Taco Meat Recipe

cooked taco meat in skillet with wooden spoon and taco fixins surrounding it

This is the BEST Taco Meat Recipe Ever! A little unconventional, made with a homemade taco seasoning, tomato paste, vegetables like onions and peppers, plus a secret ingredient (shh...it's potatoes!).

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Beef Tacos, taco meat

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings

Calories 147kcal

Author Katie Cooksey

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef I used grass-fed 80/20
3 1/2 tbsp homemade taco seasoning or a packet of store-bought
1 cup onion minced
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup green bell pepper minced
1 small potato minced, not peeled
3 tbsp tomato paste
2/3 cup water + more as you stew meat

Instructions

Add ground beef, onion, green pepper and potatoes in a skillet over medium high heat and brown meat until cooked through, breaking meat up as small as possible along the way.
Make a well in the ground beef to reveal some grease and add garlic and tomato paste, allowing to "fry" a bit before stirring throughout meat mixture.
Tip pan to one side to allow grease to gather and dab a paper towel to remove "most" of the grease.
Turn heat down to medium low. Add taco seasoning and water and simmer.
For best results, stew meat for an hour or longer...adding more water as it evaporates. Adjust seasonings to taste.
Serve hot with your favorite taco night fixin's.

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