The Authentic Mexican Tacos Recipe

Check out this authentic Mexican tacos recipe.

Tacos are a popular Mexican delicacy that has spread all over the world now. Americans nowadays love tacos. You can use corn or an all-purpose flour tortilla with different kinds of fillings inside. You then fold and add the fillings and eat them by hand.  

 If you ever see someone using a fork and knife then they don’t know what they are eating. 

Tacos are a famous Mexican dish consisting of a maize or wheat tortilla with a filling on top. Then you fold the tortilla around the contents and consume it with one hand. A taco can be filled with a variety of items, including beef, pig, chicken, fish, beans, vegetables, and cheese. They’re usually topped with vegetables like lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and chiles, as well as condiments like salsa, guacamole, or sour cream.

Ground beef tacos are absolutely delicious and very easy to make from your home kitchen. Ground beef tacos are wrapped in soft flour tortillas and topped with tomatoes, onions, and cheese in this popular Mexican cuisine. For the best taste balance, top it with fresh cilantro, sour cream, and freshly squeezed lime juice. It’s delicious, spicy, creamy, and light all at the same time. These tacos are good for many kinds of important Mexican parties and occasions. In any case, they’re always a tremendous hit.

Ingredients of the Mexican taco recipe

• 250 grams of lean ground beef ( But if you want alpastor tacos, you will have to use pork here)
• 1 Tablespoon of chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ¾ teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon each of dried oregano and garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper
• ½ cup of tomato sauce
• ¼ cup of water
• 12 taco shells 
• Toppings of your choice. You can add grated mozzarella and parmesan cheese, grated iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, taco sauce, sour cream, guacamole, and so many others. 

Steps to follow to make Mexican tacos

Firstly, put the ground beef in a big non-stick frying pan over medium heat and cook until the meat becomes brown. Separate the ground beef into smaller chunks as you stir with your wooden spoon. 

 

Secondly, spice up the meat with chili powder, cumin, salt, oregano, garlic powder, and black pepper. Stir everything together thoroughly. Cook, tossing occasionally until you cook the beef through, about 7 minutes.

 

Then turn the heat down to medium. 

Mix the tomato sauce with the water in another bowl.

To blend, stir everything together. Cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring regularly, until part of the liquid has evaporated but the meat mixture is still saucy. Turn off the heat.

Before you use the taco shells, you should first warm them up. Usually, the package of the shells has some directions that you can follow. 

2 heaping teaspoons taco meat, stuffed into taco shells Top with shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, sliced red onion, taco sauce, sour cream, guacamole, and other taco toppings as desired.

However, if you loved following this Mexican tacos recipe, be sure to check out our bibimbap Recipe.

Also, if you have finished making your alpastor tacos or ground beef tacos, please take photos and send them to us. We will post them on our blog for the world to see how great you have become.