Double decker tacos4/2/2023 ![]() My assistant Melissa suggested that we combine the cilantro and onion together as a garnish (she had learned this trick while living in southern California). I always like to add tomatoes, cilantro, onions and shredded lettuce. To garnish you can use whatever you have lying around in the fridge. I like to offer fresh jalapeño, sliced avocado and freshly squeezed lime juice to make these tacos really sing. You can then garnish them as is or cut into smaller pieces (think matchsticks!). As I’ve mentioned before, soaking the slices in a plate of water allows them to crisp up nicely. Thinly sliced or diced radishes add a nice peppery crunch. Mix that with some fresh lime juice and a pinch of sea salt and you have the very best vegan sour cream, perfect for baked potatoes, nachos, and, most importantly, double decker tacos. That was until thick and creamy coconut yogurt hit the market. Eventually, I learned to realized that an almond based cream cheese mixed with fresh lime juice became a better option. Basically, the only option was a soy based product that tasted more like melted plastic. Now, have you ever walked into a room with a situation like this set up? It’s very exciting.Īs for the vegan sour cream game a decade ago- it was bad. I created a large buffet of tortillas and taco shells, a savory vegan meat filling, shredded lettuce and tomatoes, loads of condiments like salsa, vegan sour cream, sliced avocado- you get it. That’s called teamwork people.įast forward to college, I began making these tacos for my friends at dinner parties. It’s almost as if the soft flour tortilla and refried beans worked together to become the perfect blanket to soften the crunch of a hard shell taco. ![]() The best part? My friend was right- the hard shell taco was softened ever so slightly by the beans. ![]() The texture of biting into a warm, soft tortilla and a hard corn taco with a thin layer of refried beans in between them was undeniably satisfying. When that day arrived, I remember ordering them. I raised my eyebrows and exclaimed with excitement, “Really!?” She said, ‘Yeah!’įrom that point on it was my mission to seek out and eat these double decker tacos. “Oh but because the refried beans are wrapped around the hardshell tacos, they become soft and not so crunchy so you should be able to have them.” I expressed my concern to my friend and she replied: As she raved about them, my eyes began to tear up as I knew that I would not be able to have them because of my braces. I overheard my friend talking about Taco Bell’s double decker tacos. Somehow the topic of tacos came up, as topics of that nature do in an elementary school environment. Everyone around me, munching and crunching on their delightful meals while I sunk my metal heavy teeth into a squooshy, soft sandwich with a cup of apple sauce. At the tender age of 11- I was depressed.Īfter wearing my braces for months, I remember eating in the school cafeteria. Also, my orthodontist was a very strict man and 100% instilled fear within me to not jeopardize my precious braces with anything hard and crunchy. Therefore, crunchy tacos was deemed one of the culprits. I was banished from eating anything that was a) crunchy b) that you had to bite into. When I was in the 5th grade, I had braces. Obviously if you’re not interested you can just scroll down to the bottom of the page for the recipe (RUDE). Now to better understand my relationship with these tacos, let me tell you a little story. The fillings are the usual suspects: meat, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cilantro, avocado, etc… BRILLIANT! Now I know that some of you might be like, “What’s going on here?” Let me explain.Ī double decker taco is a soft flour tortilla that is spread with a thin layer of refried beans and than wrapped around a hard shell taco. Just look at ‘em! They are so ready to go it’s not even funny.
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