Ground Beef Taco's

The inspiration for this dish comes from a Mexican vendor on Fremont St in Las Vegas. When we think of tacos its usually taco shells, but on this occasion it was a mini corn tortilla with a little bit of filling and salsa. Although they weren't  much to look at the flavours exploded in the mouth. So this recipe goes out to that drunken night and a Mexican vendor.

 

 

 

Filling Tops 8 Taco's

 

Ingredients

250g Minced Beef

3/4 Onion

3 Garlic Cloves

2 Large Tomatoes

1 Beef Stock Cube

1tbsp Worcester Sauce

1/4tsp Ground Cinnamon

1tbsp Ground Cumin

1tbsp Smoked Paprika

1tbsp Dried Chilli Flakes

Plenty of Cracked Black Pepper

Handful of Fresh Coriander

1/2 Lime Juice

200ml Water

Ingredients for the Salsa

1/4 Onion

1/2 Red Pepper

1 Fresh Chilli

1 Tomato

Handful of Fresh Coriander

1/2 Lime Juice

Method

 

Dice the onion, garlic and tomatoes then place to one side. Heat a sauté pan with a 1tbsp of olive oil. Add the minced beef frying until browned, crumble in the stock cube and stir until the beef has been coated. Add the Worcester sauce, cinnamon, cumin, paprika, chilli flakes and pepper cook until the fragrance hits the room. Place in the onion, garlic and tomatoes and sauté until softened. Pour in the water then bring to the boil and simmer until reduced to a thick coated sauce. Chop the fresh coriander and scatter in followed by a squeeze of lime juice. 

 

Serve with this simple salsa.

 

Finely chop the onion, pepper, chilli and tomato then place in a serving bowl. Add chopped coriander and a squeeze of lime. Mix to combine all of the ingredients and flavours. Set aside for 10-15 minutes before serving.

 

To make the mini tortillas check out my homemade tortillas recipe.