severe arthritis I just cannot do it like I used to daily 😔 But a couple times a week I muster up my strength and with Gods help,go into my special culinary world where I am happiest. My family used to buy puffy tacos from a little stand in Southern California and we loved them. I’ve never made them on my own but you have encouraged me to try my hand at them. Your method of cookies and your personality embodies soooo much more of our culture and heritage than you realize. Our ancestors are smiling down on you Queen…..and so is this 60 year old arthritic chef at heart that was so touched by your video♥️
Thank you so much for your sweet comment my friend, I absolutely love what I do, I hope you have better days. This is a delicious dish, and I make them often. Thank you for sharing your memories, take care my friend. ❤⚘
My mom never taught me anything I was out of the house at 14. You're such a wonderful cook and I'm gonna try your dishes. Especially this one. You should have a recipe book out there I certainly would purchase it. I don't subscribe to many things but you have my vote.
I wish I could have helped you and showed you how to cook things. My mom showed me everything and I was cooking serious food before I was 12 years old. God rest my mom’s soul. I hope you learn new things every day and pass on to your family. It brings so much joy ❤️ God bless, and eat well!!!
Thank you so much for your comment, I'm so proud of you for wanting to learn how to cook, it's never too late to learn. I hope you enjoy your tacos, these are absolutely delicious. I'm sorry I was late to respond, but I have so many comments on all my videos that it's a little overwhelming sometimes, but I try to respond to all. Mery Christmas my friend, keep your head up and enjoy every day. Blessings. ❤
@@rachelcookswithlove Thank you Rachel for the reply and wishing you and your Ron,the very best,and a blessed Christmas 🌲☃️ and A prosperous New year ❤️!God bless you both 🙏
I ate puffy tacos in San Antonio for years, growing up: these are NOT like those…they are so much BETTER!!! The filling is HEAVEN! I served mine with some grated cheese, guacamole salsa, shredded cabbage and cilantro. Y’all have GOT to try these! Thanks so much for creating this recipe!
This was the first video that drew me in. Have now watched several of her videos, and they all look delicious. Her careful instruction explains every step, so the viewer has added confidence in cooking and baking these dishes. Thanks for sharing the great recipes. Her pot roast is outstanding. 👍
Rachel, I started watching your cooking videos earlier today and now I’m addicted! I have watched you now for 4+ hours already today. 😊 You are awesome. I want to make everything that I’ve watched so far!
@@ray-bh2vy You can Google Masa v Cornmeal. You know the consistency of cornmeal. Masa is the consistency of Wheat Flour. Like a Corn Flour rather than the more gritty Cornmeal.
I'm Cajun French, from s. Louisiana, buy, Mexican Cuisine and then, Chinese Cuisine are tied for 2nd place. I can't decide which Ethnic Cuisine is my favorite, but, I always crave Mexican food and sometimes, I crave Chinese. So, We Have A Winner ! This Chicken Dinner! ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Gracias Linda ! 😊
Rachel!!! Made the Puffy Tacos last night and they were perfect!!! Thank you for the detailed, step by step directions!!!! I appreciate you taking the time!
I made these today with my own variations and I made flour tortillas, like Indian Fry Bread. I filled in a tortilla with the filling and added a lime cremosa! It’s so GOOD!! Thank you Rachel! This was an amazing dish. Something different from regular tacos. I made some white and dark red kidney beans with some of the seasonings used for the chicken. Sabrosos 😋🥰🌮
I have two cooking challenges I want to master this year and both were the best when I visited San Antonio. One was puffy tacos and the other the best albondigas that I ever had. Thanks for getting me started with your awesome videos! You do a great job of step by step instructions that make these recipes achievable! Rachel thanks all your hard work!
ANY TIME I'm wanting great food with authentic Mexican flair I always hit up your channel. This is definitely a keeper too! I love your chicken seasonings, I too much prefer well seasoned filling as opposed to bland and you never disappoint! I've been making puffy taco shells this way for 40 years for all my tacos as that's how my mama learned, taught me and how I taught my daughter's! They're absolutely the best! Thank you for this I can't wait to try these seasonings with a rotisserie chicken as I always have half a chicken left I never know what to do with!! God bless you!
Ms. Rachel , This recipe for puffy tacos is excellent, I love them, but I can tell you, not every restaurant that has puffy tacos in their menu is not really puffy because they are disgusting and doesn’t even puffed like yours . I celebrate you . Thank you for your dedication, because you show love for your meals and that has to say a lot. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 God Bless you 🙏
Omgoodness just found this channel and it’s the chef for me! What a beautiful lady & so sweet!! She literally reminds me of that mom or aunty that EVERYONE loves 🥰❤🙌🏾
Hey from San Antonio. Your puffys look great and just the right size. They shouldn't be too big. I love the Puffys at Rays and Henry's. My favorites are guacamole. Thanks for your video.
Hi Bonnie!! Thank you so much, they are delicious, I hope you get to try them, my chicken filling is amazing, never eaten at Ray's or Henry's, but I'll keep it in mind...thank you so much for your comment my friend. ❤
I made these last night with some leftover brisket and when I tell you they are perfection Omg just amazing !!! The recipe is just perfection!!! I will forever make them this way thank you 🙏🏼
I love your videos because you speak slowly and tell exactly what you are doing. Everything you make is so delicious and I have made many of your recipies. I have my brother and sister in law from Texas coming to visit in a week and this will be something I will make for them. They are from Houston and love the Mexican food as my husband and I do as well and we are New Yorkers!
I just made these tonight but i don't think I have tasted anything so incredible before. I only ate two but had a hard time not eating more. My husband had five not sure if he's going back for more. If i had ten thumbs I'd give it a ten thumbs up! ☺️❤️
I lived in San Antonio before And I know you're talking about Henry's. These look 1000x better. Thank you for showing me how to cook. My grama always made it look so easy but when you are on your own, it's so much harder. Thank you for sharing. My grama is gone now and I can't wait to make these ❤ sending love from San Diego CA
Thank you Rachel for mentioning San Antonio!!! Our Puffy Taco history goes way back to 1950's when Ray's'Puffy Taco was invented, officially by Ray!!! The tradition is still going strong at the same location!!! We have the same vintage Jukebox, back then it cost a nickel per record. I'm so proud you're making them & l know they're just as delicious!!! God bless you & your Ron ❤🌮
You need a live cooking show with an audience and I would love to be one of your first guest(testers 😊). Your recipes are fantastic and I've made many. I keep them and am compiling a cook book (with references) in hopes that these new generations know what great, better EXCELLENT, home made food is pretty easy and they ARE capable of learning. My mom had my siblings and I cooking by the time we were 5-6 years old and we all still love to be in the kitchen. Dad doesn't understand, but he's likes going out to restaurants more and more in his later years anyway. Thank you and I hope you get the credit you deserve for all the time you put into your videos that are so very teachable. Kind remind me of my abuelita and tias in the kitchen growing up. ❤
I'll take your delicious puffy tacos over the famous Henry's Puffy Tacos here in San Antonio anytime. Que delicia! Those look absolutely wonderful and thank you for answering the question I've always had on how to make the corn tortilla puffy. This truly is one of those recipes that may take some time but the results are so worth it. Think I'll be brave this week and try making these. And by the way, your Almond French Toast & Mixed Berry Syrup are a huge hit. They are soooo good and now I have another favorite breakfast recipe. Sure hope y'all's week will be a super wonderful and blessed one sweet Rachel. You are the bomb my dear amiga!
Gd Morning my faithful friend, so happy to hear you enjoy my video, my Ron and I love them, you know, the filling freezes very well and is perfect when you want to use it again, try making the shells and it really is easy, you might mess up a little in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it it'll all be so worth it, I'm sure you have many choices there in San Antonio but homeade is so special...I knew you would love the almond french toast, I crave them often...so happy you made them for you and your Johhny, he's so blessed to have you my friend, I hope your having a wonderful weekend, thank you always for your encouraging words and faithful support. Take good care of yourself and your Johnny. ❤
I had a tortilla press like you have. Unfortunately it was stolen when i moved. I had help and one of the people thought they needed it more than i did. I used it to press dough to make fruit pies cause i have problems with my hands. I so enjoy watching you cook.
Aw, I hope you get another one my friend, you can prepare so many different recipes maybe you can try Amazon. Thank you so much for your support of my channel. Blessings and hugs.❤️
I absolutely love love all your recipes. You remind me of my grandma. Do you have the witten recipes? Eventho i am mexican,i never learned to cook all these mexican dishes. Now at 84 ,i am glad i found your channel. Love you
I'm definitely going to try to make these when my cousin from SA comes to visit he'll be so surprised! Thank you bunches and bunches Rachel! And most of all thank you for sharing your gift of cooking with love! 😍💯👍
So happy you'll be making them, just follow the steps carefully and don't get dough to wet or they'll fall apart (better a little dryer than wet) good luck, let me know how it goes. Thank you for your comment ❤
That was the simplest video I have ever watched on how to make your own taco shells absolutely yummy and I can't wait to try them and watch all of your videos also you're one of the very few people that goes step by step and repeat just saw that somebody can understand exactly what you're doing that way they know how to do it
FROM SAN ANTONIO AND HAVE BEEN ASKING GOD TO POINT ME TO A PUFFY TACO RECIPE AND POOF, HERE YOU ARE, GOD ANSWERS ALL QUESTIONS!! GONNA TRY THIS OUT THIS WEEKEND! MAY GOD KEEP BLESSING & PROTECTING YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY! BTW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ADDING SPICES IT'S NOT A MEXICAN DISH WITHOUT SPICES! 🤣
Rachel I've tried your recipe. They're awesome. I took the temperature of the oil with a candy thermometer. I find 325 to 350 works great! I want to make puffy tacos for a small dinner party. Can I cook the shells about an hour or 2 ahead of time. I would try to warm them on the oven. What do you think?
Hi, thank you so much for your question, I've never made the shells ahead of time and used them later, but I think it should work, don't think an hour or two should hurt, just keep them on a rack so they dont touch the paper towels or they'll get soggy...if you warm them up do it in the oven on low heat so as not to burn them, I'm so happy to hear that you liked my recipe my friend, let me know how it turns out and thank you so much for your comment and support of my channel. ❤
I have never heard of San Antonio style tacos. This looks so delicious and I cannot wait to make this recipe for my family. I love you, Rachel. You are the bomb!
OMG !! Puffy tacos are my absolute favorite….these puffy tacos look amazing & most important, your video & your ease of your video here, makes me feel like I could do this myself. I am sure it’s harder than it looks…but I AM going to try! Please keep wowing us with your vast cooking experience!❤
I am from San Antonio and miss those puffy tacos and tamales. Thank you for sharing Rachel and do you have video for mexican rice? Feliz Navidad! Regards,
Hi Lucia Val, I do have rice videos, and they are super delicious and I love them, I will send you the links, thank you for your support, Merry Christmas. ❤
Your puffy tacos look so delicious. I knew your husband was going to be chowing down on these. Love all the colors of the tomatoes, pepper sauce and chicken with the gorgeous sauce. ❤ Have a good evening 🌼🌸🌻
Hi Rachel. You are such a sweet person and so calm. I would love to have you as my neighbor. I grew up in Ohio and my family are Irish and Polish. We ate lots of Slavic dishes and New England foods. I absolutely love your videos because I can learn how to make these amazing foods I did not experience as a child and young adult. I hope to one day visit San Antonio as I hear the food is out of this world , the culture is very great and I would love to see the famous river walk. Thank you for your terrific videos. Take care and blessings to you and your family!!!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment my friend, I love Ohio and I miss it. I hope you get to visit San Antonio one day because it's beautiful and and so are the people. I think you'll love the river walk.❤️
Oh my gosh! I've been making puffy tacos for years and didn't even know they were a thing! About seven years ago I invited family over for my tacos, (my family loves my tacos because I make my own shells). This particular little party though, I didn't remember to get the corn tortillas from our local tortillaria at Cardenas, when I got the rest of my ingredients. I had all I needed to make flour tortillas, so decided to make the tacos using flour tortillas. I was concerned though because everybody likes the crunchy corn shells, so I decided I'd just fry them like I do my corn tortillas. Everybody arrives. I apologized and explained what happened. All were in agreement that flour tortillas would be excellent fried for the tacos. I go in and got my dough that had been resting, and started the balls, then pressing them into beautiful flat tortillas. My oil was ready so I started with my first tortilla. I dropped it in the oil but wasn't really prepared that it would puff up, because I was in corn tortilla shells brain mode. I pressed down the middle thinking that would cause the he air to be forced out, but it didn't. It just got beautifully puffed and crunchy. I thought that was just the "tester" shell and dropped the next tortilla in the oil, the same thing happened. With the fifth tortilla I called out, "Oh no family! I think I ruined taco night!" My brother came in the kitchen with his wife, then my niece and her husband, my daughter and her boyfriend, my brothers kids didn't care they were playing games outside. I looked up at everyone and their eyes were all smiling happy! I just said I'm so so sorry! Everybody says why? Those are going to be awesome! They filled up nicely, as we went around the table with the taco fillings. They were a hit! I had to get up and make another full batch of tortillas, (good thing when I make flour tortillas I make double or triple batches). The best thing is they are so quick it takes no time at all to fry them up and the dough was already good to go😁. 48 tacos were consumed that night! Now when everybody is craving my tacos they call and ask when taco night is happening? I'll make a date. My brother always calls back and says, "Sis, can you do half and half? Half corn shells and half oops shells?" Or I'll call them and tell them all "oops taco night on....." 😁😁😁😁 I thought I had made a mistake, but seeing this it turns out I didn't and can be proud of myself that I accidently took family taco night to a new delicious level. And thus Dee's Oops family taco night was born. Now I'll call Puffy taco night, though I don't think they'll let me change it to Puffy 😁
I love puffy tacos. I first had them at “Rey’s “ in San Antonio about 30 years ago. I understand he was the first to sell those tacos in SA . I’m anxious to try your recipe. It looks as good as “Rey’s “. Thanks for sharing. 👍
You're ABSOLUTELY correct. Ray's Puffy Tacos was the ORIGINAL by Ray himself around 1950, San Antonio, Tx. We still go to the Original Location. Our Vintage Jukebox is still there!!! It used to cost a nickel per record. We have many memories there ❤🤗🎼🎵🎶
Rays is a distant memory! I can still smell the hot grease as I pull up into the corner lot where Ray's sits in San Antonio on a hit summer day. Opening thise bug doors into dimly lit dining room, walking over to tge order counter and placing my order for a huge order io puffy tacos!!! I miss that ! So I'm paying attention. Getting the tacos to puff is an ART and they've " secret special" tools to flip but it's actually tongs. Crisp, light, crunchy! I'm drooling.
You should probably rethink the plastic utensils while you’re frying the tortillas. If you’re in San Antonio, go to a restaurant supply store and buy spatulas and spoons that are made of stainless steel…
Cook's tip: put cooked chicken in mixer bowl. Use paddle attachment. Will shred chicken rapido. It'll even work with a handheld mixer In about one minute. Thanks for the recipe i'm gonna try it
Hello from DFW, Tx. 😊 Thank you ma'am for posting! It looks so good i can almost smell it! Its 107 degrees today, so I'll be waiting to make recipes that require me to boil water inside until the Fall. No way today! 😅
Looks very yummy. I will be trying this with ground beef taco meat. But here is a real helpful hack to help shred the chicken for those of you who are the chicken lovers. After deboning the chicken, put the chicken in a stand up mixer ! like a Kitchen Aid) and put the paddle on and let it shred the chicken for you. No bones allowed please!
I love watching your videos and everything looks so good! I don’t have the press to press out the tacos,but I can just roll them out I guess. I have to watch my sodium also, so it kind of makes it hard for some of the recipes. You are the best I’ve ever seen on cooking videos
Hi Rachel. I just found your cooking channel and I am binge watching them. Tonight I will make your Pork Butt Ribs and your Broccoli, Rice and Cheese casserole. I live in San Antonio so tomorrow I will make “My Rick” your Chicken Puffy Tacos. You need your own cooking show. Your personality and your smile are wonderful and you have such a calming voice for teaching. Were you ever a school teacher? God Bless you and Ron.
Just found your channel. I've watched a few of your videos. So I just want to say, that I love your kitchen, it's very homey and warm. I have a toaster cover doll as well. Your kitchen reminds me of mine, it's full of love. Your voice is soothing and doesn't grate on my nerves. You keep the conversation going without prattling. Most the time I'm wishing others would just only speak with needed. Your recipes are everything I would eat so I can't wait to try them. Thank you for a great cooking channel! 💖💖💖💖💖💖
