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25-Minute Ground Beef Tacos

Name: 25-Minute Ground Beef Tacos
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican-American
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef; 1 small onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp chili powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1/2 tsp paprika; 1/2 tsp kosher salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1/3 cup water; 8 flour tortillas; 2 cups shredded lettuce; 1 tomato, diced; 1 cup shredded cheddar; 1/2 cup sour cream

Seasoned ground beef in warm flour tortillas, with lettuce, tomato, cheddar, and sour cream. Build-your-own taco night, about twenty-five minutes.

25 min Serves 4 Beef Tacos

Ground beef tacos in flour tortillas with lettuce, tomato, cheddar, and sour cream — Ground beef tacos with lettuce, tomato, cheddar, and sour cream.

Ingredients

Recipe serves 4.

1 lbground beef
1 smallonion, diced
2 clovesgarlic, minced
1 tbspchili powder
1 tspground cumin
1/2 tsppaprika
1/2 tspkosher salt
1/4 tspblack pepper
1/3 cupwater
8flour tortillas
2 cupsshredded lettuce
1tomato, diced
1 cupshredded cheddar
1/2 cupsour cream

Steps

Step 1
Warm a skillet over medium-high. Cook the beef and onion, breaking the beef up, until the beef is browned and the onion is soft. Pour off extra fat if the pan is swimming.
Step 2
Stir in the garlic, chili powder, cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper. Add the water and simmer 2 minutes, until the beef looks saucy.
Step 3
Warm the tortillas in a dry skillet, or wrapped in a towel in the microwave, until they bend without cracking.
Step 4
Fill each tortilla with beef, lettuce, tomato, cheddar, and a spoon of sour cream.

Warm tortillas tear less. If they crack, ten seconds in a dry skillet softens them.

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