Crispy Pan Fried Cheesy Beef Tacos
Filling corn tortillas with savory ground beef and cheddar cheese and frying them till crisp and the cheese melts makes them utterly irresistible!
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground beef
- 1 tbsp Taco seasoning mix
- 8 oz Tomato sauce
- 8 oz Water
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 10 Corn tortillas
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Toppings:
- Tomatoes, chopped
- Onion, diced
- Cilanto, chopped
- Iceberg lettuce, shredded
- Sour cream
- Salsa or hot sauce
Instructions
- Brown a pound of ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain off excess fat.
- Add taco seasoning, tomato sauce, and water to the ground beef.
- Stir to combine.
- Bring to a simmer and cook until all liquid has cooked off and meat mixture is no longer runny. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In another skillet heat a tablespoon vegetable oil over medium heat.
- Once oil is hot place a corn tortilla in the pan.
- Fry until tortilla softens, about 20-30 seconds.
- Flip tortilla over and top with a layer of shredded cheddar cheese.
- Add a heaping tablespoon of ground beef to half of the tortilla.
- Fold tortilla in half and fry until golden brown, about a minute or so.
- Flip taco over and fry the other side till golden brown.
- Remove from skillet, allowing excess oil to drain off.
- Place fried taco on a paper towel lined plate.
- Sprinkle the outside of the taco shells with grated Parmesan cheese.
- Continue until all the taco shells are cooked.
- Top taco filling with your favorite toppings to serve.