easy baked tacos

Easy Baked Vegetarian Tacos that can be made in under 30 minutes with simple ingredients. Keep them vegetarian or add chicken or ground meat!

Easy Baked Tacos

corn tortillas (organic if possible) 8-10

beans

melty cheese- mozzarella, pepper jack, cheddar, queso fresco or goat cheese

Toppings- diced fresh tomato, scallions, cilantro, avocado, sour cream, hot sauce, lime

Line a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with parchment.

Arrange 8-10 taco shells in the best fitting arrangement. (You can also bake on a lined sheet pan, set on their side)

Stir the can of beans with a spoon and spoon 2 heaping tablespoons into each shell. Top with a little hot sauce if you want.

Top the beans with grated cheese and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until warmed though.

While baking, prep the toppings- diced tomato, slice avocado, chop cilantro and scallions.

Garnish with optional hot sauce and sour cream.

Notes- Feel free to add cooked ground meat, shredded chicken in place of the beans, or in addition to.

This recipe is so easy and so tasty!  I used plant based minced meat and beans with a little tomato sauce, and topped with some chipolte sauce for some extra kick, super delicious.  Thank you so much!  I will be trying more recipes from your site as I'm trying to eat less meat.

This recipe was a complete success for the entire family! All 3 kids devoured them. We added some black beans along with the refried beans and it was delicious. Thank you!!

Your recipe inspired me and I kind of riffed off of it! I used the Trader Joe's refried beans (salsa style) - they are the bomb! I'm definitely going back to get more of those yummy creations. I used jack and cheddar cheese that I grated and then I used veggies that I already had - I diced and roasted a sweet potato, added black beans and TJ's roasted corn. I also made your creamy avocado sauce and used that instead of hot sauce. These were the best tacos I've ever made or even had! I ate three (I usually never eat more than two) and my husband ate nine of them! Admittedly the taco shells were on the small side, but still. Just thought I'd let you know how you inspired me and how people can actually use a lot of other ingredients, but that base of the TJ refried beans and cheese baked in the oven for 15 minutes, really makes a big difference. Thanks for the inspiration!

Brilliant technique! Something magical happens in the oven that has made me a new fan of hardshell tacos.

Clever use of the nacho technique for tacos!   Love being able to pop in oven to melt cheese/heat beans while I prep the fresh ingredients.  I usually make my own refried beans with black beans, onions, corn and spices  (I can't get past the texture/appearance of the  canned refried stuff ...not for me) so a bit slower, but my oven takes a while to preheat anyway so it's not really much of a time loss, and I can roast some extra  veggies like peppers and sweet potatoes tossed with tajin on a cookie sheet to go with.

Thank you, Sylvia! This recipe came in handy tonight because I needed a dinner idea that would come together quickly. Something magic happened in the oven to make the tacos way more delicious than I was expecting. I used refried beans for half of the batch and black beans for the other half (be sure to drain them extra-well or the bottom of the shell becomes soggy and may break), topped with a dash of hot sauce, then scallions soaked in lime juice, and finally melty cheese. Yum. A side of rice seasoned with homemade chili powder and a simple tossed salad made for a perfect meal. I'm excited to make these tacos again.

My family LOVES this recipe, and it's so quick and easy!  A miracle for busy weeknights.  Thank you!

You've done it again! I'm not sure what sorcery happens in the oven but these were so simple and so delicious. I'll have to try to TJs salsa refried beans next time since everyone is raving about them. Thank you for another keeper recipe!

I love this recipe!! It is so easy and delicious. Wondering if it'd still taste as good if I made it ahead? Should I bake it through and then reheat, or just prep and then bake when ready to eat?

Great easy recipe and agree the beans and cheese and any toppings are all that is needed. I started out with those extra thin corn tortillas so stuffed them and laid on their sides. Too keep them closed I put another sheet pan on top for awhile. Since pretty small tortillas, I had sides of tomato, peppers, onions etc with a salad on the side. I must look for the refried beans with salsa you mentioned, have not see those around us, but I "doctored" the vegetarian refried beans I used as I think I have seen you recommend in other recipes.

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These quick and easy beef tacos are baked in the oven in a crispy tortilla shell.

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Tablespoon oil ((olive oil, avocado oil, vegetable oil))

beef

taco seasoning

water ((see notes below))

shredded Mexican blend cheese

corn tortillas

sour cream

mayonnaise

Tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice

lime

garlic,

cilantro ((see notes below))

salt

Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Once hot, add in ½ white onion, finely diced and cook for about 2-3 minutes.

Add 1 pound ground beef to the skillet and cook and crumble the ground beef until browned. Drain any excess grease and put back into the skillet.

Then add in 1 packet taco seasoning and 1 Tablespoon water with the ground beef mixture and stir. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

Sprinkle in ½ cup shredded Mexican blend cheese and stir until melted. Then take off the heat.

Warm up 10 corn tortillas to prevent them from tearing while assembling the tacos. This can be done by wrapping them in a damp paper towel and microwaving for 30 seconds.

Arrange the warmed tortillas on the parchment paper lined baking sheet. Assemble the tacos by spooning some of the taco beef mixture onto half of each tortilla and then fold them in half

Bake on the middle oven rack for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

While the tacos are baking, make the cilantro lime crema sauce by combining 1 cup sour cream, 1 Tablespoon mayonnaise, 2 Tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice, zest of ½ lime, 1 clove garlic, minced, 1 bunch of cilantro and 1 teaspoon salt in a blender and blend until fully combined and smooth.

Drizzle the cilantro lime crema over the top of the tacos once done baking, and enjoy! Top with your favorite taco toppings!

These were really good! Huge hit with my family. We dipped them in some warmed up queso - incredible! Thanks so much for the recipe!

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FULL RECIPE HERE: https://www.thecountrycook.net/baked-tacos/

Quick Baked Tacos are stuffed with seasoned ground beef and shredded cheese then baked and topped with an optional homemade cilantro lime cream sauce!

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