These tacos are packed with flavor. They have a beefy taste, and the toppings give it a fresh taste. Additionally, frying the flour tortillas just a little bit brings out a slight sweetness in them and makes them a bit crunchy as well. I love the taste and texture of this taco.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Main Dish, Sandwich
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Beef, recipe, Taco
Servings: 40tacos
Calories: 218kcal
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Ingredients
Beef
2.5Lbs.Ground Beef
1SmallonionDiced
1/2Tsp. salt
1/2 Tsp. pepper
Tortillas
2CupsVegetable Oil
406"Flour Tortillasthe smaller ones that are about 6 inches in diameter
Toppings
3CupsLettuceshredded
3CupsCheddar Cheeseshredded
2Cupstomatoesdiced, I prefer cutting cherry tomatoes in half and using that
1Smalloniondiced
1containerSour Cream
1BottleOrtega Taco SauceMild (I am specific on this taco sauce as it is the family favorite)
1BottleHot Sauce
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Instructions
Beef
Cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking up beef until it is relatively small crumbles of cooked hamburger.
2.5 Lbs. Ground Beef
About ½ way through cooking the ground beef, add the diced onion, salt, and pepper. Continue cooking and breaking up the beef until it is cooked through (no pink showing).
1 Small onion, 1/2 Tsp. salt, 1/2 Tsp. pepper
Tortillas
In a 10” skillet, I use a cast iron skillet, add the oil and cook on medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, put in a flour tortilla and cook about 30 seconds on one side.
2 Cups Vegetable Oil, 40 6" Flour Tortillas
Using two forks, I fold it in half and flip from side to side making sure that both sides are starting to turn a light gold color. That is normally another 30 seconds total.
Remove from the oil and place on a plate lined with three squares of paper toweling. Cook the tortillas individually like this until all 40 flour shells are cooked. (Hint. Sometimes the flour shells like to get air bubbles. I lightly place the forks over them to make sure that they stay folded while cooking in the oil).
Toppings
Dice the onions and tomatoes and put them in separate bowls. Shred chop the lettuce in thin strips. Shred the cheese. (Time saving tip. I do this as I am cooking the hamburger.)
Once the tortillas are cooked. Start putting the tacos together.
1 – 1 ½ tablespoon of hamburger in each shell.
Then top off your crunchy tacos with one or all of the delicious toppings: try shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, onion, taco sauce, hot sauce, or sour cream.
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Serving Hint
I generally get everything out on the table and put spoons and tongs in the containers and let everyone assembly their taco the way they like it.
Refrigerator Storage of Leftovers
By keeping all the ingredients separate, I can put each item away in the refrigerator for leftovers later. The taco shells we microwave about 30 seconds. The hamburger we heat up about one minute. The rest does not require heating. Once those the shells and hamburger are heated up, we assemble our tacos again.