Tacos with minced beef – A Mexican feast for your guests

Enjoy a Mexican evening at your home with some authentic Mexican food. This tacos with minced beef recipe is as original as you can get to Mexican cuisine.

Want to know the secret to getting your tacos with minced beef taste like the real deal? Make your own taco seasoning! With this recipe, you don’t need to go to the store and buy the ready-made mix. It is also much healthier as there are no additional flavourings and colourants added. The taco spice will transform chicken, beef or seafood to a taste sensation as it injects the meat with a burst of flavour.

Whip together any indulgent Mexican dish by starting off with a taco, tortilla or nachos chips. Layer it with your choice of meat, toppings and salsa. Then serve it with a portion of refried beans and sour cream on top and you are in for a real treat.

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Tacos with minced beef recipe

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Jessica Alberts Course: MainCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

25

minutes

Total time

35

minutes

Ingredients

• Seasoning

• 2 tablespoons chilli powder

• 1 tablespoon cumin

• 1 tablespoon paprika

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1 teaspoon onion powder

• 1 teaspoon oregano

• 1 teaspoon black pepper

• 1 teaspoon salt

• Taco filling

• 500 grams beef mince (or you can use chicken breasts)

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, finely minced

• 1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix

• 1 tin tomato paste

• ½ cup tomato sauce

• 1 can corn, whole kernels

• fresh coriander to garnish

• Refried beans

• 1 can black beans or pinto beans

• 1 garlic finely chopped

• 1 tablespoon oil

• 1 teaspoon cumin

• juice of 1 lime

Method

• Seasoning
• Combine all the ingredients and store them in a jar.
• Tacos filling
• Fry the onion and the garlic until soft. 
• Add mince and cook till brown. 
• Add a tablespoon of taco seasoning and combine.
• Add tomato paste and tomato sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add corn and cook for a further five minutes.
• Layer your taco with a scoop of meat filling, fresh lettuce and grated cheese on top. Serve with re-fried beans, sour cream and tomato salsa.
• Refried beans
• To make the refried beans, heat garlic in a pan with oil. Add the tin of beans and cumin and cook for five minutes.
• Mash with potato masher or fork until soft. Squeeze lime juice over. Serve with tacos.

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