Beef Taco Cups
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.
Servings: 4
Calories: 352kcal
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Line 8 muffin cups with tortillas. Carefully fold back edges of tortillas to leave openings in centers for thefilling. Bake 10 min.
- 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.
- Stir in tomato sauce and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 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.
Notes
4 servings/2 bowls per serving
Makes 2 ½ cups filling.
TIP:
- Use flour tortillas, not corn tortillas. Corn tortillas are not piable enough to shape into cups
- Line 4 jumbo muffin cups with 8-inch flour tortillas.
- Carefully overlap edges of tortillas to leave openings in centers for the filling
- Bake 12 minutes at 350F
- Cool in pan 5 minutes
- Divide filling evenly between the four large taco cups.
- 4 servings/1 bowl per serving
Nutrition
Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 394mg | Potassium: 621mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2912IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 261mg | Iron: 3mg