Tacos with Chilli Sauce and Meat Filling
Tacos are just shaped,filled tortillas and although the most popular type is the U or half-moon shaped taco, you can, if you prefer, roll or fold the tortillas around the filling. Garnishes are also traditional and many can be used in addition to those suggested below?sliced avocado or grated cheese, for instance. Although we have suggested frying tortillas into taco shapes below, you can buy prepared tacos which have already been fried and shaped.
Ingredients
- Sufficient oil for shallow-frying
- 12 Tortillas
sauce filling
- 2 floz Vegetable oil
- 1 Small onion chopped
- 1 lb Minced ground beef
- 15 floz Salsa de Chile Rojo red chilli sauce
garnishes
- 4 Tomatoes finely chopped
- 1/4 Cucumber diced
- 1/2 Crisp lettuce shredded
Instructions
- First make the sauce filling. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and fry until it is soft. Stir in the meat and fry until it loses its pinkness. Add the sauce and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour enough oil into a shallow frying-pan to make a 1 1/2 cm (3/4 in) layer. When it is hot, carefully arrange one tortilla in the oil and, using tongs, fold over one side, keeping a generous space between the upper and lower sides for the filling. Cook the tortilla in this way, turning it occasionally, until it is crisp throughout. Remove from the oil and keep hot while you make the other tacos in the same way.
- To serve the tacos, fill each shell about two-thirds full with the filling and top with the garnishes. Serve at once.
Calories: 649 kcal
Carbohydrates: 74 g
Protein: 20 g
Fat: 31g
Saturated Fat: 8 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 54 mg
Sodium: 1203 mg
Potassium: 610 mg
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 42 g
Vitamin A: 923 IU
Vitamin C: 15 mg
Calcium: 96 mg
Iron: 3 mg