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Ground beef taco meat sauce, with avocado salad, in soft tortillas

Dimitra's Dishes · ♥ 603 likes · 18.9K views · 9 min video

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  • 2 whole onions
  • ⅓ cup olive oil
  • salt
Cook the diced onions in the olive oil with a pinch of salt until soft and golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • 10–12 cloves garlic
  • 4 lb ground beef
Add the grated garlic and warm through until fragrant, a few seconds.
Add the ground beef and break it up.
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 8–10 splashes Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp dry thyme
Season with salt, paprika, turmeric, coriander, cumin, black pepper, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce and dry thyme.
  • 1 cup water
Cook on medium-high until the meat is fully cooked and hardly any liquid is left, 30 to 35 minutes for a double batch, 20 to 25 for a single.
  • grape tomatoes
  • ½ whole red onion
  • 2 whole avocados
  • 3 whole serrano chilies
For the salad, halve the grape tomatoes, finely chop the red onion, dice the avocados and finely chop the seeded serrano chilies.
  • 3–4 tbsp olive oil
  • salt
  • 2 whole lemons
Dress the salad with olive oil, a pinch of salt and the juice of two lemons.
Dressing the salad
  • soft white tortillas
  • shawarma sauce
  • shredded Mexican cheese blend
Warm a tortilla until toasted, spread a thin layer of shawarma sauce, add the salad, then the hot meat sauce, then the shredded cheese.
Assembling the tacos
  • sriracha
Finish with more shawarma sauce on the side and a drizzle of sriracha.