What is the secret to good tacos made at home?

Question

The shells (hard) just fall apart - please help!

Answer 1

Buy hard shell and flour tortillas.Take a flour tortilla and put a scoop of refried beans on it,now stuff your hard shell with your meat ect ect,place the hard shell on top of the tortilla with beans.WRAP AND ENJOY.

Answer 2

Spooky Eyeball Tacos

These are a sight to see. I originally made them after finding the recipe last year for Halloween and have since changed the recipe around to make them more eater-friendly. The smiles you will receive are priceless! Try to find the widest taco shells possible if you are not making your own. We call them “Johnny 5 Tacos” as they resemble the robot from the movie Short Circuit more than they seem spooky. Kids also love to help prepared these!

55 min 15 min prep

1 lb ground beef
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
12 taco shells
3/4 cup salsa
3/4 cup sour cream
1 tomato, small cubes
1 small head lettuce, sliced into small confetti squares
1 (2 1/4 ounce) can large black olives, sliced
1 cup cheese, Shredded & Long (cheddar is good, but a Mexican blend would be good too)

DIRECTIONS

MIX meat and seasoning mix. Shape half of the mixture into 24 (1-inch) balls; place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan and bake at 350 F for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through.
Brown the remaining seasoned ground beef and add salsa.
Fill each taco shell with a thin layer of ground beef, sour cream, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Position 2 meatballs inside the taco shell and add a dollop of sour cream to each. Garnish with olives to make “eyeballs.” Spread the cheese out along to the top for stringy hair.

Answer 3

Ground beef
(I prefer ground chuck)
Salt
Chili powder
Paprika
Cumin
Garlic powder or 2 cloves
Bell pepper
Onion









Instructions for taco recipe:
Let's take 2 pounds of ground beef in 2 quart sauce pan add 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of chili power, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder or 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of cumin, 2 tablespoons of paprika. Enough water to cover meat.
Bring to a boil. Simmer over medium low heat about an hour. I will check in about 15 minutes take a potato masher break up the meat a little don't want it to cook up in lumps.

Repeat this process 2 or 3 more times. Also make sure we don't run dry of water. Add water if needed. Hour over already!





OK, add 1/2 medium chopped onion, 1/2 medium chopped bell pepper, continue cooking 20 or 30 more minutes.

"Now lets go that extra mile!"

Remove from stove pour into strainer. Let set for 10 or 15 minutes to make sure all grease was removed. At this point we do want to keep the liquid. Now lets remove the grease from the liquid.

Tip> Place in freezer for a few minutes. When grease separates and starts to hardened take spoon and remove. Should have very little liquid left.

1/2 cup would be fine. Place in small pan bring to a boil. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of corn starch in 1/4 cup of cold water add to liquid simmer 4 or 5 minutes. Fold into meat. Now we have a tasty moist taco, grease free.

Looks like a lot of work. Lots of cooking. Not at all. While cooking this, I could be waiting on tables.





Try this. Take a box of salt, pour some into small bowl, get out all your measuring spoons start with 1/4 teaspoon dip in bowl, then place in hand get a feel pour back in bowl.
Now with fingers, dip back into bowl get 1/4 teaspoon. Repeat with all spoons till you get it right. This is the way I teach my cooks. Less time consuming. A faster cook, on the way to being a chef.

Take meat spices and water, put in 2 quart sauce pan. Less than 2 minutes right! Now we are cooking and having fun. Guess what, when having fun our food tastes better.

Answer 4

Buy the taco kit some come with hard and soft tacos but they put something in between the hard ones so they don't break i like the taco bell one.

Answer 5

the taco meat and shell combined make for good flavor--we use la tiara yellow hard shells these are very delicate but with good flavor-also-i like to use taco bell seasoning taco mix or williams taco seasoning mix-again both have good flavor for meat.

Answer 6

Don't tell anyone, but the secret is sneak out to Taco Bell!

Answer 7

the best tacos shells are tacos bell shells. when you buy look for the expiration date

Answer 8

They fall apart no matter where you eat them.. it's just the way you're made. i use soft tacos.

Answer 9

use soft tacos, fry in oil. also with the meat use a good seasoning package. yummi tacos!

Answer 10

I buy soft corn tortillas and fry them myself. They are still crunchy, but more flexible, and they taste *SO* much better. I

As God is my witness, I'll never go back to packaged hard shells again!