Beef Taco Cups is an easy recipe that will soon become your favorite and fun way to celebrate Taco Tuesday! Tortillas bake into cute crunchy cups that are filled with our saucy beef mixture and taco toppings.
Beef Taco Cups Recipe
So let’s change up Taco Tuesday this week with Beef Taco Cups!
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Everyone loves Taco Tuesday and it’s so much fun to make tacos different ways. You can let your imagination run wild and serve up open-faced tacos, tacos in taco boats, taco bowls, vegan tacos, vegetarian tacos, steak tacos, fish tacos, chicken tacos, tacos in baked potatoes and even walking tacos….the list goes on and on. But today we are serving our tacos up in these adorable taco cups made from tortillas!
How To Make Taco Cups With Tortillas
Bake tortillas in a muffin tin for just ten minutes to form a crunchy shell that will be the bowl for your taco filling. A flavorful saucy ground beef mixture and toppings finish off this beef taco cups recipe. Kids, and grown ups too, will have so much fun on Taco Tuesday when Beef Taco Cups are on the menu!
Tortillas in muffin tin before baking!
Gently overlap the tortillas and they will fold easily to fit into the muffin tin. For even easier folding, simply heat them for several seconds in the microwave to warm them up and make them more pliable!
Taco Recipes
I know that you will want to make Beef Taco Cups every week, because they are so much fun, but trust me, you’ll also want to try these taco recipes too. Remember, variety is the spice of life!
Season slices of juicy skirt steak with a few basic spices and enjoy them nestled in a crunchy corn shell topped with a lime-scented mixture of fresh heirloom tomatoes. Spiced Skirt Steak Tacos are a party in your mouth with a burst of flavor in every bite!
A taco filled with saucy spicy buffalo chicken topped with celery, carrots, tomatoes and creamy Roquefort blue cheese puts a twist on tacos that combines your favorite foods, tacos and buffalo chicken, and make Buffalo Chicken Tacos!
Brown Rice Taco Bowl is a taco in a bowl! Your Taco Bowl is filled with a seasoned ground beef and salsa mixture, creamy avocado, juicy tomatoes, cheddar cheese and red onion all on top of hearty good-for-you brown rice.
Beef Taco Cups is an easy recipe that will soon become your favorite and fun way to celebrate Taco Tuesday! Tortillas bake into cute crunchy cups that are filled with our saucy beef mixture and taco toppings.
- 8 (6-inch diameter) flour tortillas, taco style
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 Tbs. homemade taco seasoning or store bought taco seasoning
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups chopped lettuce
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 scallion, sliced
- 1 tomato, chopped
- Cilantro leaves
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Heat oven to 350°F.
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Line 8 muffin cups with tortillas. Carefully overlap edges of tortillas to leave openings in centers for the filling. Bake 10 min.
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Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook ground beef, onion and taco seasoning until beef is browned, about 7 minutes.
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Stir in tomato sauce and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Spoon beef mixture, about 1/3 cup per bowl, into tortilla bowls. Top with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, tomato and scallion. Garnish with cilantro leaves.
4 servings/2 bowls per serving
Makes 2 ½ cups filling.
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