Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos

Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos is a high-protein homemade fast food recipe ready in 40 min. It makes 4 servings, each 960 kcal with 49 g protein. Intermediate level, 11 ingredients.

Recipe by @aflavorfulbite, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 40 mintotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 960kcal a serving
  • 49 gprotein
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Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos

What is Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos

Tortillas filled with seasoned beef mince and melted mozzarella and fried until crisp, served with coriander and lime wedges.

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How to make Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos

Tips from the cook

  • Cook the filling until most of the liquid is gone, as a wet filling makes the tortilla soggy and tear.
  • Put mozzarella both under and over the beef, so the cheese glues the taco shut.
  • Fry in batches without crowding, about 1 minute a side until golden.
  • Drain on a wire rack, not paper, so the underside stays crisp.
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Sides from Cookpath that balance this dish, the same picks the app suggests.

Southwest Quinoa Salad30 min · 300 kcalApple Raisin Coleslaw15 min · 170 kcal

Meal prep and storage

Serve at once, as they soften as they sit. Reheat in a hot pan to crisp them again.

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Crispy Cheesy Beef Tacos substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

Tortillas1 option
  • Corn tortillas (check no wheat added) 1:1 by count

    Split when folded as a wrap.

Mozzarella1 option
  • Dairy-free mozzarella-style shreds 1:1 by weight

    Caprese/fresh; stretch and browning differ.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

Fresh coriander2 options
  • Flat-leaf parsley 1:1
  • Leave out (garnish) leave out (garnish only)

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