10-Minute Tacos – Gluten Free
10-Minute Tacos is a family favorite that hits the dinner table in, you guessed it, 10 minutes! The focus here is on simplifying which, in this case, means using pre-made ingredients; opening containers, jars, and bags while the ground meat is cooking and the taco shells are warming. Everyone needs a recipe in his/her back pocket that is super-easy to prepare and excites the whole family.
Jump to RecipeGround Meat/Poultry Ingredients
Organize the ground beef (turkey or chicken), taco seasoning, and red sauce.
Cooking and Seasoning the Ground Meat
Place ground meat in a heated pan (no oil needed).* Cook for 3-4 minutes until most of the meat is cooked. Then add taco seasoning, followed by tomato sauce. Cook for another 5-6 minutes, 9-10 minutes total. As meat is cooking, warm taco shells in the oven for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees.
Taco Shells and Fixins’
While ground meat is cooking and gluten free corn taco shells are warming, get out your bags, jars, and containers of fixins’ – shredded lettuce, cheese, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, or your favorite fixins’.
10-Minute Tacos – Gluten Free
Transfer the taco meat and fixins’ into bowls and serve with warmed taco shells. Assemble away and have fun! Margarita anyone?!
10-Minute Tacos (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef (ground turkey or chicken can easily be substituted)*
- 1/2 jar (or more) tomato or marinara sauce between 1-2 cups
- 1/4-1/2 package taco seasoning package I use Trader Joe’s and it’s spicy. I only use 1/4 pckg because my daughter, Lindsey, can't tolerate much spice
- 1 package corn taco shells many corn taco shells are gluten free. make sure yours are!
Toppings
- 1/2 bag shredded lettuce romaine, bibb, iceberg, etc.
- 1/2 jar salsa mild, medium or hot
- 1/2 bag shredded cheese your favorite kind
- pre-made guacamole
- sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees on Bake.
- Line a pan with foil and place taco shells on the foil.
- Heat large nonstick skillet on medium heat. No oil needed. Add ground meat to the pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until cooked through. Drain fat if necessary.
- Add spice pack and tomato sauce. Mix in and simmer for an additonal 5-6 minutes. Total meat cook time 9-10 minutes.
- As the ground meat is cooking, place the taco shells in the oven for 2-3 minutes to warm them and then organize the toppings.
- Once ground beef is finished cooking, place in a bowl for serving.
Toppings
- For taco night at our house, I make it VERY SIMPLE and use all pre-made ingredients. (This is very unusual for me but, hey, it’s all about getting this meal on the table in 10 minutes!) While beef is cooking, place the different toppings in bowls. I generally use bigger bowls for the ground meat, lettuce and cheese, and smaller bowls for the salsa, guacamole, and sour cream. You may want to do it differently.
- Put all bowls on the table along with the warmed taco shells and let everyone make his/her own tacos.
Notes
Recipe created by my kids…Lindsey and Marlie!
If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Korean-Style Steak Lettuce Wraps, Homemade Chunky Guacamole, and Brazilian Cheese Rolls with Herb Butter.
Gluten Free Disclaimer
The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.
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