Twice Baked Hardshell Tacos with Mango Guacamole

This month features a Mango Guacamole made in a molcajete and twice baked hard-shell ground beef tacos that taste like a chalupa. These recipes are ones that you do not want to miss!

Prep:
25
minutes
Cook:
15
minutes
TOtal:
40
minutes

Ingredients

For the Twice Baked Hardhell Tacos:

  • 1 TBSP olive oil
  • 1/4 Cup yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 1.5 Pounds ground beef
  • 1 TBSP minced garlic
  • 1/2 TSP salt
  • 1/4 TSP black pepper
  • 1 Packet siete mild taco seasoning (got mine from Whole Foods)
  • Half of a iceberg lettuce head, thinly sliced
  • 1 Ripe tomato, diced
  • Sour cream, optional for garnish
  • Cilantro leaves, optional for garnish
  • 1 Cup Mexican cheese blend + more to garnish

For the Mango Guacamole:

  • 3 Avocados halves
  • 1-2 TBSP minced garlic
  • 1/2 Cup fresh mango, diced
  • 1/4 Cup red onion, minced
  • Fresh lime juice from 2 limes
  • 1/2 Ripe tomato, diced
  • Half of a large Jalapeño, finely minced with seeds
  • 1/4 Cup cilantro, chopped

Instructions

For the Twice Baked Hardshell Tacos:

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add finely chopped onions and minced garlic. Sauté until fragrant or onions are translucent about 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 7 minutes or until or no longer pink. Add taco seasoning and cook another 1-2 minutes until seasoning has soaked in. Remove from heat.
  3. In a rectangle baking pan, line up your hard shell tacos and place any extras on the sides to fill the pan. Fill each one with a little bit of cheese (about 1 TBSP or more if you would like). Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. Add 1 TBSP of ground beef to each one and top with more cheese (about another 1 TBSP). Place back in the oven and bake for another 5 minutes.
  5. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Top each taco with tomato, then lettuce and then sour cream. Garnish with cilantro.
  6. ENJOY!

For the Mango Guacamole:

  1. In your bowl or molcajete, mix, grind and crush your red onion, jalapeños, minced garlic, salt and pepper.
  2. Add your avocados and mash. When well mashed, mix well with the other ingredients.
  3. Add lime juice and tomatoes, mix well.
  4. Add your fresh mangos, mix well.
  5. Add cilantro and mix well again for a final time. Serve immediately or store in the fridge to get cold until ready to serve.
  6. ENJOY!