Cheesy beefy crunchy tacos with nacho cheese sauce
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- oil
- tortilla
Heat oil on medium. Lay a tortilla in, let it blister, flip it, then shape it into a shell.
Fry the shaped shell until golden, drain off the excess oil, and repeat with the rest of the tortillas.
- ½ whole white onion
- 1 whole roma tomato
- ½ whole bell pepper
Move the frying oil aside. In a pan with a little of the same oil, once hot add half a white onion, one roma tomato and half a bell pepper. Cook 3 minutes.
Cooking the beef filling
Add 2 lb ground beef, break it down and brown it, then drain off the excess fat.
- 2 lb ground beef
- 2 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp chile powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Season the meat with garlic salt, onion powder, salt, black pepper, ground cumin, oregano, chile powder, paprika and cayenne pepper, and add 1 tbsp cornstarch. Mix.
- ¼ cup water
Taste for salt and adjust. Add a quarter cup of water and cook a couple of minutes, then cover and set aside.
For the nacho cheese sauce, set a pan on medium heat, add 3 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp oil and melt the butter.
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- diced onion
- red bell pepper
- pickled jalapenos
Add diced onion, red bell pepper and pickled jalapenos, mix, and cook 3 minutes.
- 3 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1½ cup milk
- ¼ cup pickled jalapeno juice
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp paprika
Whisk in 1 1/2 cups milk, then a quarter cup of pickled jalapeno juice, and season with black pepper, salt and paprika.
- 8 oz mild cheddar cheese
Once the milk has thickened, add 8 oz mild cheddar cheese and let it melt, then turn off the heat.
- shredded cheese
- sour cream
- lettuce
- restaurant-style salsa
Fill each taco shell with nacho cheese sauce and meat, then top with shredded cheese, sour cream, lettuce and salsa.
Assembling the tacos