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Before I made these double decker tacos, I’d never cooked with hard corn taco shells before. I’d eaten them a few times (though I can’t for the life of me remember where), and I know I didn’t enjoy them too much – purely because they make such a mess! The tacos look beautiful when they’re neatly stuffed with a load of delicious fillings, but after one bite, the shell cracks, and everything goes all over the place.
That’s where double decker tacos come in! The hard taco shells are wrapped in a soft flour tortilla, with a layer of refried beans to stick them together. That way, when the shell cracks, it’s all still in one piece! You get all the crunch, with none of the mess. Utter genius.
I can’t take credit for the double…
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