Different Taco Filling Ideas?

[Fishawn]

At a family HS graduation party this afternoon, a bunch of us were talking aboot what menu options we had for our family July 4th party. Typically 30-40 people. We have done burgers and dogs for years, and the past 4-5 years have been mixing it up.....Tenderloins/Chicken..... Tenderloins/Lobster..... Seafood Kabobs..... BBQ Chicken/Steak..... Pulled Beef/Pork/Chicken etc.

This 4th is going to be The Taco Bar, with shredded Beef-Chicken-Pork & Deep Fried Fish, with a bunch of different types of shells/tortillas.

The main fillings will be lettuce, tomatoes, cheeses, onions as is pretty typical.

Lots of different salsas and sauces will also be available.

Looking for the "non typical " fillings/toppings y'all have used & liked.

What do y'all think we should have available

[barkonbutts]

Fish, look up Dana's chicken he did for tacos.. it is awesome, made it 4 different times and everyone loves it. .. it has the achote paste in it that I have to get off of Amazon..

Pineapple salsa is great too.... very refreshing.

[SMOKE FREAK]

I always have a fresh pico along with homemade salsa...Lena makes Yuck-a-mole...Dont forget black olives and sliced jalapenos and shredded cabbage...Cheese and more cheese...you know the stuff...

Everyone loves the taco bar...

[THE ICEMAN]

Just sayin'... 😎 🍺 🐊

[jwbtulsa]

https://recipes.heart.org/recipes/20...lsamic-drizzle

We do a version of this for a more desert feature. A warm tortilla, some chili powder, just a touch of powered sugar, and a bowl of vanilla ice cream is way better than an old cake.

and black beans for sure. in the taco, on some rice, on the side. can't go wrong.

Maybe char some jalapenos, peeled and julienned. that mellow smokiness works great with any meat.

[Fishawn]

I always have a fresh pico along with homemade salsa...Lena makes Yuck-a-mole...Dont forget black olives and sliced jalapenos and shredded cabbage...Cheese and more cheese...you know the stuff...

Everyone loves the taco bar...

Yessir, these were brought up in the conversation today. I like the idea of different cheese options

ICE, I am sad to say, it is a Gator Free Zone

https://recipes.heart.org/recipes/20...lsamic-drizzle

We do a version of this for a more desert feature. A warm tortilla, some chili powder, just a touch of powered sugar, and a bowl of vanilla ice cream is way better than an old cake.

and black beans for sure. in the taco, on some rice, on the side. can't go wrong.

Maybe char some jalapenos, peeled and julienned. that mellow smokiness works great with any meat.

That sounds great! Was also thinking refried beans as a side, butt black beans has bee added. Like the charred and diced Jalapeño idea also I was thinking both freshly sliced and pickled, but I like the charred idea mo bettuh

Good stuff folks, thank you, keep em coming

There's a couple of things I have not heard yet, which I have not had on Tacos, which were mentioned today. See if they come up

[Fishawn]

Fish, look up Dana's chicken he did for tacos.. it is awesome, made it 4 different times and everyone loves it. .. it has the achote paste in it that I have to get off of Amazon..

Pineapple salsa is great too.... very refreshing.

Will do! Thanks Brian!

[Abelman]

I really like grilled fish and some pico.

The best advice I can give you and it makes a Huge difference, go find raw tortillas and either grill them or do in a dry pan on the stove. Costco sells them as does my grocery store. It really is a difference maker. You’ll have to trust me on this or do a test run.

[jwbtulsa]

HA! maybe you should play a big joke and just go down to the local Taco Bueno or what ever you have up there. order 40 tacos and some other shit. they can all eat off the wrappings and plastic spoons. It will be a legacy! Serve them out of the bag sitting inside your grill! Nacho cheese Doritos and that fake cheese Tostito's makes.


or...fuck it and hire a food truck. no mess. no clean up. no cook. all you got is a couple of trash bags to deal with. oh, and the drunk guy over there...

[Fishawn]

HA! maybe you should play a big joke and just go down to the local Taco Bueno or what ever you have up there. order 40 tacos and some other shit. they can all eat off the wrappings and plastic spoons. It will be a legacy! Serve them out of the bag sitting inside your grill! Nacho cheese Doritos and that fake cheese Tostito's makes.


or...fuck it and hire a food truck. no mess. no clean up. no cook. all you got is a couple of trash bags to deal with. oh, and the drunk guy over there...

The Food Truck idea did come up also That sounds a helluva lot easier than what we got planned so far..... Butt wanted to put in as many options/ideas as far as fillings/toppings goes as we could come up with. Like Radish, I have never had it on a taco, and I was told I am an idiot and missing oot Hell, Idunno

[BYBBQ]

For something a little different have some creamy, sweet & spicy gochujang sauce to use for a topping instead of sour cream and to be used as a dipping sauce for celery, carrots, and other foods.
It is excellent with spicy foods without being overly hot tasting.


Bet most here will be Googling what this is.

It's just sweet & spicy gochujang sauce mixed with yogurt or sour cream.

I'm kind of surprised I haven't heard Pete or some of the other guys that cook oriental dishes mention making this sauce.
The regular sauce is excellent for dipping instead of cocktail sauce or ketchup.

[curious aardvark]

grilled pineapple sticks.

Tortillas are pretty easy to make. Had some saturday, you could cook them on a really hot grill too.
use a mixer to make a basic bread dough - I season with garlic, mhgp, dry Herbs etc
You can probably also get a taco press pretty cheap over there too.
My basic recipe: 1 cup strong/bread flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp: garlic, mhgp, mixed herbs etc.
1 tsp sugar.
1 tsp bread machine/instand yeast.
Mix that up with 1 tbsp oil and 1/3cup warm water.

Knead it for a few minutes, leave to double in size.
I find it makes either 4 large tacos or 6 small ones.
Scale up for the amountof tacos you want to make.

I pull a lump of dough, roll into a ball. press into a small circle in seasoned flour - coating both sides well. Then roll out real thin.
Use a hot dry frying pan and flip when bubbles show. Couple minutes each side after that and it's done.

With a press it's obviously much much easier and quicker. Plus you can cook on a hot grill - over a vortex would be ideal. Same deal flip when you get bubbles, couple minutes a taco.

Let People make their own tortillas :-)

I know traditionally you should make tortillas from cornmeal - I'm just not that keen on cornmeal, so use wheat flour instead.
Also they are not traditionally leavened. I just prefer it that way :-)
Makes more and softer tortillas.

[BBQ Engineer]

Hey Scott, I'll post these links and at least this morning, the photos show up for me...if they don't show up let me know and I'll go jockey around with them so you can see them too. Both are great ideas for a party type large scale gig...and both are so flavorful!

Grab a couple of plow disks and fire up some discada...so good!

http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43682


or like Brian said, make some achiote chicken pollo pibil.

http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33092

[Ryan]

If you can get them grilled nopale(cactus paddles) go great on tacos.

[HawgHeaven]

Fresh chopped spinach, not the frozen shit...