Beef Taco Recipe

Are you looking for a Beef Taco Recipe? This dish is now an American staple and you're going to learn from the best. There is nothing more comforting than a plate of beef tacos.The types of beef you can use are endless, but we have recipes for the most popular.

• Ground Beef
• Flank Steak
• Sirloin
• Carne Asada
• Shredded Beef

We'll explain how to create beef tacos using each of these ingredients, but always remember that there is a recipe for every budget. I've had tacos with goat, rabbit and an assorted of strange and tasty items. Let's get started making tacos now.

Ground Beef Recipe

Remember that the amount of fat in ground beef has a direct impact on flavor and taste. Although I wouldn't advise getting 30% fat, I would encourage you to use 15% fat content Ground Beef.

Besides flavor, the fat gives the beef body and you're going to be adding more ingredients to your beef taco recipe. You need something for the spices to adhere to.

INGREDIENTS
2 lbs ground beef
1 med br onion, chopped fine
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/8 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp paprika
1/8 cup tomato paste
3 tbls Red Chile Powder
8 oz Coyote Trail Green Chile Sauce

In a 9 in frying pan add onion,garlic & ground beef
Brown on med heat and drain when cooked
Add cilantro,cumin,paprika,tomato paste,chile powder,Green Chile Sauce
Cover and cook on low for 15 minutes
Remove lid and cook for another 5 minutes

Ready to stuff taco shells or use as Taco Salad

Chicken Tacos

It also includes a discussion on tortillas and which ones you should use and which ones to avoid.

Green Chile For Perfect Tacos

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Flank Steak Tacos

Flank Steak is cut from the same area as London Broil, but what used to be a cheap cut of meat is no longer. The popularity of this dish in the 90's has taken tacos to a whole new level. It's sure to become a favorite beef taco recipe in your home.

This is called arrachera in some circles. Make sure you marinate this meat 12 hours before using it and once you cook it,cut it across the grain on a bias.

2 lbs Flank Steak
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup orange juice
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp tyme
1 large br onion, thinly sliced
1 tsp canola oil
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/8 cup soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp celery salt
2 tblsp Red Chile Powder

Add everything to glass bowl
Marinate meat for twelve hours-save marinade
Barbeque steak to rare
Cut on bias, then into small strips
Place in saute pan, add remaining marinade
Cook on low until sauce thickens
Do not burn sauce

This delicious meat is ready for the taco shells-total yum!
Serve with Coyote Trail Hot Sauce

Get The Right Tortilla

A comal is a round piece of 1/4 inch steel plate that sits on the open burner for the purpose of cooking tortillas. This kitchen necessity is passed to each generation and is never allowed to go into the dishwasher. The American version of a comal is a trivet.

Your choices for tortillas will range from white corn, yellow corn and blue corn. Interested in the exotic blue corn? You can read more about making enchiladas and Blue Corn Tortillas HERE

Sirloin Tacos

Similar to Flank Steak, but much more tender is a beef taco recipe using sirloin steak. This is also an easier recipe to prepare if you have the right ingredients.Common to all tacos is the addition of chile. Either red or green, you want the flavors to explode when you bite into these tacos.

INGREDIENTS

Begin by cutting the sirloin into thin strips and no more than two inches long. Place in glass bowl
Squeeze the juice from 1 lime over the top
Stir, add salt & pepper to taste & marinate 10 min
In frying pan cook over med for 15 min
Drain, add 8 oz Coyote Trail Enchilada Sauce
Reduce heat & cover 10 min

This exceptional sirloin recipe for beef tacos is a must have. The rich enchilada sauce totally rocks and will make your family and guests crying for more.

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Carne Asada Tacos

It just doesn't get any better or more authentic than Carne Asada tacos. The literal translation means "roasted meat" but in reality this meat is always cooked over the open flame.

The addition of Coyote Trail Garlic Chile Marinade makes this meat wonderfully alive on your palate. Made with olive oil, shallots and honey, this marinade is also excellent on salad. See a video and learn to create a low fat recipe for Veggies with Garlic Chile Marinade

INGREDIENTS

1 lb Carne asada per person
Juice from 5 limes
12 oz Coyote Trail Garlic Chile Marinade
3 tsp New Mexico Red Chile Powder
Pinch cumin
3 med onions, sliced
12 green onions, halved
Salt & pepper to taste

Marinate meat & onions 3 hours in zip lock bag

Grill over open flame on med heat
Cut against grain into small pieces
Add to pan, pour marinade over top
Cover, cook low 10 minutes

Serve in tortillas for delicious tacos

Garlic Chile Marinade

It can also be used to marinate chicken and we do this when making our world famous Santa Fe Chicken
Perhaps one of the most innovative uses for this marinade is when it is applied to veggies. Yep-that's right. Fresh veggies, cut up in a bowl and drizzled with Garlic Chile Marinade.

If you want to dress that Carne Asada or want to make a delicious low fat side salad read about how to wake up those veggies

Shredded Beef Tacos

Shredded beef tacos is alot of work and usually takes two days to accomplish. The results though will impress both your family and your friends because biting into a beef taco stuffed with shredded beef is one of life's wonderful culinary delights. This may be my favorite beef taco recipe.

INGREDIENTS

3 lb pot roast-chuck or clod
6 garlic cloves left whole
Salt & pepper to taste
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp paprika
4 tbl New Mexico Red Chile Powder
8 oz z Coyote Trail Enchilada Sauce

Trim fat & rub roast with dry ingredients
Use a knife to slit slots in beef and insert garlic

Place in slow cooker, add Enchilada Sauce
Cook 8-10 hrs on low
Remove to cool, save juices
Can be refrigerated overnight
Use 2 forks to shred meat
Add liquid to saute pan, reduce by half
Pour over shredded meat & serve

Beef Enchilada Recipes

Why not add enchiladas to your next beef taco recipe? You won't be sorry, but be aware that these are addictive and you'll be making them every week.

Learn to make beef enchiladas here