4meandthem
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Fish or fish stick tacos are also great and great way to get someone to eat fish who normally wouldn't
Ooo - we love tacos at our house!
My favorite way - get your hands on some shredded roast (I bottle beef so I can just use a pint of that for my recipes). Soften some chopped onion in oil, add the beef, maybe some canned green chiles (I'll also add black beans if I'm wanting to stretch the meat to feed lots of people) and then season up with stuff like garlic salt & cayenne pepper, maybe some cumin if you're adding the beans. Get that all heated together
Then - for the shells, get some small corn tortillas and soft fry them in oil. This really makes the tacos
We opt for typical toppings like finely shredded lettuce & tomato, sour cream, shredded cheese and a great taco sauce. Out here, I buy something called "Macayo's" - its a local restaurant. Very good!!!
We haven't had this in awhile - I think its time to invite some friends over for dinner and do up a huge batch of tacos plus spanish rice!
Classic home-made tacos:
Take one chuck roast (two to three pound roast) and braise it in your slow cooker overnight. Season with salt, 1 onion, diced, 1 tsp. ground cumin, 1/2 tsp. ground coriander, 3 tbs. chopped, fresh cilantro, 3 cloves minced garlic. The next day, take two forks and shred the roast. Open a can of ripe, sliced black olives. Have on the table; bowls of diced, raw tomato, a cup of fresh made guacamole, favorite hot sauce, favorite salsa, diced cucumber, and shredded, sharp chedar cheese.
Heat oil in a frying pan, about an inch deep. Take soft, corn tortillas and place in the hot oil for about fifteen seconds. Serve hot and soft to those eating tacos. Let them put the fillings in. Figure 4 to 5 tacos per person.
You can use browned, ground beef, seasoned with chili powder, coriander, cumin, and salt, in place of the shredded beef if you want.
Shredded chicken and pulled pork are great as well. But for all of them, you must use fresh corn tortillas, quickly softened in hot oil.
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Our daughter (13 ), and alot of her friends, love spaghetti taco's. Spaghetti noodles mixed with marinara sauce, no meat, put into hardshell taco's. Strange , i know, but they all just love it here.
I hear that DHMO stuff can be pretty dangerous... Sufficient quantities can cause asphyxiation.Always made my taco meat as such, all measurements are approximate since I never measure it.
1 lb. ground beef, 90/10 is best since you won't have neon orange grease running down your hands as you eat them and it won't soggify your taco shell
1/2 onion, fine mince (I don't like chunks of onion in my tacos)
2-3 cloves garlic, fine mince
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 T chili powder
1 t ground cumin, freshly toasted/ground if possible
1/4 t dry Mexican oregano
1/2 cup dihydrogen monoxide, beef stock works well if you have home made with no salt otherwise it can get too salty when you reduce it
Vegetable oil
salt and pepper
Our daughter (13 ), and alot of her friends, love spaghetti taco's. Spaghetti noodles mixed with marinara sauce, no meat, put into hardshell taco's. Strange , i know, but they all just love it here.