Grammy's Kitchen · Ground Beef Tacos · Old School Beef Tacos
One of 137 ground beef tacos recipes we measured
from www.foodnetwork.com
It ranks #1 of 137 for gravy quality among the ground beef tacos recipes we compared. 15 cooks on www.foodnetwork.com rate it 3.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 137.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 25% | 8% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 305% | 17% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 40 g | 1/4 cup diced onion |
| 37 g | 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper |
| 2 dried Guajillo or New Mexico dried chile pods | |
| Extra-virgin olive oil | |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, bashed |
| 75 g | 1/2 onion, rough chopped |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground cumin |
| 794 g | 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes, such as Glen Muir Fire Roasted |
| Canola oil | |
| Canola oil | |
| 37 g | 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper |
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef (80/20 blend) |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground cumin |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon granulated garlic |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon paprika |
| 7 g | 2 teaspoons onion powder |
| Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper | |
| Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper | |
| Olive oil cooking spray | |
| Sixteen 7-inch corn tortillas | |
| 100 g | 1 cup finely grated Parmesan |
| 822 g | 2 vine tomatoes, diced |
| 3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce | |
| 1 cup Mexican crema | |
| 2 limes, cut into wedges | |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup chopped cilantro |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.foodnetwork.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Old School Tacos? I'm sorry I ever graduated. These are easily the best tacos I have ever made. My kids couldn't get enough. By lunch the next day all the leftovers were gone. Prep takes a little time, but if done in advance the final assembly is quick and eas” — a cook, 5★
“It was alright, did the job. I feel like the sauce is a good base with room for improvement... otherwise to our taste and from what we are used to expecting from Guy recipes its a bit bland. My fiance was glad we had the mayo from the drunken shrimp tacos for ” — a cook, 3★