H-E-B Tortillas Shipped to Chicago

Chicago does not need to be told what a good tortilla is. The city has one of the largest Mexican-American communities in the country, and neighborhoods like Pilsen and Little Village have been centers of Mexican-American life for decades. Fresh corn tortillas are part of everyday shopping here.

The Texas flour tortilla is a different thing. Flour tortillas come out of the cooking of northern Mexico and Texas, where wheat took hold alongside corn. In Texas they are the default wrapper for breakfast tacos and fajitas, and the H-E-B bakery versions are what many Texans grew up eating. That is the gap this page is meant to fill for a Chicago kitchen. It is not a replacement for the corn tortillas you already buy close to home. It is the soft, slightly chewy flour tortilla that goes with eggs and bacon on a Saturday morning, or with a skillet of peppers and onions.

Chicago winters are cold, with average January temperatures below freezing. That makes it a good city for indoor Texas cooking: a pot of beans, a cast iron pan of fajitas, a stack of warm tortillas wrapped in a towel. If you are hosting a Longhorns watch party or just feeding a homesick Texan, a few packs of H-E-B tortillas cover a lot of ground.