Sourdough Tortillas

Easy to make sourdough tortillas with only five basic ingredients: sourdough starter, water, flour, salt, and oil.

Course Sourdough

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword homemade tortillas, sourdough tortillas

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Additional Time 12

Total Time 12 30

Servings tortillas

Calories 172kcal

Author Lisa

Add the sourdough starter, water, oil, salt, and flour to a mixer with a dough hook.
Knead for 2-3 minutes in a mixer, or 5 minutes by hand. The ingredients should be fully incorporated, and the dough slightly elastic.
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap, and allow to sit at room temperature for 12-24 hours. (If you are gluten intolerant, 24 hours is better.)
The next day, divide the dough into 12 equal parts.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll each ball of dough out to about a 1/4 inch thickness. Get them as thin as you can, without them falling apart.
Cook them in a preheated cast iron skillet in a little coconut oil. One minute on each side is sufficient.

To make cooking super fast and easy, I love getting four cast iron skillets going at one time. This makes this process so much easier.
All-purpose and whole wheat flour will work well for this recipe. For lighter and fluffier tortillas, use unbleached all-purpose.
You can use active sourdough starter or discard.
No need for a tortilla press, you can easily just roll these out with a rolling pin.