Minced beef for tacos
I decided to perfect this because I was fed up with buying a famous brand packet of spices every time I wanted to make tacos. I think that this is pretty close. It works with chicken as well as beef.
I deliberately wanted a dry mix to put into taco shells, as the sauce would be provided by guacamole, sour cream or yogurt
Main ingredients
Ingredients
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- 1 packet of taco shells or taco trays
- 225 g (1/2 lb) lean minced beef
- 1 red pepper, chopped finely
- Juice from ½ an orange
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
For the dry spice mix
- 1 teaspoon dried smoked chillies such as chipotle:
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 5 cm (1/2") cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon white cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon dried minced garlic
- Sea salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- Good pinch of salt or 1 tablespoon of juice from preserved lemons - if using the latter, add in step 3
For garnishing
Method
- Grind all of the dry spices in a coffee grinder
- Tip the mince and the chopped red peppers into a bowl
- Add the dry spices and tomato puree and mix them together by kneading the mince
- If you have the time, leave for an hour in a cool place for the flavours to mingle
- Heat the ghee in a frying pan or wok
- Add the mince and fry until done to your liking
- Pour off any excess fat
- Add the juice from ½ an orange
- Stir fry for a few more minutes and pour away any excess liquid
- If desired, put in half the of the spring onions during the last minute of cooking (as in the photo), kill the heat and serve immediately.
- Arrange on a hot plate and sprinkle with all of/the rest of the chopped spring onions over the filled taco shells
Serving suggestions
Serve with taco shells (or the really neat taco trays), sour cream, guacamole, pickled jalapeños and a salsa such as sweet potato salsa
Variations
Try chicken fillets or shredded beef steak instead
Sprinkle with grated Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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