Corn tortilla
Also called tortilla de maíz and tortillas
Corn tortillas are made with water and table salt and are sold fresh. They have a grainy texture when cooked and can be deep-fried or served with meat.
- Category
- Breads & baking
- Texture
- Grainy
- Cooked most in
- The Americas
- Top country
- Mexico
- Dishes
- 7 in the catalogue
In the kitchen
How to use corn tortilla
Typical ways to cook or use it
- Deep fry
Made from
Cooking with it
Serve tortillas warm; as they cool, they can become grainy or rubbery.
Goes well with
- meat
Flavour
Taste and texture
Texture, cooked
- Grainy
Shopping
Choosing and storing corn tortilla
- Sold as
- Fresh
- Availability
- Supermarkets
Around the world
Where corn tortilla is cooked
Dishes by continent
Countries whose dishes use it most
- Mexico 5
- Nicaragua 2
Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list corn tortilla among their ingredients.
On the table
Dishes made with corn tortilla
Enchilada potosina
Mexico
Repocheta
Nicaragua
Enchilada
Mexico
Gordita
Mexico
Tostada
Mexico
Taquito
Mexico
Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include corn tortilla.
Cooked together
Often cooked with corn tortilla
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Around the world
What corn tortilla is called
Spanish
Tortilla de maíz · Tortilla de maiz · pablo emilio escobar
French
tortilla
Italian
tortilla · Tortillas
Portuguese
Tortilla
German
Tortilla
Dutch
Mexicaanse tortilla · maïstortilla
Greek
Τορτίγια καλαμποκιού
Russian
кукурузная тортилья · лепёшка из кукурузы · кукурузная лепёшка · маисовая тортилья
Polish
Tortilla
Arabic
تُرتِيَّة الذرة · تورتيا الذرة · تورتيا الذرى · تورتيللا الذرة
Persian
تورتیلا
Hebrew
טורטיית תירס
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Basque
Arto tortilla
Brazilian Portuguese
Tortilla
Bulgarian
Тортиля
Catalan
tortilla de dacsa · tortilla de blat de moro · tortilla de panís · tortilla de moresc
Chinese
墨西哥玉米薄饼
Czech
kukuřičná tortilla · kukuřičná tortila
Danish
majstortilla
Esperanto
maiza tortiljo
Finnish
Tortilla
Galician
torta de maínzo
Indonesian
Tortilla
Japanese
トルティーヤ · トルティージャ · コーントルティーヤ
Javanese
Tortilla
Korean
토르티야
Lingua Franca Nova
Tortilia
Macedonian
Пченкарна тортилја
Malay
Tortilla
Norwegian Bokmål
maistortilla
Norwegian Nynorsk
maistortilla
Slovenian
koruzna tortilja
Swedish
majstortilla
Thai
ตอร์ติยาข้าวโพด
Vietnamese
Tortilla
Welsh
Tortila
Sources and credits
Data
- GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
- Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
- Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikidata item: Q15660894