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Hard-shell taco

The hard-shell or crunchy taco is a Mexican-American dish that developed from the taco in the United States. The earliest references to hard-shell tacos are from the early 1890s, and by the early 20th century this style of taco was available in Mexican-American communities across the US. Fast food chains began to market hard-shell tacos to Americans in…

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Alternative names
Crispy taco
Main ingredients
Tortillas, meat, vegetables, cheese
Place of origin
United States
Similar dishes
Soft taco
Type
Finger food

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Hard-shell taco

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Hard-shell taco

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related to history · 21
Hard-shell taco → Absolute Mexican Foods, After, An, Ashley Mexican Food, Baca Gilbert, Beginning, Bertha Haffner Ginger, By, California, California Mexican-Spanish Cookbook, Fabiola Cabeza, First, Her, In, New Mexican, Texas, The, The Good Life, U-shape, United States
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Hard-shell taco → Hard, Spanish, Such, U-shaped, While
Alternative names · 1
Hard-shell taco → Crispy taco
Main ingredients · 1
Hard-shell taco → Tortillas, meat, vegetables, cheese
Place of origin · 1
Hard-shell taco → United States
Similar dishes · 1
Hard-shell taco → Soft taco
Type · 1
Hard-shell taco → Finger food

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Hard-shell tacoAlternative namesCrispy taco1.00infobox
Hard-shell tacoMain ingredientsTortillas, meat, vegetables, cheese1.00infobox
Hard-shell tacoPlace of originUnited States1.00infobox
Hard-shell tacoSimilar dishesSoft taco1.00infobox
Hard-shell tacoTypeFinger food1.00infobox
Ashley Mexican Foodinstance ofcompanies0.80text
Absolute Mexican Foods were selling appliancesinstance ofcompanies0.80text
ingredients for cooking hard shell tacosinstance ofcompanies0.80text
and the first patents for hard-shell taco cooking appliances were filed in the 1940s.In 1949instance ofcompanies0.80text
a recipe for a hard-shell taco first appeared in a cookbookinstance ofcompanies0.80text
The Good Lifeinstance ofcompanies0.80text
Hard-shell tacorelated to DescriptionWhile0.60section

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