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

Minced beef for tacos

Servings:	Serves 2
Calories per serving:	502
Ready in:	1 hour 15 minutes
Prep. time:	5 minutes plus 1 hour marinading
Cook time:	10 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	31st October 2012

Best recipe review Favetastic! 5/5 Just about my favourite meal! The Judge

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Ingredients

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• Main ingredients
• 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 of a teaspoon of black peppercorns
• 5 cm (1/2") cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon white cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
• 1/2 a teaspoon dried minced garlic
• Sea salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon of dried oregano
• Good pinch of salt or 1 tablespoon of juice from preserved lemons - if using the latter, add in step 3
• For garnishing
• Four spring onions, chopped on the diagonal

Method

1. Grind all of the dry spices in a coffee grinder
2. Tip the mince and the chopped red peppers into a bowl
3. Add the dry spices and tomato puree and mix them together by kneading the mince
4. If you have the time, leave for an hour in a cool place for the flavours to mingle
5. Heat the ghee in a frying pan or wok
6. Add the mince and fry until done to your liking
7. Pour off any excess fat
8. Add the juice from ½ an orange
9. Stir fry for a few more minutes and pour away any excess liquid
10. 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.
11. 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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