Baked Mini Beef Tacos make great appetizers or snacks for TV night. These beef bean and cheese mini tacos can be ready in about 30 minutes.
If you are like us, you love mini appetizers and I frequently browse the freezer aisle for ideas. Those little crispy mini tacos are so appealing and we decided to create a homemade version. And since Ortega™ came out with those little taco shells, the sky is the limit for mini taco recipes.
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These mini tacos shells are just the perfect size for mini appetizers. A serving (per the box) are 4 shells and just 140 calories. Aren’t they just too cool? You can find them at Walmart, Kroger, Safeway or online on our Amazon Link.
Most of these ingredients for these beef and cheese mini tacos, we keep in our pantry or in our freezer so we can make them anytime. They are perfect for a Mexican themed cocktail party, Football Sunday or a family movie night. Also if you check the spiciness, children love love them! Just their size, right?
Mini Beef Tacos Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 16 ounce can refried beans, heated
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 10-ounce can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies)
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 package Ortega taco slider shells
Equipment Needed:
- large skillet
- Meat Chopper, optional
- baking dish
How to make baked mini beef and bean tacos:
Start the mini tacos by preheating your oven to 400° F and heating a large skillet on medium heat. Add the ground beef and onion to the skillet. Break up the ground beef using spatula or better yet, a meat chopper. Continue to cook until meat is brown and onions are translucent.
Add the taco seasoning, tomatoes, and water and stir to mix well. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until the liquid has reduced.
Cut the cream cheese into cubes to allow it to melt easier and add to the beef taco mixture. Stir until the cream cheese is melted and well combined with the meat.
Spread the heated refried beans into the bottom of each mini taco shell and place in baking dish.
Spoon the taco beef mixture into the shells, filling each about halfway.
Top each mini beef and bean taco with the shredded Mexican blend cheese.
Place baking dish in your preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes, until the shells are crispy and the cheese is melted.
These Mini Beef Tacos come out of the oven crunchy, cheesy and oh so delish. You can top them with chopped green onions or go with any traditional taco toppings. Suggestions for taco toppings are avocados, guacamole, jalapeños, chopped tomatoes, pico de gallo and/or salsa.
Other Mexican Food Appetizers:
- Queso
- Guacamole (that doesn’t brown)
- Roasted Jalapeño Salsa with Chips
- Taco Dip with Salsa
- Cheesy Bean Dip
- Sausage Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
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Mini Beef Tacos
Equipment
- Meat Chopper optional
- baking dish
Ingredients
- 1 16 ounce can refried beans heated
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 3 Tablespoons taco seasoning or a 1 ounce package
- 1 10 ounce can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies)
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 ounces cream cheese cubed
- 2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 package Ortega taco mini shells 18
Instructions
- Start the mini tacos by preheating your oven to 400° F and heating a large skillet on medium heat. Add the ground beef and onion to the skillet. Break up the ground beef using spatula or better yet, a meat chopper. Continue to cook until meat is brown and onions are translucent.
- Add the taco seasoning, tomatoes, and water and stir to mix well. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until the liquid has reduced.
- Cut the cream cheese into cubes to allow it to melt easier and add to the beef taco mixture. Stir until the cream cheese is melted and well combined with the meat.
- Spread the heated refried beans into the bottom of each mini taco shell and place in baking dish.
- Spoon the taco beef mixture into the shells, filling each about halfway.
- Top each mini beef and bean taco with the shredded Mexican blend cheese.
- Place baking dish in your preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes, until the shells are crispy and the cheese is melted.
- These Mini Beef Tacos come out of the oven crunchy, cheesy and oh so delish. You can top them with chopped green onions or go with any traditional taco toppings. Suggestions for taco toppings are avocados, guacamole, jalapeños, chopped tomatoes, pico de gallo and/or salsa.
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