What Are Puffy Tacos?
Puffy Taco are San Antonio tacos: beef or chicken picadillo, raw masa disc dropped in hot oil so it puffs, then folded, on fried masa (puffed) tortillas.
Puffy Taco is a style taco from San Antonio, United States. The filling is beef or chicken picadillo, specifically ground or shredded seasoned meat, raw masa disc dropped in hot oil so it puffs, then folded.
It is served on fried masa (puffed) tortillas, usually with lettuce, tomato, cheese. In the US it turns up most in San Antonio.
A San Antonio invention; Ray's Drive Inn and Henry's Puffy Tacos both claim it.
Puffy Taco are San Antonio tacos made with ground or shredded seasoned meat, raw masa disc dropped in hot oil so it puffs, then folded, served on fried masa (puffed) tortillas.
A San Antonio invention; Ray's Drive Inn and Henry's Puffy Tacos both claim it
Where US venues name it
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Where to eat puffy taco in the US
Round Rock, TX
- Tio Dan Café Puffy Tacos N FishHours not recordedDirections
San Antonio, TX
- Henry’s Puffy Tacos ExpressHours not recordedDirections
Whittier, CA
- Arturo's Puffy TacoHours not recordedCallDirections
Last updated August 31, 2026. Venue details refresh with each data import.