These homemade tacos are the best beef tacos EVER! They’re super easy to throw together for a quick taco night dinner any night of the week!
Well, we survived our first week of school! Justin is getting used to having several teachers & classes in middle school and Chance is loving his 4th grade teacher and making new friends. Things are settling into a routine and I’m loving it!
With football practices, piano lessons and of course, school in session, it’s nice to have a handful of easy meals to fall back on when I only have a few minutes to make dinner for my family. These Homemade Tacos are one of those meals. They are SO simple to make! My boys get super excited when they see that I’m making these for dinner. The beef filling has such a great flavor for only having a few ingredients. Give these a try for your next “Taco Night” and I guarantee your family will love them!
The Best Homemade Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 onion finely diced
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- 4 tsp. chili powder
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 tsp. salt
- corn or flour tortillas about 8-10
- toppings such as lettuce tomatoes, salsa, cheese, avocado, sour cream, etc.
Instructions
- Heat oil over large skillet over medium-high. Add onion and garlic and sauté until translucent, about five minutes. Stir in tomato paste and chili powder. Add ground beef, breaking up with a wooden spoon until cooked through. Add salt and stir to combine.
- Spray a small skillet with cooking spray. Place a corn tortilla on skillet and heat, flipping over once golden and toasted. Repeat with remaining tortillas. If using flour, place a few tortillas in a damp paper towel and heat in the microwave for 10 seconds or until warm.
- Fill insides of heated tortillas with meat mixture and add any toppings desired. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
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Ohhh…I love tacos! It has been way too long since I made some at home. Your recipe sounds so delicious!
Great recipe. Perfect weeknight meal!
I LOVE the sound of these tacos, and I love your blog, Jen! Four boys? I’m impressed! I have two and my hands are full! Have a great day!
Hi I am now following you on bloglovin. These taco’s look so good. Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog about the zucchini bread.
Julie from julieslifestyle.blogspot.com
Mmmm I LOVE Tacos and it’s Tuesday so I might just have to whip some of these up for supper! Glad the kiddos are liking school. Makes life easier!
Always looking for quick and yummy dinners to feed my four kiddos. There look great! Can’t wait to try them.
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You can never go wrong with tacos!! I’m going to share this recipe on FB, Twitter and Pinterest. Thank you so much for linking up to Wake up Wednesdays!
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Hey, Jen! I have just taken the last bite of these EPIC tacos! This recipe gets pinned for sure! And I am “liking” it on my “civilian” FB page! Thanks for participating on TT&Js Party Palooza! Deb@ Kneaded Creations
Yeah for taco meals! We are huge fans of tacos over here. Love that this is quick and easy! Pinning. Thanks for sharing at Show Stopper Saturdays!
Krista @ Joyful Healthy Eats
Tacos are always a great dinner! Thanks for sharing at Sweet & Savory Saturdays #29.
~Amber @ DessertNowDinnerLater.com
Hi, your taco recipe looks so good! We love tacos in our family. I saw it at share your stuff tuesday party.
Julie from julieslifestyle.blogspot.com
Made this last night and they were a hit!
This taco meat was such a nice change, had great flavor and my kids…who NEVER finish their dinner…..cleaned their plates and asked for seconds! THANK YOU, this is now a staple in this house!!
I’m thrilled you liked it!! Woohoo!
Made these the other night for the family and they were HUGE hit! Even great grandma loved them. I paired them with your homemade tortilla recipe and both were very easy and quick. A fantastic week night dinner or really just anytime you need something quick, easy and tasty. Thanks so much for this recipe!
Woohoo! That’s what I love to hear! Thank you for leaving such a sweet comment. I’m thrilled you liked the tacos and tortillas!
Thanks for the recipe! I had some “Mexican seasoning” on hand so I threw in a little of that too. Served on store-bought flour tortillas + topped with cheese, sour cream, local salsa, olives, cilantro + lettuce. Easy, delicious, healthy homemade dinner in about 20 minutes, that’s hard to beat! Kids loved it.
Yay!!! So happy everyone loved it! Thanks for the comment!
Love this recipe! Super easy and so delicious. I just recently posted my own chicken recipe and would love for you to check it out 🙂
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I’ll have to stop by, Skyler! Thank you!!
Hi,
Just curious if you typically drain this before adding paste and seasonings?
Hi! You won’t need to drain if you use a lean (90% or higher) ground beef. Because you’re using tomato paste and chili powder, it will soak up any bit of liquid leftover from the meat if there’s any, if that makes sense. I hope you try it!
Do you cook the raw ground beef with the onions, garlic and tomato sauce?
I ask because of the fat in the ground beef.
Looking forward to making this!
Yep! You cook the onion and garlic first then add the tomato sauce and chili powder and then the meat. If you’re using lean ground beef (90% lean or higher), you won’t have much liquid after you cook it. It’s really good, I’ hope you’ll try it!
Any idea the calorie count on the taco meat per serving? Trying to watch my calories
Just updated with calorie count! (It does include a corn tortilla with the calories, fyi!) I hope you make these because they are delicious!
These tacos look delicious! I’ve never put tomato sauce in tacos before, but I’ll have to give it a try.
These tacos were delicious! Thank you for such a yummy, easy recipe 🙂
I’m so happy you liked it, Julie!! Thanks for the comment!
These tacos look wonderful!
These are so very tasty. I’ve made them 5 times now and they’re always a hit. Thanks for the recipe Jen.
GREAT TACOS