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Ground Beef Tacos

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A seasoned ground-beef filling in crisp homemade shells — the fast, family-friendly taco-night classic.

Prep 00:10
Cook 00:15
Total 00:25
Yield 4

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste ((see notes for using tomato sauce))
  • ½ cup water ((or beef broth))
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice ((about ½ lime))
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • Oil, (for frying (vegetable oil, olive oil, or avocado oil are great))
  • Thinly shredded lettuce
  • Shredded cheese
  • Diced tomatoes
  • Sour cream

Instructions

  1. 1
    Brown the ground beef, breaking it up, and drain excess fat.
  2. 2
    Stir in the tomato paste, water and spices; cook 1 minute.
  3. 3
    Off the heat, stir in the lime juice.
  4. 4
    For the shells, fry the tortillas in an inch of oil, folding into a U shape, until crisp.
  5. 5
    Fill the shells with the beef and top with lettuce, cheese, tomato and sour cream.
Category
Dinner
Cuisine
Mexican

Recipe Attribution

Isabel Eats
isabeleats.com/easy-ground-beef-tacos/