Picadillo Puffy Tacos

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 or 5

    tacos
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Barbacoa: The Heart of Tex-Mex Barbecue

By Brandon Hurtado

Published 2025

  • About

San Antonio is the epicenter of the puffy taco. Places like Ray’s, Mi Tierra, and Pico de Gallo are some of the most memorable Tex-Mex experiences I had as a kid traveling through San Antonio to the Texas Gulf Coast with my family. What makes a good puffy taco? Scratch-made corn tortillas, first off. You have to achieve the ultimate puffiness and can only do that with a hand-pressed tortilla. (If you don’t have a tortilla press, you can buy raw flour tortillas from most grocery stores and f