Grammy's Kitchen · Ground Beef Tacos · Jamaican Beef Tacos With Tropical Slaw
One of 137 ground beef tacos recipes we measured
from www.seriouseats.com
1 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 137.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 8% | 1% |
| aromatics | 53% | 8% |
| sweetener | 1% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 13% | 17% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1/2 cup diced mango (from about 1 large mango, pitted and skinned) | |
| 1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple (from 1 pineapple, cored and skinned) | |
| 80 g | 1/2 cup diced red onion (from 1 medium red onion) |
| 3 small radishes, thinly sliced | |
| 33 g | 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems |
| 60 g | 2/3 cup thinly sliced red cabbage (from 1 head red cabbage) |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh juice from 2 limes | |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon sugar |
| Kosher salt, for seasoning | |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil |
| 4 scallions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced | |
| 150 g | 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped |
| 12 g | 4 medium cloves garlic, minced |
| 1/2 or 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and minced, or Scotch bonnet hot sauce, to taste (see note) | |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon paprika |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon allspice |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon Jamaican curry powder |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for seasoning |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sugar |
| 20 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon Jamaican curry powder |
| 10 small flour tortillas |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe was fantastic! The combination of spicy and sweet flavors were delicious. My grocery store had habaneros, but not Scotch bonnets, so I got a Scotch bonnet hot sauce instead and it was great! We loved how the tortillas turned out with the brushed oi” — a cook
“I made this recipe tonight, and it was delicious! I couldn't find Jamaican curry powder so I made my own from this recipe (you can half the recipe or you will end up with 2 full spice jars) http://m.allrecipes.com/rec...” — a cook