Mini Cheese Tacos
Mini Cheese Tacos – a low-carb taco shell made with melted cheese and filled with ground beef, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
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Using only 6 easy ingredients, and next to nothing prep time, you’ll have this delicious carb-free Mexican fiesta on your plate in no more than 20 minutes. A little bit of cheese gets cooked to a crisp then carefully scooped up and draped over the side of a baking dish to make a crunchy hard taco shell! Fill that with some yummy ground beef and top it up with some lettuce, tomato, sour cream and a sprinkle of more cheese.
Ingredients to Make Mini Cheese Tacos:
- cheddar cheese
- ground beef
- taco seasoning
- water
- lettuce
- roma tomato
- sour cream
How to Make Mini Cheese Tacos:
- In a large frying pan, brown the ground beef over a medium high heat.
- Once browned, add the taco seasoning and water. Lower the heat and allow to simmer until the ground beef is at your desired level of sauciness.
- In another frying pan over medium high heat, take a handful of cheese and make a small thin circle. Allow to cook until slightly crispy on the bottom then carefully scoop up and drape over a baking dish until cooled.
- Once you’ve made 8 shells, fill with the ground beef and toppings then serve.
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Mini Cheese Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup lettuce, shredded
- 1 roma tomato, diced
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Instructions
- In a large frying pan, brown the ground beef over a medium high heat.
- Once browned, add the taco seasoning and water. Lower the heat and allow to simmer until the ground beef is at your desired level of sauciness.
- In another frying pan over medium high heat, take a handful of cheese and make a small thin circle. Allow to cook until slightly crispy on the bottom then carefully scoop up and drape over a baking dish until cooled.
- Once you've made 8 shells, fill with the ground beef and toppings then serve.
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I enjoyed these! Thank you!
Loved these so much but I would love greater instruction as to exactly how you microwaved the cheese? What type of plate? I finally got it to work on parchment paper and my microwave took a good 1:20 or longer. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you👌
Hi Erin, thank you so much for the feedback. We are currently in the process of revisiting older content and updating it to include more detailed step-by-step instructions and well as process photos. I will move this one up on the list!
YESSSS! A low-carb option for the taco-obsessed! AND it’s done with the magic of cheese. Couldn’t love this recipe any more!
Cody and I definitely fall into the “taco obsessed” category and this is our new go-to! lol Thanks for stopping by, Karly! 🙂