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These easy baked taco cups are made with delicious raw tortillas that bake up perfectly in the oven and are filled with seasoned taco meat and cheese. Once baked they are topped with sour cream, fresh lettuce, tomatoes and cilantro.
A fun, kid-friendly dinner that’s perfect for busy weeknights, parties or Taco Tuesday. ๐
Let me show you how to make it happen!
Cook your taco meat according to directions in the instructions below.
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Grab your raw tortillas and cut the round sides off to make a square. Cut the square into 2 strips.
Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray. Line each muffin tin circle with the two strips. They should lay across each other, like a plus sign. Press them gently into the pan.
Fill the cups with warm taco meat. Gently spray the tops of the tortillas with a bit of cooking spray.
Bake for 10 minutes, or until the shells start to turn golden brown.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Return to the oven and allow the cheese to melt.
Remove from the oven and top the cups with a bit of sour cream, lettuce, tomato, green onion and cilantro.
Serve and enjoy!
Ingredients
- TACO MEAT:
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (I like 93% lean, 7% fat)
- 1/4 C yellow or white onion, minced
- 1 tsp garlic, minced (bottled works great)
- 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes (with juice)
- 1 Tb Kinder's Woodfired Garlic Seasoning (pictured above)
- 1 Tb taco seasoning (I like McCormick)
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp oregano
- TORTILLA CUPS:
- 12 raw tortillas
- cooking spray
- TOPPINGS:
- sour cream
- shredded lettuce
- tomato, diced
- cilantro, chopped
Instructions
- Grab a large, deep skillet and heat it over medium high heat.
- Add your ground beef, onion and garlic. Break up the meat with a spatula and cook until it's no longer pink and has browned up nicely for you.
- Add the canned tomatoes (with the juice), and all of the seasonings. Stir well to combine and allow the mixture to come to a simmer. Grab the lid to the pan and cover it half way, allowing some of the steam to escape, but covering enough of the pan the the juices don't hop out of the pan.
- Let it cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Grab your raw tortillas and cut the round sides off to make a square. Cut the square into 2 strips.
- Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray. Line each muffin tin circle with the two strips. They should lay across each other, like a plus sign. Press them gently into the pan. Fill the cups with warm taco meat. Gently spray the tops of the tortillas with a bit of cooking spray.
- Bake for 10 minutes, or until the shells start to turn golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Return to the oven and allow the cheese to melt.
- Remove from the oven and top the cups with a bit of sour cream, lettuce, tomato, green onion and cilantro.
Serve and enjoy!
