Grammy's Kitchen · Ground Beef Tacos · Tiny Tacos
One of 137 ground beef tacos recipes we measured
3 cooks on www.southernliving.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 137.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 41% | 0% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 26% | 8% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 17% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 230 g | 1 cup sour cream |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro |
| 1 tsp. grated lime zest plus 1 tsp. fresh juice (from 1 lime) | |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup, plus 1 1/2 Tbsp. tap water, divided |
| 4 g | 2 tsp. ground cumin, divided |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt, divided |
| 14 g | 1 Tbsp. canola oil |
| 454 g | 1 lb. ground round |
| 170 g | 1 small (6 oz.) yellow onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup) |
| 12 g | 4 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped (1 1/2 Tbsp.) |
| 8 g | 1 Tbsp. chili powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp. ground coriander |
| 113 g | 1 (4-oz.) can diced hot green chiles |
| 454 g | 1 (16-oz.) pkg. (8-in.) flour tortillas |
| 255 g | 9 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded (about 2 1/4 cups) |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.southernliving.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“The basic combination tastes great, but the cheese DOES NOT adhere to the tortillas. It either comes off on the spatula or on the paper towels. The only way I couldmake it work was to put the cheese then the meat on the tortillas. heat in a dry pan until the c” — a cook, 3★
“Added avocado and little more salsa” — a cook, 4★