American · Dinner
Carne Molida con Papas Tacos
Beef and Potato Tacos
Ground beef browned with onion and garlic, then simmered with diced potato, cumin, chili powder, and tomato paste until tender into a spiced picadillo-style filling. Spooned into warm corn tortillas and topped with lettuce, tomato, and cotija cheese, finished with lime wedges.
$4
15 minsPrep
25 minsCook
40 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
768Calories
39.6gProtein
43.3gFat
58gCarbs
7.1gSugar
8.6gFiber
1015mgSodium
151mgChol
15.1gSat Fat
892mgPotassium
218mgCalcium
4.2mgIron
1.8mcgVitamin B12
18.5mgVitamin C
gluten-free
egg-free
protein-rich
high-fiber
spice-route
hidden-gems
gluten-free
Instructions
1
Prep
Peel and dice the potato into small cubes, finely chop the onion, mince the garlic, shred the lettuce, dice the tomato, and crumble the cotija.
2
Sauté
Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat, cook the onion 3 minutes until softened, then add the garlic 30 seconds until fragrant.
3
Sear
Add the ground beef, raise heat to medium-high, and brown 5 minutes, breaking it up until no pink remains and the pan bottom browns nicely.
4
Simmer
Stir in the cumin, chili powder, and tomato paste 1 minute over medium heat, then add the potato, beef stock, and salt and simmer covered 12 minutes until fork-tender.
5
Plate
Warm the tortillas in a dry pan, spoon in the filling, top with lettuce, tomato, and cotija, and arrange the three tacos with lime wedges on the side.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 13 oz371g ground beef
- 8.4 oz240g potato
- 2/3 cup100g onion
- 4 cloves4 cloves garlic
- 2 tsp2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp1 tsp chili powder
- 4 tbsp64g tomato paste
- 2/3 cup160ml beef stock
- 2 tbsp30ml vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp salt
- 66 corn tortillas (about 90g)
- 1 oz30g cotija cheese
- 1.4 oz40g lettuce
- 2.8 oz80g tomato
- 11 lime
