Mexican Tacos Recipe

Today I’m going to show you Mexican Tacos Recipe, a classic of world cuisine ! Looking back at the recipes I’ve been uploading to the blog.

About the Mexican Tacos Recipe

Mexico’s favorite and all of us’s

Well, wait, we got sidetracked. Let’s get back to the subject of tacos: And yes, how could it not be our favorite if it is the most versatile recipe in the world!To put it very simply, just like fajitas and burritos, tacos are a tortilla in which we put things inside. The difference between these dishes is that in the first two, wheat tortillas are used, and for tacos, corn tortillas are usually used. They are also usually smaller.

In Argentina, we usually use the rapiditas type dough, it’s our variation . The taco dough is made with wheat flour and if you read the recipe you will also find my secret for when I don’t have time or desire to make the dough. Big secret, huh! So don’t spread it around or everything will go bad.

Let’s get started!

As we all know, Mexican tacos can have different fillings: We can make meat tacos, chicken tacos, vegetarian tacos, whatever! Everything goes well inside a taco.  Let’s review some of the most traditional taco recipes prepared in Mexico, and why not some alternatives to innovate at home.

Beef Mexican Tacos Recipe

Ingredients for 10 meat Mexican Tacos Recipe

• 250 grs of meat: it can be round, rump, whatever you like best
• 1 medium red onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 fresh chili (optional)
• 1/2 red pepper or bell pepper
• 1/2 green pepper or bell pepper
• Juice of 1 lime or lemon
• 1 medium tomato
• Oregano
• Dried chili (to taste)
• Salt and pepper
• Cilantro
• Neutral oil

How to make beef tacos

1. Cut the bell peppers and onion into julienne strips, the garlic and chilli into very small strips and the tomato into cubes. Set aside separately.
2. Cut the meat into strips and season in a bowl, add half of the lime or lemon juice and leave to marinate for about 20 minutes.
   If you want, you can do whatever magic you like to flavor the meat at this stage: add mustard, a splash of beer… Whatever you want. The idea is that the meat tacos are really tasty, so anything goes.
3. In a frying pan, add a splash of oil, the dried chili and oregano and heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the garlic and chili and fry for a few more minutes.
4. Add the meat and sauté. After 5 minutes, halfway through cooking, add the tomato and finish cooking.
5. On the other hand, sauté the rest of the vegetables until they are cooked but BE CAREFUL: they must remain firm.
6. Mix the two preparations and adjust with salt and pepper if necessary. Add the rest of the lime or lemon juice and the chopped cilantro.

The first filling is ready! Let’s continue .

Chicken Mexican Tacos Recipe

Ingredients for 10 chicken Mexican Tacos Recipe

• 2 chicken breasts
• 4 cloves of garlic
• Juice of 1 lime or lemon
• A little bit of parsley
• 1 green onion
• 1 tbsp cumin
• Dried chili, to taste
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

How to make 

1. Cut the chicken breast into strips and marinate for a while with the lime juice, the finely chopped garlic, the dried chili, and the salt and pepper.
2. Heat the pan and add a splash of olive oil along with the cumin.
3. Add the chicken and brown. Add the green onion and adjust the flavors. When ready, set aside!
   If you want to add a spoonful of cream cheese, or grated cheese or whatever, it goes great with this chicken taco recipe.

Vegetarian Mexican Tacos Recipe

When I make vegetarian tacos, I don’t follow a recipe. I like to sauté the vegetables I have at home . Sometimes I add mushrooms or tofu… everything! Another thing I like to do is sauté the different vegetables separately, so that not all the tacos are the same and everyone can add what they want.

Taco sauces, hey my taco calls for sauce 

I wouldn’t be giving you a complete taco recipe if I didn’t tell you how to make taco sauces. Well, for guacamole sauce you already have all the information. Now I’ll tell you about the two classic Mexican sauces. There are a million more, if you want a post about sauces, let me know in the comments, okay?

Let’s go with the green sauce and the red sauce.

Red sauce

Ingredients

• 1 large tomato or 2 small ones
• 1/2 red pepper or bell pepper
• 1/2 onion
• 1 tbsp chipotle chili
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil

Procedure

1. Cut the vegetables and place them in a baking dish and in the oven together with the chili, salt, pepper and a splash of olive oil.
2. Once done, put them in the blender and grind until you have a homogeneous mixture.

Done!! Very easy, see?

Green sauce

Ingredients

• 3 green chilies
• 1/2 bell pepper or green pepper
• 1 jalapeno pepper
• 5 green tomatoes
• Cilantro
• 1/2 onion
• Salt

Procedure

1. Put the pepper, onion, chilli and tomatoes in a frying pan with a little olive oil and cover. Once cooked, allow to cool.
2. Put them in a blender and add salt and cilantro to taste. Blend until you obtain a homogeneous mass.

In Argentina, it is a bit difficult to get green tomatillos, but you can get them! If you want to have the complete Mexican experience, this is highly recommended.

I hope you enjoyed this basic guide on how to make tacos! See you later, my internet friends.

Enjoy these Mexican tacos brought from heaven!

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Step by step: beef tacos with cheese and spinach

We start this selection with tacos filled with beef, shredded cheese and various vegetables, including fresh spinach.

Step by step: chicken tacos with barbecue sauce

In addition to its wheat tortillas, this version of tacos is made with shredded chicken breast, corn and other vegetables and a barbecue sauce, whose preparation we also show you step by step.

Step by step: avocado tacos with carrots

Although we normally associate Mexican tacos with meat, whether pork, chicken or beef, we can fill them with other ingredients such as fish, seafood or vegetables. We opted for the latter option to offer you cold avocado and carrot tacos, a recipe also suitable for vegetarians.

Step by step: fish tacos with red onion

Just like beef, pork or chicken, tacos also have a ‘seafood’ version, with seafood and/or fish. In this case, we opted to fill them with sea bass and various vegetables.

Step by step: beef and chicken tacos

The canons dictate that Mexican tacos must be eaten with spicy food, lime, onion and cilantro… And that is what we propose with this recipe, in which we use chicken and beef to fill them, a true classic!

Step by step: corn tacos with lemon-lime turkey

We chose lemon-marinated turkey as the main ingredient for these tacos, along with some vegetables and a yogurt sauce with dill. A lighter version that is also delicious.

Step by step: vegetarian chickpea tacos

Taco shells can be served soft, grilled or fried. In this recipe, we heat them in a pan and fill them with chickpeas, as the main ingredient, other vegetables and cheese, to make another vegetarian version.

Step by step: octopus tacos with guacamole

On some corn or wheat tortillas we will put our own guacamole, mashed with a fork so that it doesn’t become mush, and on top we will place some slices of cooked octopus.

Step by step: nopal, onion and mushroom tacos

Nopales are the leaves of a type of cactus and can be cooked in different ways. They are very common in Mexican cuisine and we are going to put them in these tacos, which also have onions and mushrooms.

Step by step:  beef and cheese tacos with sour cream

We finished our proposals with some tacos filled with fresh sausages with cheddar cheese, various vegetables and sour cream.

In short, tacos are an integral part of Mexican culture that has conquered palates around the world.