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Fast Food Fried Beef Tacos

Dirty deep-fried-from-frozen tacos. Make ahead and cook when ready
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Tacos
  • 1 lb Lean ground beef
  • 1/4 Cup flour
  • 1 Tbsp Chili powder
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Tsp Minced Onion
  • 1/2 Tsp Paprika
  • 1/4 Tsp Onion Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 20 corn tortillas
  • 1/2 Slice Kraft Singles Diagonal cut, per taco
  • Fine chopped lettuce topper
Taco Sauce
  • 8oz Can Tomato Sauce
  • 1/3 Cup Water
  • 1 Tbsp White Vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp Cumin
  • 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 Tsp Onion Powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Cayenne Powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Chili Powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Paprika
  • Pinch Sugar

Method
 

Freezer Tacos
  1. Mix Beef, Flour, Chili Powder, Salt, Mined Onion, Paprika, Onion Powder, Garlic powder in a bowl. Mix well.
  2. In a skillet over medium heat, add meat and water. Mix and break up meat thoroughly until browned. Try to keep the meat as broken up as possible, no large bits.
  3. Microwave corn tortillas for 30 seconds. Scoop about 1Tbsp of meat into the center of tortilla and fold. Distribute meat evenly and place onto cutting board. Recommend throwing a second cutting board on top to prevent tortilla from folding back up (I didn't this time, but I will next).
  4. Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet and into the freezer for 30 min. I transferred all frozen tacos into a ziploc bag.
Taco Sauce
  1. Stirl all ingredients in sauce pan, simmer over low heat for about 10-15 minutes. When it's your desired thickness - remove from heat, jar.
Deep Fried Fast Food Tacos
  1. Heat RecTeq to 425F. Put vegetable oil into cast iron pan and heat oil to 350F.
  2. Fry tacos (I did two at a time) for about 5 minutes - until shell is crispy and golden.
  3. Remove from oil, drain oil - and place onto paper towel lined sheet. While still hot, throw triangle of kraft single cheese into the taco and put shredded lettuce into the shell.
  4. Top with sauce and eat!