Best Ground Beef Tacos

Let’s do #TacoTuesday with an OG, the Best Ground Beef Tacos.

My unofficial summer bucket list has me, among other things:

1) using the heck out of my new SUP board (started)

2) going to Wimbledon for my and mom’s 40/70 (two weeks!)

3) perfecting my garage set up (not done)

4) major blog clean up (a work in progress)

The blog clean up isn’t something that you’ll likely notice, but when I finally get through what I want to get through, I should have a shiny new recipe index for you and (hopefully) more blog traffic for me. With almost ten years and over 1000 recipes to go through, it’s a task that I’m taking one post at a time. The happy accident is that I’m realizing that I made some really delicious things, but some of those were back in the day when I didn’t know how to properly write a recipe, certainly didn’t know how to take a decent picture and weirdly decided to name my blog posts by being cheeky with song titles (as in “(Rock) Lobster Chowder”…oy).

Anyway, one such recipe that I’m digging out of the archives and refreshing is this recipe for the best ground beef tacos. I originally wrote this as a birthday favorites recipe and its deliciousness still stands. In the ten years since #TacoTuesday has since become a thing, I feel like I’m prone to shun the basic beef taco in lieu of something more exciting. Hell, when I go out to eat I never get one, preferring to go with an al pastor or carnitas. But the beef taco is one that I’ve been eating since I was a kid. My mom makes her version by mixing in the black beans with the ground beef, and true to form, she always had a nice spread so that we could choose our own adventure with the toppings. I’m doing the same here.

What makes this the best is simply homemade taco seasoning! I go into more detail here, but let’s just say that the flavor will put any ole packet of seasoning to shame, and will no doubt be much healthier, too.

These tacos are garnished with my favorite white cheddar cheese, lime-soaked red onions and my new favorite hot sauce.

Let’s go.

Best Ground Beef Tacos

June 21, 2022

Servings: 4

Prep: 10 min

Cook: 20 min

Total: 30 min

Difficulty: Easy

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Best Ground Beef Tacos use homemade taco seasoning for the freshest flavors and healthier option, topped with cheese, onions and hot sauce.

By: Chrissy

Ingredients

2 TB olive oil
1 lb lean ground beef (85/15 or 90/10)
1 medium yellow onion (about 1 cup)
3 cloves garlic chopped
1 (14 oz) can no-salt added black beans
2 TB chili powder
1 TB cumin
1 TB oregano
2 tsp cornstarch (optional)
2 tsp salt
1 ½ tsp paprika
1 tsp coriander
½ tsp cayenne
1 cup water
12 tortillas, to serve
1/2 cup shredded cheese of choice
lime (optional)
hot sauce (optional)

Directions

Step 1 In a skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil, onions and garlic and cook until starting to soften, about 4 minutes.
Step 2 Add the meat and spices and cornstarch, and cook until thoroughly brown. Add the beans and water, turn down to medium low and cook about 15 minutes until all heated through and saucy.
Step 3 Assemble tacos with whatever toppings you desire. Enjoy!