Beef taco meat
Seasoned ground beef for tacos
Servings: 4
Equipment
- pan
Ingredients
- 1½ lb Ground Beef 85% lean is preferred
- 1 tbsp Oil high heat cooking
- 2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Oregano
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 dash MSG powder optional
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat pan on stovetop
- Add the oil and allow it to heat up and coat the pan
- Add the ground beef, try to spread it out as much as possible
- Turn up the heat and allow the beef to cook without disturbing it
- When it is nice and brown on the bottom, turn it over
- Brown some more
- Lower the heat and stir up the beef, break it into pieces
- Add all of the seasoning and a few tablespoons of water
- Stir some more and allow to cook for just a few more minutes on low
- Serve
Notes
Why buy premixed taco seasoning? The ingredients are probably things you already have in the pantry.
The trick with browning the beef is to get it to actually brown. If you stir it too much at the beginning, it releases water and steams. Cooking it for awhile on high heat allows the Maillard reaction to nicely brown the beef.
If you want to fancy it up, you can use fresh onions and garlic instead of powder.
Serve on any kind of tacos. This is also great on top of a hot dog or hamburger.