Our Favorite Taco Meat – Large batch recipe perfect for the freezer
Our favorite taco meat recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 1 1/2 cups dried kidney beans
- 1 1/2 cups dried black beans
- 3/4 cup homemade taco seasoning
- 1 1/2 cups water
Instructions
- Prepare your beans using a rapid soak. In a large stock pot, bring to boil 6 cups of rinsed and sorted beans. Boil hard for one minute, then turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let the beans sit for one hour.
- Meanwhile, over medium high heat, saute chopped onions with the ground beef. Cook until the ground beef is no longer pink, drain, and remove to a 6 qt slow cooker.
- After the beans have soaked for one hour, take 8 cups including their liquid, and place in the slow cooker.
- Add the water and taco seasoning and stir well.
- Cook on high in the slow cooker for 4-5 hours.
- Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe yields a tremendous amount of taco meat. I portion it out in four cup portions per meal for my family of six which gives us enough for one recipe of tacos the day I make it, and four to put in the freezer for meals at other times.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 306kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 558mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g