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Puffy tacos with ground beef filling

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Read about ground beef in the BrightCulinary Book

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  • 4½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 4½ tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp salt
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt by hand; crumble in the lard.
Making the taco shell dough
  • 2 tbsp lard
  • 2 cup hot water
Slowly add the hot water, mixing, until the flour is no longer dry.
Knead five minutes until the dough no longer sticks to the hands.
  • shortening
Divide into large balls, rub with a little shortening, cover completely and rest.
  • 4 whole hatch or anaheim peppers
Roast the hatch or anaheim peppers completely, then cover them in a bowl to sweat.
  • oil
  • 3 whole chiles serranos or jalapenos
  • ½ whole onion
  • 4 whole tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic cloves
In a frying pan over medium heat with a little oil, fry the serranos, the half onion, the tomatoes cut side down and the garlic, all dried first so the oil does not splatter, for four minutes.
  • 1 cup water
Reduce to medium low, add the water, cover and cook five minutes; set aside.
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillon
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
Blend the peppers and fried vegetables with the bouillon, black pepper, coriander and cumin by pulsing, without blending completely smooth.
  • oil
Saute the chopped onion in a little oil over medium-high heat a couple of minutes.
  • ½ whole onion
  • 2 lb ground beef
  • black pepper
Add the ground beef, season with black pepper, garlic salt and salt, break it up and cook seven minutes; pour off the grease.
  • garlic salt
  • salt
Stir in the salsa, taste for salt, reduce to medium-low and cook 10 minutes; keep warm on the lowest setting.
  • flour
Dust the counter with flour and roll each dough ball out four times.
  • oil
Heat a frying pan half full of oil over medium heat; stretch each dough round slightly and fry until golden, flipping.
Fold and shape into a taco in the oil, going back and forth until it holds its shape; drain well.
  • refried beans
  • shredded lettuce
  • lime juice
  • queso fresco
Fill with refried beans and meat (drained of some sauce), shredded lettuce, lime juice and queso fresco.
Filling and topping the tacos