If you are cooking for a crowd, it is nice to keep the both the corn and flour tortillas warm and soft for hours if needed. Here are five simple ways to make sure that your food is the star of the party.
Parchment Paper Hack. Separate your room temperature tortillas as this will ensure they don’t stick together when heating. Wrap them in parchment paper and microwave 30-40 seconds, until they are warmed through. Then wrap the parchment package in aluminum foil and place in a gallon plastic bag. This will keep them warm for 30 minutes. If you want to keep them warm for several hours, place your bagged tortillas in a small cooler. Take a bag out as you need it for serving your guests.
Slow Cooker Warming Method. Wrap tortillas in a damp towel, then aluminum foil. Place in a slow cooker set to medium heat. Let heat for 30 minutes to warm through or as long as you need to keep them warm.
Tortilla Warmers. Plastic warmers are inexpensive, come with lids, are microwavable, and they will keep warm and pliable tortillas for up to 20 minutes after heated. Ceramic warmers can keep them warm up to an hour after heated through. When using a warmer, a good rule of thumb for reheating tortillas in a warmer in the microwave is to add 15 seconds for every four tortillas. However, microwaving them over 60 seconds can lead to dry, brittle tortillas, so be sure not to overheat.
Oven Warming. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Wrap them in a damp cloth, then aluminum foil. Place them in an oven safe container and keep them in the oven wrapped in the foil until ready to use.
Insulated Fabric Pouch. This inexpensive pouch is an easy way and used in the microwave heating method. When the flaps are kept closed, it can keep up to 15 Tortillas at a time warm for over 1 hour.