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RESTAURANT-STYLE TACO MEAT SEASONING



Restaurant-Style Taco Meat Seasoning image

This tastes very close to the taco seasoning favored by a very popular fast-food taco restaurant. You can make this at home, and let your family prepare tacos the way they like.

Provided by GVSWIFE

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Latin American     Mexican

Time 40m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 ½ tablespoons corn flour
4 ½ teaspoons chili powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon seasoned salt
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon garlic salt
¼ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried minced onion
½ teaspoon beef bouillon granules
¼ teaspoon ground red pepper
1 ⅓ pounds lean ground chuck
1 cup water

Steps:

  • In a medium bowl, combine the corn flour, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt. Stir in the paprika, cumin, garlic salt, and sugar. Blend in the onion, bouillon, and ground red pepper, stirring until all spices are well blended.
  • Crumble the ground chuck into a large skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until browned. Remove from heat, rinse meat with hot water, and drain water and grease from beef.
  • Return meat to skillet, and pour in seasoning. Stir in water. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until most of the liquid has cooked away, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 164.4 calories, Carbohydrate 2.1 g, Cholesterol 43.6 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 10.6 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 212.1 mg, Sugar 0.2 g

TACO MEAT - RESTAURANT STYLE



Taco Meat - Restaurant Style image

No browned or fried ground beef here. This is cooked in water. YES, in water. Resulting in that nicely steamed, soft texture you get in most Mexican restaurants.

Provided by ReeLani

Categories     Meat

Time 1h10m

Yield 1 pan

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 lbs ground chuck
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 bell pepper, finely chopped
1/2 onion, finely minced

Steps:

  • Put the ground chuck in a large pot or Dutch oven and add seasonings.
  • Add just enough water to cover the meat, bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for about an hour.
  • Every 15 minutes or so break up the meat with a large spoon or a potato masher so that it isn't lumpy. Be sure always to keep just enough water to cover the meat.
  • After an hour add the onion and bell pepper and simmer another 20 minutes. The meat should be very finely textured at this point.
  • Remove from the heat, pour into a strainer over a large bowl, and let the meat sit in the strainer for 10 or 15 minutes to make sure all grease drains away, pressing it a few times.
  • After the meat has drained as much as possible, place the bowl of liquid (which you want to keep) and grease in the freezer for a while. When grease separates and hardens on top, take a spoon and remove all of it. Retain about a cup of the degreased liquid.
  • Place reserved liquid in a pan and bring to a boil. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of corn starch in 1/4 cup of cold water and add to the liquid, simmering 4 or 5 more minutes. Add reserved meat into the pan and mix liquid well into meat.
  • Serve in taco shells or tortillas, or mix into a taco salad or casserole.
  • Leftovers freeze well.

RESTAURANT STYLE TACO MEAT SEASONING



Restaurant Style Taco Meat Seasoning image

I loathe store bought taco seasoning. The flavor of it is so overpowering that you can hardly taste anything else on your taco! I found this recipe and adapted it a bit to suit my own tastes. I'm posting it on here mostly to be able to find it whenever I want to make it again. **NOTE: sometimes i substitute 1 tsp of store-bought taco seasoning in place of 1 tsp chili powder. you can't pick the flavor of the store-bought stuff out and it helps bring the flavors together a bit**

Provided by Melanie2590

Categories     Meat

Time 25m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 3/4 tablespoons cornflour or 1 3/4 tablespoons white flour
3 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon seasoning salt
3/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 lbs ground beef
1/4 teaspoon beef bouillon granules (i do 1/4 teaspoon. not quite enough to be 1/2 tsp)
3/4 cup water

Steps:

  • In small bowl, mix all dry ingredients. set aside.
  • brown meat in a skillet. when done, drain off fat.
  • return skillet to burner. sprinkle on seasoning mix and add tomato paste and bouillon. add water and stir well to coat meat.
  • let simmer for about 15 minutes, or until the majority of the water cooks off.

RESTAURANT-STYLE TACO MEAT RECIPE - (4.2/5)



Restaurant-Style Taco Meat Recipe - (4.2/5) image

Provided by ErinLayton

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/2 T. corn flour (I used corn meal)
4 1/2 t. chili powder
1/2 t. onion powder
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. seasoned salt
1/2 t. paprika
1/4 t. cumin
1/2 t. garlic salt
1/4 t. brown sugar
1 t. dried minced onion
1/2 t. beef bouillon granules
1/4 t. cayenne pepper
1- 1 1/3 lbs. ground beef
1 cup water

Steps:

  • Combine all the spices in a bowl. Start browning the ground beef, breaking up with a spatula as you go. Stir in the seasoning and the water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook about 20 minutes until most of the liquid is gone. Serve in tacos, nachos, burritos, etc.

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