Baked Mini Shredded Beef & Cheese Tacos
Oh how I love these little mini shredded beef and cheese tacos. I used to buy boxes of them from Trader Joe’s because they are a quick and easy snack to throw in the oven when you don’t feel like cooking. We had friends over for dinner this weekend and I made shredded beef soft tacos and we had a bit of leftover meat and cheese. I had some mini street taco corn tortillas in the fridge and decided to re-create Trader Joe’s mini beef tacos. They were so simple to make, took only 15 minutes to bake, and made my whole family happy. We sat around the kitchen counter eating these crispy mini beef tacos with leftover guacamole and smoky chipotle salsa. I guess I won’t be buying them from the store anymore. These little mini tacos are great for an appetizer, snack, super bowl food, or for your Cinco de Mayo party.
How to Make Baked Mini Shredded Beef & Cheese Tacos
Prepare the shredded beef. Click here to see the recipe.
Make guacamole. Click here to see the recipe.
Make smoky chipotle salsa. Click here to see the recipe.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil then place two wire cooling racks in the baking sheet. Coat the wire racks with cooking spray.
Heat the leftover shredded meat in the microwave for 30 seconds, if needed. Drain the excess liquid.
Wrap the mini corn tortillas in damp paper towels. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, or until pliable.
Place some shredded extra sharp cheddar down the center of a mini corn tortilla then top with some of the drained shredded beef. Fold in half and seal with a toothpick. Place on the wired racks. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, cheese, and shredded beef. Spray the mini tacos with a bit of cooking spray.
Place into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Flip over and continue to bake for 5-7 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp. Remove from the oven and top with some fresh cilantro and serve with fresh guacamole and smoky chipotle salsa. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- 10 mini corn tortillas
- ½ cup extra sharp cheddar shredded
- 1 cup Leftover shredded beef (click the link up above for recipe)
- Guacamole (click the link up above for recipe)
- Smokey chipotle salsa (click the link up above for recipe)
Instructions
- Prepare the shredded beef. Click the link up above to see the recipe.
- Make guacamole. Click the link up above to see the recipe.
- Make smoky chipotle salsa. Click the link up above to see the recipe.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil then place two wire cooling racks in the baking sheet. Coat the wire racks with cooking spray.
- Heat the leftover shredded meat in the microwave for 30 seconds, if needed. Drain the excess liquid.
- Wrap the mini corn tortillas in damp paper towels. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, or until pliable.
- Place some shredded extra sharp cheddar down the center of a mini corn tortilla then top with some of the drained shredded beef.
- Fold in half and seal with a toothpick. Place on the wired racks.
- Repeat with the remaining tortillas, cheese, and shredded beef.
- Spray the mini tacos with a bit of cooking spray.
- Place into the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Flip over and continue to bake for 5-7 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp.
- Remove from the oven and top with some fresh cilantro and serve with fresh guacamole and smoky chipotle salsa. Enjoy.
What a great idea! The shredded beef looks literally melt in mouth, Pam.
This looks fantastic Pam. Definitely going to make this. Great that they are baked and not fried.
Wow…what a great way to use leftovers. These would be great finger food for a cocktail party.
I think these would go great with margaritas. Just sayin’.