Easy Chalupa Taco shells
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Chalupa Taco shells (Homemade)
I Love taco bells chalupa tacos or it could just be the bread that I'm Interested in mostly.I love all of the menu items at Taco Bell but I can't eat the fake meat or whatever kind of meat the franchise uses so I scoured around the internet to find a great recipe and found one and tweaked it and made it my own. These will now be mandatory for taco night the "chalupa" bread is amazing but it's also crunchy too!
Ingredients
- 3 cups All purpose flour
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1.5 tsp Pink Himalayan salt
- 5 cups peanut oil deep fry
Instructions
- Using your stand mixer with dough hook l, take flour, baking powder, salt, and butter. You can also use your hands as well mix for about 1 minute
- start to incorporate the milk slowly the kitchen aide should be a setting of 2.
- once the dough has formed into a ball allow it to rest for about 30 minutes
- heat oil in pan on medium heat and prepare the chalupas
- the dough is rested and oil is hot , divide it into equal balls. Take one dough ball, roll it out to a circle.
- take a fork and make little holes around the dough
- Gently place the dough into the hot oil. It should immediately float and puff. Let the dough fry for 30 seconds on side one.
- Hold the dough in that shape as it fries for 30 seconds. Roll the shell over to cook evenly. It will be completely done after about 3 minutes of frying. Remove the shell and let it drain on a paper towel. sprinkle with a little more salt.
- now top the shells with your favorite taco filling 🙂 and enjoy
Notes
This recipe is super easy and simple to make. you can dust the chalupa shells with cinnamon sugar to make these a sweet recipe and fill with fruit mixture and ice cream. This bread is versatile so you can make it a sweet dish or keep it savory!
