Crispy beef tacos
Crispy Beef Tacos are ultra-flavorful weeknight favorite inspired by my mom’s tender ground beef and the viral TikTok crispy taco technique.
Servings: 12 tacos
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb 85/20 ground beef
- Salt
- Cumin
- Chili powder go heavy
- Complete seasoning
- Oregano
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Small flour tortillas
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying
- Mozzarella + Monterey Jack cheese
Green Sauce
- 1 jalapeño seeded
- Handful of cilantro
- Juice of 1/2 a lime
- ½ cup mayo
- ¼ cup sour cream
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat your skillet or griddle over medium-high heat and crumble the ground beef into small pieces. Season generously with salt, cumin, chili powder, complete seasoning, and oregano. Let the spices toast in the beef fat.
- Once the beef is browned, stir in 1 tbsp soy sauce to deepen the color and flavor. Pour in 1 cup chicken stock and let the beef simmer for about 10 minutes until most of the liquid cooks down and the meat becomes tender and saucy.
- Blend jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice, mayo, sour cream, and salt until creamy and smooth.
- Heat a thin layer of vegetable oil on your griddle or skillet. Lay down a flour tortilla and sprinkle mozzarella and Monterey Jack on one side. Add a spoonful of beef and fold the tortilla over.
- Fry until golden and crispy on one side, flip, and crisp the other until the cheese melts and the tortilla is crunchy.
- Pair with the green sauce for dipping or drizzling and enjoy immediately for the best crisp.