Fried Ground Beef Tacos

Are you ready for Taco Tuesday?  These Fried Ground Beef Tacos have seasoned ground beef, lightly crispy taco shells, shredded cheese, and lots of tasty toppings.

They are a great appetizer or light meat.  You can make this into a more filling meal with a good serving of my Buttered Corn.  This corn recipe has lightly browned butter, and is both savory and sweet.

The best part about making these tacos, is that the shells are fried in only a few teaspoons of oil each.  I don’t know about you, but I hate to deep fry things.  This recipe makes the process much easier.

Ingredients

For the Ground Beef Taco Meat

• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 pound ground beef (20% fat)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon tomato bullion with chicken flavor
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle chili pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon flour (this will give it that restaurant taco texture)
• 1/4 cup beef broth or chicken broth

Other Ingredients for the Fried Ground Beef Tacos

• 1 package soft corn tortillas
• Oil as needed for the tortillas
• 2 cups shredded cheese of your choice (cheddar, jack, queso quesadilla, etc)
• Garnishes of your choice (shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced onions, etc)

Directions for Fried Ground Beef Tacos

For the Ground Beef Taco Meat

• Add the oil in a large pan.  Add the ground beef along with the 10 spices. Cook on medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes, or until the beef is no longer pink.
• Stir in the tomato paste until well incorporated.
• Add the flour.  Cook for about 2 more minutes.
• Pour in the beef or chicken broth.  Cook for about 5 more minutes, or until the liquid is evaporated.  Set aside.

For the Corn Tortilla Taco Shells and to Assemble the Tacos

• In a large pan, heat 2 teaspoons of oil on medium heat.  Add one or two tortillas at a time.  Cook on each side until the tortilla starts to crispy up.

• Fold the tortilla into a taco shell shape.  However, this is not necessary if you are using taco holders.

• Lay the tortilla in a taco holder.  This will give it its taco shape and also make it easy to put the other ingredients inside.  It also makes for a nice presentation.

• Stuff each taco shell with some of the of the ground beef, cheese, and topping of your choice.

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Fried Ground Beef Tacos

These Fried Ground Beef Tacos have seasoned ground beef, lightly crispy taco shells, shredded cheese, and lots of tasty toppings.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine Cal-Mex, Mexican, Tex-Mex

Keyword Ground Beef

Ingredients

For the Ground Beef  Taco Meat

• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 pound ground beef 20% fat
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon tomato bullion with chicken flavor
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle chili pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon flour this will give it that restaurant taco texture
• 1/4 cup beef broth or chicken broth

Other Ingredients for the Fried Ground Beef Tacos 

• 1 package soft corn tortillas
• Oil as needed for the tortillas
• 2 cups shredded cheese of your choice cheddar, jack, queso quesadilla, etc
• Garnishes of your choice shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced onions, etc

Instructions

Directions For the Ground Beef Taco Meat 

1. Add the oil in a large pan.  Add the ground beef along with the 10 spices. Cook on medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes, or until the beef is no longer pink.

2. Stir in the tomato paste until well incorporated. 

3. Add the flour.  Cook for about 2 more minutes.

4. Pour in the beef or chicken broth.  Cook for about 5 more minutes, or until the liquid is evaporated. Set aside.

Directions for the Frying the Corn Tortillas and to Assemble the Tacos

1. In a large pan, heat 2 teaspoons of oil on medium heat.  Add one or two tortillas at a time.  Cook on each side until the tortilla starts to crispy up.  Lay the tortilla in a taco holder.  This will give it its taco shape and also make it easy to put the other ingredients inside.  It also makes for a nice presentation.
2. Stuff each taco shell with some of the of the ground beef, cheese, and topping of your choice.

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