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Ground Beef Tacos are something we love to cook and enjoy eating. Do you? This recipe for ground beef tacos is quick, easy, and delicious! Which makes this perfect to make on any night of the week. Don’t wait for Taco Tuesday to make this recipe.
With a few simple ingredients such as tortillas, ground beef, spices, and taco sauce, you can cook this dinner idea. And in no time at all, it will be ready to serve your family dinner.
This dinner is made in under 30 minutes! Which makes it the perfect dinner for a school night, when you are busy, or get home from work and need a quick dinner.
In my house, tacos are a dinner favorite. They are on repeat in my meal planning. It makes getting dinner on the table easy! Top them with cheese, taco sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole (you can prep topping ingredients ahead of time). Or keep it simple and top these tacos with cheese and taco sauce! Put your favorite toppings on these ground beef tacos.
And they love them so much, I even make Taco Potatoes! But, on this particular day, I didn’t have all the ingredients for my usual beef taco recipe. That’s when I decided to use what I had on hand and make a new recipe. And here are the results. Everyone loved them, too! The win/win for me is that they take half the time. Why? Because there isn’t any chopping of onions, garlic, peppers…
Hello, Taco Tuesday, come to mama! Well, we can include anyone else who wants to chow down on tacos, too! I’m assuming that’s why you’re here, to make tacos with ground beef. So, let’s get cooking!
You can easily adapt this taco recipe to suit your tastes!
Optionally, you could omit the spices for taco seasoning or a packet. I have used them on occasion, and recommendations are listed below. I prefer homemade, but I don’t judge. And optionally, if you have sour cream, guacamole, lettuce… Go for fully loaded tacos with all the good fixings!
On this day, we just topped our tacos with cheese and taco sauce. Keeping it simple.
How To Cook Ground Beef Tacos
Unpackage and add your ground beef to a skillet or nonstick pan.
Heat the meat while occasionally stirring and breaking up the ground beef.
Continue to do this until the meat is browned.
If you aren’t using lean ground beef, remove the excess grease from the pan. Do this carefully by using a big spoon and adding it to a disposal container.
Now, add the garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, cumin, and chili powder. For the oregano, crush it in your clean hands, then toss it in.
Then add half of your can of Rotel, reserving the other half for a topping.
To stretch the dinner and have leftovers (because we are all home!) I added 1 can of pinto beans, with liquid drained from the can. This is optional, but it tastes really good.
If you are using tomato sauce, adjust seasonings to your liking by adding more garlic, cumin, and chili powder.
Warm corn (or) flour tortillas in the microwave.
Serve with cheese and remaining salsa for the topping. Add your favorite taco sauce, ours is La Victoria.
Let me just tell you they taste just as awesome the next day as leftovers for lunch! And I like making one less meal. Is anyone else feeling like they are constantly cooking with the kids and teens at home?! Dear Lord, please make my teen make her lunch! Or at least heat leftovers in the microwave! Seriously.
Some days I’m just over fussy cooking and ready for quick and simple like this. Or any of our other 30-minute recipes. These dinner ideas are perfect for when you need to get dinner on the table fast! Or when you don’t feel like cooking, but have to.
Ground beef taco seasoning
For this taco recipe, it uses garlic, onion powder, cumin, chili powder, oregano, salt, and pepper. However, you can adapt this to include 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of Cayenne if you like your recipe spicier.
Ground Beef Tacos - This recipe for ground beef tacos is quick, easy, and delicious! Which makes this perfect to make any night of the week.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Additional Time2 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Ingredients
ground beef 1-1/2 lb.
salsa de jalapeno or 8-oz. can of tomato sauce
Rotel (half the can and reserve rest for topping)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. cumin
1-2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
pinto or kidney beans(optional)
white corn tortillas, corn tortillas, or flour tortillas
shredded cheese
Taco Sauce
Instructions
How To Cook Ground Beef Tacos
Unpackage and add your ground beef to a skillet (or) nonstick pan.
Heat the meat while occasionally stirring and breaking up the ground beef.
Continue to do this until the meat is browned.
If you aren’t using lean ground beef, remove the excess grease from the pan. Do this carefully by using a big spoon and adding to a disposal container.
Now, add the garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, cumin, and chili powder. For the oregano, crush it in your clean hands, then toss it in.
Then add half of your can of Rotel, reserving the other half for a topping.
To stretch the dinner and have leftovers we added 1 can of pinto beans, with liquid drained from the can. This is optional but, it tastes really good.
If you are using tomato sauce, adjust seasonings to your liking by adding more garlic, cumin, and chili powder.
Warm corn (or) flour tortillas in the microwave.
Serve with cheese and remaining salsa for the topping.
And for good measure, we add our favorite taco sauce.
How to warm tortillas in the microwave?
Add a paper towel to a small plate
Add the tortillas onto the paper towel.
Next, add a paper towel on top of the stacked tortillas.
Sprinkle the top of the paper towel with a little water. (this helps keep them from drying out)
Microwave the prepared plate of tortillas for 2 minutes (or less).
Check to see if they are all heated. Repeat as needed.
Tips: I like to do this in stacks of six. You can use a tortilla warmer like this, to keep them warm.
Notes
Ground beef taco seasoning –
For this taco recipe, it is garlic, onion powder, cumin, chili powder, oregano salt, and pepper. But, you can adapt this to include 1/4 to 1/2 a tsp. cayenne if you like your recipe spicier. Adapt our basic taco seasoning to suit your taste and that of your family.
like this or this
to keep them warm. 
