Ground Beef Tacos

Pretty quick & delicious … I am sure this recipe is adaptable to personal taste pretty easily

The recipe is from BonAppetit.com…. here is the link to the original recipe… I changed it a bit but not too much.

Some diced onions are sautéed…some spices are added, then ground beef…cooked until done… some tomatoes, black beans & corn…. almost a chilli but not quite!

My local Italian store has some really nice tortillas..this time I used small corn & wheat ones.

Top these tacos with some avocado & we used hot sauce & salsa!

Easily adapted to your taste..if you don’t want to add black beans..use kidney beans instead. out just leave the beans out..oh…& the corn used is frozen niblets… I like to have them in the freezer so I didn’t even have to go get any…

Here is the recipe

Ingredients

1 – 2 tbsp oil

1 medium-sized onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

red pepper flakes… I just put a shake of the jar in…use a s much as you like depending on how ‘hot’ you like your food! you can always spice this up by adding hot sauce when serving

salt & pepper

1 tsp chilli powder

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp paprika

1 pound of ground beef

1 can of black beans…15 oz can , rinsed

12 cherry tomato..or more i you like, cut in quarters

1 cup of frozen corn… you can thaw this but I did not, I just added the frozen corn & cooked it ling enough so that it was not frozen any more!

1/2 cup water

12 small tortillas

For Garnish,...

1 avocado, finely chopped or mashed if you prefer

salsa

hot sauce

chopped cilantro if you like it

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet
2. Add the chopped onions & cook until lighty browned
3. Add thegarlic, cook for a minute or so
4. Now, add the red pepper flakes, salt & pepper chilli powder, cumin & paprika. Mic well
5. Add the ground beef breaking up any lumps. mix it well with the other ingredients so that all of the meat is coated with the spices/onion mixture
6. Cook until teh beef is completely cooked
7. Add the black beans, tomatoes, corn & water. Mix to vcombine all of the ingredients
8. Stir often & simmer utnil the tomatoes are soft & the corn is defroasted & the water has reduced down
9. I removed the meat mixture to a bowl & wiped out the skillet, then I warmed upt he torillas in the skillet before serving them
10. Top the tortilla with some meat mixture, avacado, salsa etc…

Enjoy!