Grammy's Kitchen · Ground Beef Tacos · Best Ground Beef Tacos
One of 137 ground beef tacos recipes we measured
38 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.1★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 137.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 26% | 0% |
| fat | 3% | 1% |
| aromatics | 29% | 8% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 17% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon cooking oil |
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup finely chopped onion |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon minced garlic |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste |
| 49 g | 3 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup water or stock |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chili powder |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano |
| 225 g | 8 to 10 corn tortillas (or flour tortillas or taco shells) |
| Suggested Toppings: shredded cheese, sliced or diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, diced avocado, quick pickled onions, sliced red onions, cilantro, lime wedges | |
| diced tomatoes | |
| shredded lettuce | |
| pico de gallo | |
| diced avocado | |
| quick pickled onions | |
| sliced red onions | |
| cilantro | |
| lime wedges |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“We liked this recipe very much. I made it as written with the exception of adding a teaspoon of chopped hot pepper to the meat when I added the garlic.” — a cook