Where can I buy Tortilla Bowls? (Taco Salad)

[bmore_flavor]

I want to make my own ultimate taco salad and would like to find the big Tortilla Bowls that you find in most restaurants. I know you can make them but I would prefer just to buy them. Any ideas?

[AnneBird]

You can bake them too! Just get the large tortillas, then sprinkle them with some water so that they are pliable, then sort of plop them over a round cereal bowl size bowl, and bake them until golden brown! So that they don't stick, spray the top of the bowl with a little Pam or oil it.

[BigEats]

Hear hear! A healthy alternative and one that works very well, I might add. AnneBird gets a kudo from me on this one! Now....find some whole grain tortillas and you're even more better off.

[beauxgoris]

No comment - but now I'm seriously craving chicken taco salad...

[bmore_flavor]

Great idea! A great healthy alternative.

[chesapeakesun]

For the unhealthy(ish) version, I use a wok with hot oil then press an empty coffee can down into the tortilla. Works like a charm. Drain well!

[MikeR]

I think the concept of the big bowl is just a restaurant thing, better right out of the fryer than pre-made. I've seen small tortilla bowls though, probalby Old El Paso, standard grocery store stock. I was in Restaurant Depot today and asked if they had them, and they didn't.

[bmore_flavor]

Great, thanks for the info. I guess I will make em myself.

[MikeR]

I've seen basket forms for salad-sized tortilla bowls at cookware stores, a convenient way to get them to hold the bowl shape when you dunk it into the hot oil. In fact, I don't know how you'd make one without some sort of form to hold it. Probably there are expensive ones at Williams-Sonoma, cheap ones at World Market or Pier 1.

[bmore_flavor]

Anyone?