Mini Taco Cups – Fit Foodie Finds

Taco evening simply received a complete lot cuter! Our baked taco cups are made with selfmade BAKED arduous shell taco boats — all due to a muffin tin!

This recipe may be very nostalgic to me. Did your grandma all the time order the taco salad at Perkins the place the taco shell was a scrumptious fried tortilla bowl? Mine did. This shell is an ode to my grandma, however as a substitute of a fried tortilla bowl, they’re baked in a really secret method!

We used a muffin tin because the mould to create little taco shell cups. You’ll be able to see within the images beneath for a fast snapshot of how they’re made.

What’s in these Baked Taco Cups?

We use these taco-sized flour tortillas and place them on the underside of the muffin tin to kind little taco cups. 

For our taco meat protein choice, we went with floor hen because it’s lean and has a extra impartial taste than beef. 

Lastly, we topped our little cups with our favourite taco toppings like lettuce, pico de Gallo, shredded cheddar cheese, black olives, and non-fat Greek yogurt. However you need to use no matter toppings you want. 

Different Meat Choices

These mini taco cups are delish with floor hen, however be at liberty to sub it for any taco meat of your alternative! Any of the next could be delish:

• Shredded Chicken: burn up your leftover hen breast or thighs by shredding It!
• Floor Beef: use the meat in our ground beef tacos for these taco cups.
• Floor Turkey: for those who’re not a fan of hen, turkey is the following neatest thing!
• Carnitas: Our Instant Pot carnitas recipe is to die for and could be so scrumptious on this recipe.
• Lentils: Hoping to maintain issues vegan? Strive our simple lentil taco meat!
• Candy Potato: roasted sweet potatoes make for one more nice vegetarian “meat” concept. It’s simple, too!

Different Lettuce Choices

We opted for traditional chopped romaine hearts for these taco cups, however be at liberty to sub in any inexperienced of your alternative that you’ve available, like:

• Purple leaf lettuce
• Bib lettuce
• Butter lettuce
• Arugula
• Iceberg lettuce

Storage

Retailer any leftovers from these mini taco cups in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3-5 days. We suggest making the taco boats recent earlier than serving them with any leftover fixings.

Different Serving Concepts for Baked Taco Cups

Maintain issues conventional or be at liberty to jazz up your mini taco cups by including any of those topping choices:

Mini Taco Cups

These baked taco cups made with selfmade baked arduous shell taco after which full of floor taco meat and toppings.

Prep:15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner:15 minutes minutes

Fats 14

Carbs 17

Protein 18

Substances

For the Rooster Taco Meat

For the Remainder of the Tacos

• 1 cup chopped lettuce
• 1/2 cup pico de gallo/salsa
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup black olives
• 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt

Directions 

For the Rooster Taco Meat

• Place olive oil and minced garlic on a nonstick skillet and warmth to medium/excessive warmth. Then, add floor hen and brown. As soon as it’s nearly totally cooked, add spices and maple syrup and end cooking.

For the Tortilla Boats

• Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

• Start by putting tortillas within the microwave for about 5-10 seconds to melt a bit.

• Then, place on the bottom of a muffin tin in order that they create a boat-like form. The larger the muffin tin you employ, the extra you’ll be able to cook dinner without delay.

• THOROUGHLY spray every taco shell with nonstick cooking spray on each side after which season with sea salt. Possibility to make use of a squeeze of lime.

• Place within the oven and bake for round 8 minutes, or till golden brown.

For the Remainder of the Tacos

• Assemble tacos by putting lettuce on the underside of a taco shell, adopted by about 1/4 cup of meat. Then, prime with pico, cheese, black olives, and Greek yogurt.

Ideas & Notes

• We discovered that white flour tortillas cook dinner higher and develop into crunchier than corn tortillas.
• Ensure you give the tortillas a great spray with cooking spray and allow them to cook dinner lengthy sufficient.
• We additionally discovered it’s finest to eat the shells ASAP as they could get stale for those who allow them to sit out.
• Possibility to make use of any type of meat that you just want.

Vitamin information

Energy: 252kcal Carbohydrates: 17g Protein: 18g Fats: 14g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 3g