Copycat Taco Bell Seasoned Beef
"This is the Holy Grail of all Taco Bell Recipes. If you want to make a taco or anything else beefy, you need to start with the meat!"
photo by EmKenBken
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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3 3/4 cups
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (15 ounce) tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon flavor enhancer, such as Ac'cent
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
directions
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add Add beef; cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 9 to 12 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients; simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 12 to 15 minutes.
Questions & Replies
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Reviews
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Decent taco meat, but not a Taco Bell copycat. Reduce the salt by half, replace the tomato ingredients (or reduce it by a lot, Taco Bell doesn't use any tomato) with 2 tsp corn starch and a half cup of water. Simmer. That's it! Spices and corn starch with water is all you need. -
Yikes!!! Way too much salt! It's so salty. Ruined the meal for us. Would have been good otherwise because the flavor was good. But even right after I put in all the salt I felt like it was going to be way too much. :(
Tweaks
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I used tomato sauce instead of tomato paste and tomato puree. It was salty but not a bad flavor. Didn't taste like Taco bell to me at all though.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
EmKenBken
Brooklyn, New York
