Make a Soft Taco
Here is a guide to making delicious beef tacos.
Ingredients
- Chopped chicken or beef
- Grated cheese or melted
- Tortillas (also referred as soft shell taco)
- Salsa/Pico-de-gallo
- Taco seasoning mix
- Sour cream
- Chopped Lettuce, Tomatoes, etc
Steps
- Cook the chopped (or shredded) meat or chicken in a skillet. When it is well cooked, then add the seasoning so this avoids drawing out juices.
- Heat the tortillas in the microwave or between slightly dampened dish towels or paper towels in an oven (Don't dry them out.).
- Put meat in tortilla first, then add all the raw vegetables like lettuce, tomatoes, and the salsa.
- Then add the cheese (or you may like to Make Nacho Cheese Sauce over the meat in the microwave or such) and sour cream into the soft tortilla shell.
- Fold the tops of the tortillas together, tuck into a wrapper to avoid dripping juices and enjoy this delicious dish!
- Finished.
Tips
- Try using high fiber (carb balance) tortillas, or corn tortillas instead of the usual wheat tortillas.
- Tacos with pieces of fried potatoes or potato tots in them are tasty.
- To keep a large quantity of tortillas warm, use a standard griddle with two pie pans. Stack the pie pans on top of each other and place on the griddle surface. Pour water around the pie pans and turn the griddle on a low heat. Place the flour tortillas (doesn't work for corn tortillas unless you dampen them a little) in the top pie pan and cover the griddle. The griddle will heat the water giving off steam and keep the tortillas warm. Don't use just one pie pan as that will over heat the tortillas.
- You may enjoy adding side dishes: Make Key Lime Pie, chili and serve tea or a carbonated beverage.
Warnings
- The meat or melted cheese may still be hot when you are going to eat so be careful.
- Be careful supervise younger cooks and to not burn or cut yourself while cooking.
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