This year of cooking in a 45 minute class period has been quite trying at times. Some recipes I have found will work very well and others are just not worth the trouble. It is the same way with busy families. It can be very difficult to put together a home cooked meal and deal with everyone’s schedule. Here is a make it in 10 minute meal that you might have forgotten about. Tacos! Kids love them as well as adults. You cannot go wrong. Another plus is that everything can be made ahead of time and reheated when you are ready to eat.
Soft Tacos
Yield 4-6
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground meat
- Pinch of cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can black beans
- Soft corn or flour tortillas
- fresh cilantro
- other topping such as shredded lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, peppers, and whatever you like
Directions:
- Brown and drain ground meat.
- Season meat with garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper
- Heat tortillas according to the package.
- Heat black beans until bubbly in the microwave or in a small saucepan.
- Fill tortillas with a couple of tablespoons of seasoned meat and heated beans.
- Top with cilantro and your favorite toppings.
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I learned you have to drain the ground meat.
I never knew how to make my own tacos until this lab.
soft tacos was a very fun and easy lab… they were very good!!!
This was a very simple meal to prepare. The cumin used to season the meat was a nice addition.
I learned that you can make tacos that taste great wsithout using prepackaged taco seasoning.
I learned that cilantro is very good on tacos. It adds a lot of flavor.
These where really good. it was even better when you browned the taco.add a little spice and it would be amazing
i learned how to make tacos, and learned to heat the tortillas and beans first
These tacos were very quick, tasty, and had an extremely easy recipe to follow but with room for originality.
I have learned that soft tacos are a short and tasty snack that you can make in 10 minutes.
I learned the different seasonings you can you use to season the meat with.
I learned that cilantro actually tastes really good on tacos. I had never tried cilantro on a soft taco before, but I really liked it.
this was a great lab we did in class and a fast one to. quickness is very essential for us this year with us having only 45 minutes in class. so this was a great , quick and deliscous lab for us to do.
i learned not to drain the meat to much or it will taste plain
I learned that soft tacos are a quick and easy meal to make in a rush.
this was a great lab we did in class and a fast one to. quickness is very essential for us this year with us having only 45 minutes in class. so this was a great , quick and deliscous lab for us to do
I learned that you are suppose to drain the meat before you season the meat.
I learned that you can season your taco without using taco seasoning out of the packet
i learned that you need to drain the meat, but not too much
I leaned that you can just about put anything on your taco, including lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and whatever you like.
I learned that you can precook these and then reheat them later and eat them.
I learned that soft tacos are a quick and easy meal to make
i learned that soft tacos are much quicker and faster then hard ones
I learned that cumin is the spice that gives soft tacos their specific smoky flavoring.
I learned that you heat the tortillas and meat separately instead of just putting it in the microwave
I learned that you shouldnt drain the meat to much or it will lose some flavor
I learned that adding cilantro to taco seasoning gives it flavor.
I learned that you don’t need to use the seasoning out of the packet.
I learned that you don’t need the seaoning out of the packet, to season your meat.
I learned that you can put anything in these tacos to make the taste the way you want.
These were really easy to make and they were tasty!
I learned that you can make tacos that taste good without using prepackaged taco seasoning
I learned that you can’t drain the meat too much or it will taste plain.
i learned that you have to drain the meat.
I learned that soft tacos are a quick, easy thing to make and they are really good.
I learned that cilantro is very good on tacos it adds alot of flavor
I learned the different seasonings you can you use to season the meat with.
I learned that if you don’t drain your meat it will be more greasy.
I have learned to make a 10 min snack
I learned you need to drain the meat of the excess fat and grease.
I learned you should heat the black beans until they’re bubbly in a microwave or saucepan.
I learned you have to drain the excess fat and grease off the meat.
In this lab I learned how to actually season taco meat with spices instead of just using the packs from Wal-mart.!
you need to drain the grease so that it wont be too greasey.
I learned that you may need to use more seasonings if you want to make your taco more flavorfull
Love the comments!
Nice taco recipe, too, Wanda!
i learned that you have to heat up the tortillas before you make the tacos
i learned that there were many different seasoning you can put int he meat. i was use to only putting one.
i learned that cilantro adds alot of flavor and this recipe is good for when you don’t have much time.
I learned that cilantro is very good on tacos
i learned how to make tacos better and more tastefull.
i learned to drain the meat after cooked.
i didn’t know tacos were so easy to make
I learned that if you don’t drain your meat it will be greasy.
i learned that you have to heat up the tortllias according to the package
i learned that tacos are very fast and easy to make and you can season them without having to buy the packets of taco seasoning.
I learned that if you put to much taco sauce it will be really salty.
learned that before making your taco be sure to drain your ground meat
I enjoyed these tacos and learned that diceing is used to chop up certain veggies in order to make space in the taco.
I learned that you can use garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper as seasoning instead of packet seasoning.
i learned that cumin taste good in soft tacos
i learned a lot about how to season the taco for a better flavor.
I’ve never heard of cumin or chili powder in a taco but it looks good.
I learned how quick and easy it is to make tacos, and that you can make your own seasoning!
i learned that you can drain ground meat by using a papertowel.
I learned that you should heat the beans up until they are bubbly
Soft tacos are a fast and easy way to make a tastey lunch. It can be served with many things such as; tomatoes, cheese, meat, and lettuce.
I learned that if you add too much cumin it could mess the taste of the ground beef up.
I learned that cilantro is great on tacos! It adds a lot of flavor to make the tacos even better. It’s not something I would have thought of to add!
I learned that you heat tortillas according to the directions on the package.
I learned that you can use ground turkey or ground beef to make tacos and that you should drain the grease off of the meat.
I learned how to make the seasonsing, instead of having to buy a premade packet.
I learned that you have to put the back beans in the microwave; I didn’t know that you could do that. The tacos were good!
I learned that you have to drain the groundbeef.
I LEARNED THE TACO SHELL TASTE ALOT BETTER HEATED UP FOR SOME REASON,
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I Learned that when you have cold tortillas they dont taste as good.
i learned that you can use ground turkey instead of ground beef