Ground beef tacos with skillet sauce
This is the quickest taco dinner when you have the seasoning bottle ready. The sauce comes together in the pan with the beef, no extra steps, and you have tender, well-seasoned meat in ten minutes flat. Build your tacos however you like.
About 920 calories a serving, 61 g protein, 56 g carbohydrate, 53 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 1 lb ground beef
- 6 to 8 corn or flour tortillas
From your shelf
- 1 bottle (about 1.25 oz) taco seasoning for ground beef skillet sauce
Staples
- 1 tablespoon oil
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When it shimmers, crumble in 1 lb ground beef and break it into small pieces with a spoon, stirring often until no pink remains, about 6 minutes.
- Pour the entire bottle of taco seasoning skillet sauce over the beef and stir to coat everything evenly. Simmer for 2 minutes while the sauce warms through and clings to the meat.
- Taste and season with a pinch of salt and pepper if needed. Warm 6 to 8 tortillas in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 30 seconds per side while the meat rests.
Note Swap ground turkey or pork if you like. Leftovers keep in the fridge for three days and reheat well in a skillet. Serve with shredded cheese, lettuce, salsa, sour cream, or whatever you have on hand to dress your tacos.
On the label
TOMATOES, WATER, TOMATO PASTE, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, DISTILLED VINEGAR), SPICES, DRIED ONION, SALT, SUGAR, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE CONCENTRATE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), CANOLA OIL, CHILI PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM.
Ortega, oriental, mexican & ethnic sauces, serving 48 g, package 7 oz/198 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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- Thomas Farms 100% ground beef steak burgerThomas Farms
Cooks as ground beef, taco seasoning. Half of it left? Use up the ground beef.