Ground Beef Tacos
These ground beef tacos are made from scratch and are undoubtedly the best tacos you’ve ever had. Made with tender, lean ground beef, homemade taco seasoning and simmered in a delicious salsa, you will never make tacos any other way again.
Recipe for Ground Beef Tacos
I have been sharing recipes here on my blog for over a year now and I just realized, I haven’t shared my homemade ground beef taco recipe! We have these tacos once a week at our house. They’re simple, so dang good, and a crowd favorite.
Over the years, I have learned how to make the most moist and flavorful ground beef tacos. First, I make my own taco seasoning which makes a huge difference in flavor, then I also add some homemade salsa to it to make the meat so tender and soft. Then if you’re really an overachiever, you can make my homemade flour tortillas to just knock things out of the park.
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What Ingredients Are in Ground Beef Tacos?
- Ground Beef – I use our delicious grass-finished beef that we raise. (You can find that here.) It’s incredibly nutrient dense and so flavorful. Our ground beef is a lean blend of 90/10. You can use any type of ground beef that you would like.
- Taco Seasoning – I always use my homemade taco seasoning recipe which is so yummy! You can also use the pre-packaged taco seasoning as well.
- Minced Garlic – I don’t go crazy on the seasonings because my homemade taco seasoning recipe has plenty of flavor, but I do add a teaspoon of minced garlic. It’s just good.
- Salt
- Pepper
- Shredded Cheese – I usually use the Mexican cheese blend, but if I don’t have that, I just use whatever cheese is on hand.
- Tortillas – As mentioned above, most of the time I make my own tortillas. You can find that recipe here. However, use whatever you would like. If I don’t have time to make homemade tortillas, I like to use the uncooked tortillas. They just taste better than the prepackaged, already cooked flour tortillas.
- Toppings – Tomatoes, sour cream, avocados, lettuce, cilantro, etc…
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Best Ground Beef Tacos Recipe
- In a frying pan, combine ground beef and all seasonings. Cook until ground beef is completely cooked through.
- When done, add in salsa and let simmer for 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
- Remove from heat and assemble tacos.
- Serve with favorite toppings.
- Enjoy!
Gluten Free Ground Beef Tacos
This recipe is gluten free if you use my homemade taco seasoning blend. If you are using a taco seasoning packet, be sure to double check the ingredients to make sure they are gluten free. Also, instead of using flour tortillas, I switch to using corn tortillas.
What to Serve with Ground Beef Tacos
These are my most popular go-to sides to serve with tacos or anything Mexican. Both my Spanish rice and Corn Salsa is always a hit!
How to Store Ground Beef Tacos
Store the leftover taco meat in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Premade tacos are not usually the best to reheat, so when we have leftover tacos, we just heat things up individually.
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Ground Beef Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef (lean, 90/10)
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 package flour tortillas
Toppings
- shredded cheese
- salsa
- tomatoes
- lettuce
- avocados
- sour cream
Instructions
- In a frying pan, combine ground beef and all seasonings. Cook until ground beef is completely cooked through.
- When done, add in salsa and let simmer for 5 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
- Remove from heat and assemble tacos.
- Serve with favorite toppings.
- Enjoy!
