Easy Taco Filling (3 ways)

Make taco night even more enjoyable with this quick and delicious recipe that can be used in tacos, burritos, as a chip dip, or turned into a toddler taco!

If you’re looking for an easy, quick, versatile, and delicious recipe this easy taco filling is for you! This is one of the simplest recipes I make and it’s a hit every time. It makes enough to feed a family or to have leftovers. 

This is really a 3-way recipe because it works great as a burrito filling, taco, filling, or chip dip. Or, you could add rice and eat it as is!

I’ve included short instructions for a “kid friendly” taco. My toddler loves tacos, but when she picks one up and all the filling spills out, everyone is sad. If you add a few ingredients and mix them together you get a filling that’s packed with everything a loaded taco would have but it actually holds together making it a meal that a young child can actually feed themselves! Win win.

Serving size is considering 1 serving as ½ cup of taco filling.

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Easy Taco Filling (3 ways)

Make taco night even more enjoyable with this quick and delicious recipe that can be used in tacos, burritos, as a chip dip, or turned into a toddler taco!

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup diced yellow onion
• 2 tablespoon minced garlic ((4 cloves))
• 1 ½ lbs ground beef
• 3 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic granules
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 cup no salt crushed tomatoes

For all-in-one Taco

• ½ cups finished taco filling
• 1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
• 1 ½ tablespoon mashed avocado
• 1 tablespoon chopped romain lettuce ((option to use cilantro))

1. Heat a large skillet to low-medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to pan. Once hot, add onion and garlic to pan and sauté for 5 minutes.

2. Add all spices, ground beef, and crushed tomatoes. Continue cooking for 5 more minutes, covered.

3. Decrease heat to low, cooking for another 10 minutes, chopping meat to get a fine ground.

4. Remove lid and cook for another 5-8 minutes to help absorb some of the liquid. Skim fat off surface.

For All-In-One Taco or Toddler Taco

1. Using a slotted spoon scoop ½ cup of taco meat and add to a bowl. Combine with 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt, 1 ½ tablespoon avocado, 1 tablespoon chopped lettuce. Combine until smooth to your liking. Great to help the taco hold together for young kids!

Main Course, Toddler and Kid Friendly

Beef, gluten free, Mexican

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