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Homemade Beef Tacos
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Homemade Beef Tacos – Gluten-free version

Homemade beef tacos – tortillas with spiced ground meat, avocado and cilantro Gluten-free version: Corn tortilla.

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried meat

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry, stirring, until the onion turns golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
  4. 4
    Raise the heat to medium-high and add the meat. Press it flat over the bottom and leave it for 2–3 minutes without stirring, until a brown crust forms.
    Stove
    💡Brown ground beef in the pot without pressing it: leave it as one 'cake' for a few minutes until a brown crust forms, then break it into chunks. Deep browning = deep flavor.
  5. 5
    Break it up with a wooden spoon and fry for 5–7 more minutes, stirring, until no pink is left and the meat browns.
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  6. 6
    Add the cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper and stir well.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Add the tomatoes and cook another 5 minutes.
    Stove

To assemble

  1. 8
    Warm the tortillas in a hot, dry pan 30 seconds per side.
    StoveFrying pan
  2. 9
    Mash the avocado with the lemon juice and spread on the tortillas.
  3. 10
    Lay the meat on the tortillas and scatter the cilantro on top.
  4. 11
    Serve immediately.
1117calories
40 gprotein
111 gcarbs
56 gfat
● protein 14%● carbs 40%● fat 45%

Per serving (493 g), of 4 servings

For the Fried meat · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Wooden spoon · Also works: Silicone spatula (None) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (a regular spoon gets hot)

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