Thank you for now making de nada even more crowded than it already is. But also they deserve all of the hype because some of the best tacos (really best marg) in Austin. I go there weekly.
LOVE!! This is my go-to night with friends because for those who have specific dietary needs, they can choose what they want in their taco. Brown the meat (and meat alternatives) and lay out all the other toppings and everyone gets to choose their own adventure.
16:26 real. I’m the baby that makes tacos a lot. But the best way to get the meat is a offset thin spatula. Like for icing stuff. Scoop some meat in and slide it in.
Hi Alison . Greetings from Miami . You inspired me to make tacos yesterday .I've been a foodie and cooking show watcher from bay back to Owen Wilson,The Galloping Gourmet,Julia Child etc. And I've never related to the style or personality of anyone like I have with you . I'm retired ,and on a budget ,so my tacos were almost Todo BOGO with ingredients from our local Publix- ground turkey , fresh mini-peppers,sour cream, jarred salsa,grated cheese,and crispy tacos ,all bought on BOGO. The onions were on sale ,and garlic from Aldi . One of the spices I used was " Pride of Szeged " chicken rub as I couldn't find my Spanish paprika. It turned out delicious. I didn't use lettuce because it's too expensive . Your bread crumbs for the chicken Ceasar wrap in your latest video were brilliant, and your Kentucky trip was excellent. You're a true inspiration and delight .
Love these tacos. I add chopped tomatoes to the toppings, but that's just me. I live life on the edge. To anyone making more than one at a time invest in a taco holder stand. If you're having a hard time keeping the shells together, try the mini shells. Love the ribbon. It adds a certain "je ne sais quoi".
I am so grateful to you for explaining why you add water in the recipe, it makes such a huge difference. knowing this one piece of information will help me forever with my cooking. My only comment that is slightly negative about this recipe is if you cook the taco shells in the toaster oven it will burn if you do it at 450 for 6 minutes. I suggest a lower temperature. I haven't figured out the right temperature and time yet. I ended up throwing away 6 taco shells because they burned quickly in my toaster oven. other than that this recipe is perfection. thank you.
I love those taco kits, next time I'm just getting the shells and adding the spices that Alison used instead of that packet. It was fun to see how she makes her tacos, such an iconic meal that I still love making. Plus its fun when everyone can just assemble their own, makes feeding people easier.
Taco Thunder, Alison starring in a George Miller film. Never used cumin seeds with beef, always with lamb, I'll give it a try. When is Alison doing the Hot Ones challenge?
Thanks for spreading the praise for the hard shell Tex Mex Taco. Almost everyone I know loves these. As owner of an authentic Mexican restaurant who does "real" Mexican Tacos, I would not even think of putting them on the menu as they would discredit me as restaurant. My chef would flat out refuse to make them. Regardless, I make them at home with my family and am often nervous to be spotted with the Ol El Paso box in my basket at the grocer. Also, cheese on the bottom before the beef is my master technique....lol cheers, and great video.
I was really surprised that this was your go-to taco but now I want one. Also Choulula is my favorite hot sauce. I usually have 3-4 versions of it at any one time.
Keep the shells together in the stacked position they’re in and keep the little cardboard thing in while baking them! Ensures a more open taco you don’t have to fill with a teaspoon.
I didn't want to know about the garlic press. I want to know where everyone on TH-cam gets those giant garlic cloves that are easy to peal and easy to chop and don't need to have time spent taking out the little sprout.
We love street tacos and the kind of tacos you find at a taqueria attached to a gas station, but sometimes I crave an old-fashioned hard shell taco. We tried every joint in town. They all had hard shell tacos, but they weren’t the Americanized version I wanted. So I went to Del Taco and was satisfied. Now, when that occasional craving hits, we will try it your way. Thank goodness I did not have to stoop to Jack in the Box tacos. Fyi, I grew up in Tarzana and for many years after leaving home, wished I had a Pup’n’Taco to go to. Have no idea when that franchise bit the dust, but at Reseda and Ventura … roughly … that is where it stood. Great video, Alison!
This is a staple from my childhood, and I still make them today. I am in the ground cumin camp and I think it is the most essential spice. I always thought most people thought chili powder was the most important, so I am a little shocked she didn't use any.
Yay!! This is wonderful! Even in Taco town LA, it’s fun to watch Alison makin hard Tacos in NYC- props to her dad for frying them, but ya, I don’t wanna so thank you for not. Cholula will always reign supreme ❤
Omg this video solidified why I love your videos and recipes so much. I love crunchy tacos and we build them almost the same f’ing way lol. You had me at lots of lettuce and then putting the chopped onion on the meat plus some cheese so it melts a bit then the lettuce. I also like to add extra cheese on top. Can’t wait to try the mean recipe. Today will be taco Wednesday for me fs
There’s a really good taco place in my hometown and they serve the tacos w cheese on the bottom. Cheddar cheese, meat, sauces then the fresh veg. I changed how I fill my tacos because of them! Cheese, sauces and meat on bottom melts it,,,plus the cheese doesn’t fall out! Fresh bits on top! The warm bits on bottom make the bottom of the crunch taco shell hydrate ever so slightly as well…this is yummy too!
Love the bow Alison! That was my signature look for years, though I switched it up and stopped parting my hair down the middle at some point. It looks great on you, particularly with your red lip and classic hoops. This’ll be fun with tacos next Saturday. I usually make tacos or wraps or somesuch unless we order in. Thanks!
alison ! thank for the recipe, could you maybe one day film a tour of your fridge & pantry condiments ? i'm european so i couldn't get most of them but it would be interesting to see :) thanks so much, learning a lot from your videos
I feel like this video is an homage to Taco Bell, like the citrus cheesecake video is an homage to Orange Julius? Can we unshamefully say there were some delicious food seeds planted spending time at the mall? Classically, timeless tastiness!
Also: because we do these once a week in our house (yes, usually on Tuesday) I'm gonna go ahead and suggest: cheese on the bottom and then meat on top of it! I welcome thoughts!
In the Bay Area, Taco Tuesday was my favorite thing because it meant $1 fish taco ☺️ but this was over 10 years ago so I’m sure the $1 fish taco is no longer.
ugh I grew up eating these (like, weekly rotation) and despise them . my parents aren’t cooks per se, I grew up eating a lot processed foods. my partner, who grew up eating these only as an occasional treat, loves them.
Love hard shell taco or as I call it good shitty tacos. I prefer La Tiaras taco shell. They are smaller that a regular hard taco, but they are so thin, airy, and crispy. These days I use TVP to cut down on food cost and you can't even tell the difference.
ok, Alison originally from LA.......... why, oh, why are you dealing with a taco shell that will absolutely break and all the stuff you carefully jammed in there will just fall out on your plate, your lap, etc.............when the perfect vehicle already exists......... the HARD TOSTADA flat corn tortilla "shell"....... you build a Mexican pizza basically with the same ingredients you made, but you don't have to worry about breakage..........at all.......and Tostada Tuesday rolls off the tongue just like Taco Tuesday does.........it's a total win, win, win. Your welcome, from Monica originally from Riverside/San Diego who still does homemade Tostada Tuesday for the family, which at this point is one husband and two university senior guys who love them! ps. I usually make a version of Mexican street-corn salad to do on top of the meat but before the lettuce, etc....... with corn, black beans, diced jalapenos, red peppers, onions and tomatoes cilantro, lime juice and a Mexican spice blend I make myself........but the first layer has to be some Rosarita's Vegetarian refried beans , cuz they are the glue (they go down on the tostada shell first) (bake them low and slow in the oven at like 185 for an hour or more! and even add shredded cheese to them) a little more complicated, but your New York friends will be very impressed since they know nothing about real Americanized Mexican food! cheers! I once had a waitress ask me if I wanted a Tore-Tilla...... with the fajitas I ordered........an absolute crime of a restaurant dinner in Michigan. And don't get me started on the abominations I/we was/were served in Winona, Minnesota at a Mexican restaurant staffed by actual Mexicans.....unbelievable. They explained that as a restaurant, they had to make Mexican food palatable to Minnesota taste-buds......it was a horror!
I noticed you pulled your hot sauces out of the fridge. This is ongoing debate within my family - I contend hot sauce does _not_ need to be refrigerated. What does bad hot sauce even look like?
@@Pammellam I've seen them get a bit murky and separated if they were just in the pantry but also depending on what they are made of, something like Tabasco would be fine because it's so acidic.
Do not heat up taco shells in a toaster oven! My toaster oven caught fire because it was too close to the coils! And i had to use the fire extinguisher! Please do not do this!
People from boarder states always claim their Mexican is the best Mexican. LOL. Meanwhile, Mexican food is more diverse than burritos and tacos, aka what most Americans think of as Mexican food.
Alison on Hot Ones would fucking RULE, two of my top 20 TH-cam channels.
Also, yeah, Cholula is the tastiest.
That last dab though
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"Lady on the internet" 😂😂❤❤
My favourite part of these videos - besides the amazing recipes by Alison - is the behind the camera commentary 😂
I put my crispy shells on an upside down muffin tin. Add cheese in bottom and broil in oven for a few seconds 😘
Literally called my mom and scheduled a hard shell taco night for tomorrow. Thank you home movies lol
This was my favorite childhood dinner. So nostalgic!
Same, and even now I never hear a "no I dont want that" when asking if my family wants them for dinner haha.
I must say i love authentic tacos but hard shell American style tacos have a special place in my heart ❤ love this video
They're completely different things and both are great!!!!
@@davidcho0828 ^^^
My first name is Valentina so I take it as a compliment. Thanks Alison and you too!
Thank you for now making de nada even more crowded than it already is. But also they deserve all of the hype because some of the best tacos (really best marg) in Austin. I go there weekly.
We always put a little ball of aluminum foil in each shell so they stay nice and open when baking!
This a good idea
LOVE!! This is my go-to night with friends because for those who have specific dietary needs, they can choose what they want in their taco. Brown the meat (and meat alternatives) and lay out all the other toppings and everyone gets to choose their own adventure.
Thank you for being a trooper and giving us videos even though it seems that you were feeling under the weather ❤
Is it just me or does David sound extra happy in this one? 🤭
He was happy!! He's a happy guy!
I loved the video. I always love the interactions between Alison and the film crew.
Yes! Shout out to ATX and De Nada! Can confirm those crunchy tacos are delicious. 😋
16:26 real. I’m the baby that makes tacos a lot. But the best way to get the meat is a offset thin spatula. Like for icing stuff. Scoop some meat in and slide it in.
Hi Alison . Greetings from Miami . You inspired me to make tacos yesterday .I've been a foodie and cooking show watcher from bay back to Owen Wilson,The Galloping Gourmet,Julia Child etc. And I've never related to the style or personality of anyone like I have with you . I'm retired ,and on a budget ,so my tacos were almost Todo BOGO with ingredients from our local Publix- ground turkey , fresh mini-peppers,sour cream, jarred salsa,grated cheese,and crispy tacos ,all bought on BOGO. The onions were on sale ,and garlic from Aldi . One of the spices I used was " Pride of Szeged " chicken rub as I couldn't find my Spanish paprika. It turned out delicious. I didn't use lettuce because it's too expensive . Your bread crumbs for the chicken Ceasar wrap in your latest video were brilliant, and your Kentucky trip was excellent. You're a true inspiration and delight .
Love these tacos.
I add chopped tomatoes to the toppings, but that's just me. I live life on the edge.
To anyone making more than one at a time invest in a taco holder stand.
If you're having a hard time keeping the shells together, try the mini shells.
Love the ribbon. It adds a certain "je ne sais quoi".
LOVE the bow, too. And the white sweater polo, how does Alison is MAGICAL - she can cook AND eat wearing white!!!! A sparkling unicorn 🥰
I love chopped tomatoes too, and always prep those along with diced avocado . I use ice-tea spoons and chopsticks in the bowls to fill the tacos 🌮
I am so grateful to you for explaining why you add water in the recipe, it makes such a huge difference. knowing this one piece of information will help me forever with my cooking. My only comment that is slightly negative about this recipe is if you cook the taco shells in the toaster oven it will burn if you do it at 450 for 6 minutes. I suggest a lower temperature. I haven't figured out the right temperature and time yet. I ended up throwing away 6 taco shells because they burned quickly in my toaster oven. other than that this recipe is perfection. thank you.
I love those taco kits, next time I'm just getting the shells and adding the spices that Alison used instead of that packet. It was fun to see how she makes her tacos, such an iconic meal that I still love making. Plus its fun when everyone can just assemble their own, makes feeding people easier.
So good. I died laughing.
You're my absolute favorite cook on You Tube
Funny and delicious recipes I've definitely tried before
🎶White people taco night🎶 ... and I'm here for it!
Taco Thunder, Alison starring in a George Miller film. Never used cumin seeds with beef, always with lamb, I'll give it a try. When is Alison doing the Hot Ones challenge?
Would love Roman to work with George Miller
Cumin is an ingredient in chili powder blends.
@@virginiaf.5764 I make ragu not chili, usually with beef short ribs and liver sausage.
Yes! I feel like hard shell tacos don't get enough love.
Thanks for spreading the praise for the hard shell Tex Mex Taco. Almost everyone I know loves these. As owner of an authentic Mexican restaurant who does "real" Mexican Tacos, I would not even think of putting them on the menu as they would discredit me as restaurant. My chef would flat out refuse to make them. Regardless, I make them at home with my family and am often nervous to be spotted with the Ol El Paso box in my basket at the grocer. Also, cheese on the bottom before the beef is my master technique....lol cheers, and great video.
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I was really surprised that this was your go-to taco but now I want one.
Also Choulula is my favorite hot sauce. I usually have 3-4 versions of it at any one time.
We had this for lunch today! We used the Old El Paso mix but your recipe was very easy. Think I will try it next time.
Memories of taco night as a kid…
Definitely making these this week.
Yes, I love a good ol hard shell taco. I love authentic ones too. This world has room for both & more tacos for everyone!
“I had a big lunch”😂😂😂
I love hard shell tacos. I can’t wait to make these!!!
I kneeeew you had to be a hard taco girl!!! That's all I eat. Soft is cute sometimes, but crunchy is just ICONIC!
Keep the shells together in the stacked position they’re in and keep the little cardboard thing in while baking them! Ensures a more open taco you don’t have to fill with a teaspoon.
I didn't want to know about the garlic press. I want to know where everyone on TH-cam gets those giant garlic cloves that are easy to peal and easy to chop and don't need to have time spent taking out the little sprout.
We love street tacos and the kind of tacos you find at a taqueria attached to a gas station, but sometimes I crave an old-fashioned hard shell taco. We tried every joint in town. They all had hard shell tacos, but they weren’t the Americanized version I wanted. So I went to Del Taco and was satisfied. Now, when that occasional craving hits, we will try it your way. Thank goodness I did not have to stoop to Jack in the Box tacos.
Fyi, I grew up in Tarzana and for many years after leaving home, wished I had a Pup’n’Taco to go to. Have no idea when that franchise bit the dust, but at Reseda and Ventura … roughly … that is where it stood.
Great video, Alison!
Thank you Alison! This MADE my birthday eve. YUMMMMMMMMMM
This is a staple from my childhood, and I still make them today. I am in the ground cumin camp and I think it is the most essential spice. I always thought most people thought chili powder was the most important, so I am a little shocked she didn't use any.
College Tacos. Theyre a guilty pleasure.
Yay!! This is wonderful! Even in Taco town LA, it’s fun to watch Alison makin hard Tacos in NYC- props to her dad for frying them, but ya, I don’t wanna so thank you for not. Cholula will always reign supreme ❤
There's no wrong way to fill a taco Dan... I would be terrified if I was him.
Omg this video solidified why I love your videos and recipes so much. I love crunchy tacos and we build them almost the same f’ing way lol. You had me at lots of lettuce and then putting the chopped onion on the meat plus some cheese so it melts a bit then the lettuce. I also like to add extra cheese on top. Can’t wait to try the mean recipe. Today will be taco Wednesday for me fs
There’s a really good taco place in my hometown and they serve the tacos w cheese on the bottom. Cheddar cheese, meat, sauces then the fresh veg. I changed how I fill my tacos because of them! Cheese, sauces and meat on bottom melts it,,,plus the cheese doesn’t fall out! Fresh bits on top! The warm bits on bottom make the bottom of the crunch taco shell hydrate ever so slightly as well…this is yummy too!
Love the bow Alison! That was my signature look for years, though I switched it up and stopped parting my hair down the middle at some point. It looks great on you, particularly with your red lip and classic hoops. This’ll be fun with tacos next Saturday. I usually make tacos or wraps or somesuch unless we order in. Thanks!
Loved this recipe, thanks. I always put the meat in the shells before toasting the shells. Adds some cohesion to the shell but it’s still crispy
Mother is rizzing!!!
Mother is rizzing!!!!!
Omg I NEED Alison on Hot Ones!!
1000% I'd watch in a heartbeat. It would be epic.
I love that you have a hard shell taco episode!!! We all need reminders that there are quick-cooking, super yummy food options! 😊
Nice, been looking forward to it. :)
I like a refried bean coated soft taco wrapped around a hard shell taco 🌮. Best of both worlds…
Petition to have Alison on Hot Ones
YES!!!
I second this!
As long as they're spiced anchovies 😂
@brandonbudig4593
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YES Cholula for the win! It really is the best. It's the chili pequin that makes it taste so good!
alison ! thank for the recipe, could you maybe one day film a tour of your fridge & pantry condiments ? i'm european so i couldn't get most of them but it would be interesting to see :)
thanks so much, learning a lot from your videos
Your dad was amazing!🌺🌺🌺
At the Taco Bell capital, I always pick hard shell tacos. Love the crunch!!!!
The wider Stand and Stuff shells are the way to go when making these- my only friendly amendment to the recipe
Alison and Dennis, you’ll find plenty of hard shell taco goodness at Tito’s Tacos in Los Angeles 😊
There is a wrong way, cheese on bottom girl 😂
I feel like this video is an homage to Taco Bell, like the citrus cheesecake video is an homage to Orange Julius? Can we unshamefully say there were some delicious food seeds planted spending time at the mall? Classically, timeless tastiness!
Also: because we do these once a week in our house (yes, usually on Tuesday) I'm gonna go ahead and suggest: cheese on the bottom and then meat on top of it! I welcome thoughts!
The editing is hilarious
Love hard shell tacos, but I make a tomatillo chimichurri sauce to go with.😋
Wow, your apartment looks huge!
oh Alison, I wish I could have cooked these with you.
amazing. food isn't always about authenticity it's about nostalgia and what just tastes good. it's about authentic feelings!
In the Bay Area, Taco Tuesday was my favorite thing because it meant $1 fish taco ☺️ but this was over 10 years ago so I’m sure the $1 fish taco is no longer.
❤wow beautiful recipe yummy mmmy
I love this video!
From Taco Bell, I order hard shell taco and lettuce … now and then some tomatoes. No cheese, no beef. Just taco shell and lettuce.
Alison, actually great tacos along the whole US-Mexico border: CA - Az - MM - TX
Alison, please try the hard shell taco at lonesome rose in Chicago!
"Mother is rizzing"
Looking great! Love the video! Childhood memories indeed.
ugh I grew up eating these (like, weekly rotation) and despise them . my parents aren’t cooks per se, I grew up eating a lot processed foods. my partner, who grew up eating these only as an occasional treat, loves them.
I am both and I love them
😮😂😮 Ms.Alison if you toast the shells upside down they stay open and don’t collapse 😮😂😊
Thank me later 😂😂😂😂😂❤
Cholula for the win!
don’t worry you don’t need to cook anything!! I’d watch an hour long video just to see what’s the best way for you to fill a taco
Hahaha is it David’s birthday?
Love hard shell taco or as I call it good shitty tacos. I prefer La Tiaras taco shell. They are smaller that a regular hard taco, but they are so thin, airy, and crispy. These days I use TVP to cut down on food cost and you can't even tell the difference.
She read my mind had them tonight and forgot the paprika...
Dude why did you say this is the "LAST" Home Movies? (beings to sweat, concerned)
I'm assuming you tape about five episodes in one day and this was not the last video ever. Is it??
Of all places …. You will not believe it …but …Omaha Nebraska has a quite a few restaurants that do hard shell tacos …. and most are really good …..
Cues Lewbergwer "White People Taco Night" perfect song.
Now I want Tacos
is it just me or has there been a lot of small chopped onions recently? :D loving all the recipes no complaints here hehe
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Is the pozole mention an Easter egg for a future home movie 👀
I will use ground chicken instead of beef or make shrimp.
where are the diced tomatoes!!!!!
yes i elect Alison Roman for hot-ones!
Use a spatula to fill your taco - insider tip
*GASPS
No tomatoes?
ok, Alison originally from LA.......... why, oh, why are you dealing with a taco shell that will absolutely break and all the stuff you carefully jammed in there will just fall out on your plate, your lap, etc.............when the perfect vehicle already exists......... the HARD TOSTADA flat corn tortilla "shell"....... you build a Mexican pizza basically with the same ingredients you made, but you don't have to worry about breakage..........at all.......and Tostada Tuesday rolls off the tongue just like Taco Tuesday does.........it's a total win, win, win. Your welcome, from Monica originally from Riverside/San Diego who still does homemade Tostada Tuesday for the family, which at this point is one husband and two university senior guys who love them!
ps. I usually make a version of Mexican street-corn salad to do on top of the meat but before the lettuce, etc....... with corn, black beans, diced jalapenos, red peppers, onions and tomatoes cilantro, lime juice and a Mexican spice blend I make myself........but the first layer has to be some Rosarita's Vegetarian refried beans , cuz they are the glue (they go down on the tostada shell first) (bake them low and slow in the oven at like 185 for an hour or more! and even add shredded cheese to them)
a little more complicated, but your New York friends will be very impressed since they know nothing about real Americanized Mexican food! cheers! I once had a waitress ask me if I wanted a Tore-Tilla...... with the fajitas I ordered........an absolute crime of a restaurant dinner in Michigan. And don't get me started on the abominations I/we was/were served in Winona, Minnesota at a Mexican restaurant staffed by actual Mexicans.....unbelievable. They explained that as a restaurant, they had to make Mexican food palatable to Minnesota taste-buds......it was a horror!
No washing of lettuce?
I noticed you pulled your hot sauces out of the fridge. This is ongoing debate within my family - I contend hot sauce does _not_ need to be refrigerated. What does bad hot sauce even look like?
I've bought hot sauces that state on the label to refrigerate them after opening.
I wonder if manufacturers say to refrigerate once opened as just as extra safety measure that really isn’t necessary??
I really don’t know the answer.
@@Pammellam I've seen them get a bit murky and separated if they were just in the pantry but also depending on what they are made of, something like Tabasco would be fine because it's so acidic.
@@kaiju_k5042 Thank you. That is good to know!
Ground lamb or venison!!!
Do not heat up taco shells in a toaster oven! My toaster oven caught fire because it was too close to the coils! And i had to use the fire extinguisher! Please do not do this!
Bye Dennis
People from boarder states always claim their Mexican is the best Mexican. LOL. Meanwhile, Mexican food is more diverse than burritos and tacos, aka what most Americans think of as Mexican food.