White Boy Beef Tacos
January 29th, 2008
Ground Beef Tacos Recipe
Beef Taco Seasoning Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 pound (90 percent lean) ground beef
1/2 cup canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar
8 crispy taco shells (sometimes I just eat this on a bed of tortilla chips)
Salt, to taste
Making Home Made Beef Tacos
1. Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onion and cook until soft and transparent, about 4-5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, spices, 1 teaspoon salt and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
2. Stir in the ground beef with your hands breaking down into small chunks. Cook until no longer pink about 5 minutes, the whole while continue to break meat down into even smaller pieces using a wooden spoon.
3. Stir in the tomato sauce, broth, vinegar and sugar. The entire mixture will be very loose. Simmer until thickened, about 10-15 minutes to let flavors incorporate. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Serve with all the fixins! This is where I go crazy…my favorite toppings include: cilantro, green onions, black olives, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, sour cream, fresh tomato salsa, guacamole and your favorite hot sauce .
January 29th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I eat white boy tacos similar to this. Ana makes the taco shells by frying corn tortillas.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I bet Ana makes excellent Tacos! I need to re-do this post and add “frying tortilla” portion of the recipe. Ain’t no White Boy Beef Tacos until you fry your own!
March 1st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
[...] you want to take this to the next level, you can make your own taco seasoning. See the White Boy Beef Tacos Recipe and follow steps 1-3, and swap out with the ground beef and taco seasoning mixture in step 2 [...]
January 16th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
where’d you steal the name from silly bastard?
March 28th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
ive been making white boy tacos for for my kids for ever now and the real secret is the potato’s fried w/ onions and chorizo then toped w/ seasoned ground beef and all the taco fix ens yeah big ol pot feed us for days. white boy tacos
April 27th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
@eddie.mills – Reminds me of potato tacos, so yummy! I grew up on white boy tacos myself, except we just called them tacos. Growing up in the Midwest, we had little idea what real Mexican tacos were :) White boy tacos will always be one of my favorite comfort foods.