How To Make Fried Tacos
Ready in under an hour, these pan-fried tacos top tender flour tortillas with ground beef, green chiles, and tomatoes, for a quick and easy snack.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspolive oil,or canola oil
- 1½lbsground beef
- 10oztomatoes and green chiles,(1 can) chunky diced
- 4ozgreen chiles,(1 can) diced
- 1½tspsalt
- ½tspground black pepper
- 1tspcumin
- ½tspgarlic powder
- 6flour tortillas,(8-inch)
- 3cupsmexican style cheese,shredded
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
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Start by heating up a large skillet with the oil over medium heat.
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Add the beef and brown while breaking up with a spoon until completely cooked through.
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Next add in the diced tomatoes, green chilies, salt, pepper, cumin and garlic powder. Stir to combine the filling and transfer to a large bowl.
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Wipe out the skillet and spray with cooking spray.
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Place 1 tortilla in the skillet and top with ¾ cup of beef filling and ½ a cup of cheese. Let cook open for 1 minute, then fold over and press down on the taco with a spatula so it seals closed.
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Cook for another 2 minutes then flip to the other side for another 2 minutes. Just get them nice and browned on both sides for about 5 minutes each.
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Transfer to the oven to keep warm and repeat with the remaining tortillas. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 759.02kcal
- Fat: 51.28g
- Saturated Fat: 22.33g
- Trans Fat: 2.12g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 19.17g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.95g
- Carbohydrates: 33.58g
- Fiber: 2.84g
- Sugar: 6.12g
- Protein: 41.13g
- Cholesterol: 147.83mg
- Sodium: 871.28mg
- Calcium: 566.75mg
- Potassium: 770.30mg
- Iron: 5.13mg
- Vitamin A: 237.26µg
- Vitamin C: 166.91mg
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