Editing Taco (section)

===Puffy tacos, taco kits, and tacodillas===
Since at least the late 1930s, a variation called the "'''puffy taco'''" has been popular in the [[Lower Rio Grande Valley]] and the surrounding area. Henry's Puffy Tacos, opened by Henry Lopez in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], popularized the variation,<ref name="j941">{{cite web | last=Ralat | first=José R. | title=The Delicate History of the Puffy Taco | website=Texas Monthly | date=2020-03-18 | url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/the-delicate-history-of-the-puffy-taco/ | access-date=2025-05-03}}</ref> in which uncooked corn tortillas (flattened balls of [[masa]] dough<ref name="Saveur Tortilla Recipe">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.saveur.com/food/classic-recipes/corn-tortillas--51762.html |title=Homemade Corn Tortillas (recipe from ''Saveur'') |access-date=2008-11-10 |magazine=Saveur |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829172957/http://www.saveur.com/food/classic-recipes/corn-tortillas--51762.html |archive-date=2008-08-29 }}</ref>) are quickly fried in hot oil until they expand and become "puffy".<ref name=TexasCooking>{{cite web|last=Lankford|first=Randy|title=Henry's Puffy Tacos – San Antonio|url=http://www.texascooking.com/features/sept2005_henrys_tacos.htm|work=TexasCooking.com|publisher=Mesquite Management, Inc.|access-date=26 December 2011|archive-date=25 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085355/http://www.texascooking.com/features/sept2005_henrys_tacos.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Saveur Recipe">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.saveur.com/article/food/Puffy-Tacos |title=Puffy Tacos (recipe from ''Saveur'') |access-date=2008-07-26 |magazine=Saveur |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907064859/http://www.saveur.com/article/Food/Puffy-Tacos |archive-date=2008-09-07 }}</ref> Fillings are similar to hard-shell versions. Restaurants offering this style of taco have since appeared in other Texas cities, as well as in California, where Henry's brother, Arturo Lopez, opened Arturo's Puffy Taco in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], not long after Henry's opened.<ref name="Arturo’s">{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-07-24/eat-drink/the-air-in-there/ |title=Getting Stuffed at Arturo's Puffy Taco |access-date=2011-08-14 |first=Jonathan |last=Gold |work=[[LA Weekly]] |publisher=LA Weekly LP |date=2008-07-23 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114335/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-07-24/eat-drink/the-air-in-there/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PuffyAustin">{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Chisholm |title=The Puffy Taco Invasion |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:208403 |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |volume=23 |issue=35 |date=2004-04-30 |access-date=2011-08-14 |publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp |archive-date=2007-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407160303/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A208403 |url-status=live }}</ref> Henry's continues to thrive, managed by the family's second generation.<ref name=TexasCooking/>

Kits are available at grocery and [[convenience store]]s and usually consist of taco shells (corn tortillas already fried in a U-shape), seasoning mix and [[taco sauce]]. Commercial vendors for the home market also market soft taco kits with tortillas instead of taco shells.<ref name="OLP Taco Kit">{{cite web |url=http://www.ciao.co.uk/Old_El_Paso_Taco_Dinner_Kit__5314334 |title=Old El Paso Taco Dinner Kit |access-date=2008-07-08 |publisher=Ciao! Shopping Intelligence&nbsp;— UK (blog) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614022018/http://www.ciao.co.uk/Old_El_Paso_Taco_Dinner_Kit__5314334 |archive-date=2008-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Ortega Taco Kit">{{cite web |url=http://www.ortega.com/products/taco-meal-kits |title=Ortega Taco Kits |access-date=2014-03-04 |publisher=B&G Foods |archive-date=2018-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817002204/http://www.ortega.com/products/taco-meal-kits |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The tacodilla contains melted cheese in between the two folded tortillas, thus resembling a [[quesadilla]].<ref name="Tacodilla">{{cite web|url=http://honestfare.com/green-tomato-and-corn-tacodillas/|title=Green tomato and corn tacodillas|date=June 1, 2010|work=Honest Fare|access-date=13 November 2010|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234039/http://honestfare.com/green-tomato-and-corn-tacodillas/|url-status=live}}</ref>