Best thing I ate: the perfect crispy taco

Crispy chicken tacos are a staple of Cal Mex. I am, of course, stating the obvious. Everyone has their favorite, and it is usually a place where they’ve been eating regularly for years. Except me. I have long had a favorite crispy beef taco. But try as I might, I have never found what I considered the perfect crispy chicken taco. Until now.
The trick to any good crispy taco is freshness. The hard shell has to be fried to order. It can’t be fried in advance, left sitting around the ki