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Cheesy beefy crunchy tacos with nacho cheese sauce

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Ingredients
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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.
Add 3 tbsp all purpose flour and mix it into the butter.
  • 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