This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn (glassbarn.org) Indiana Soybean and Corn Farmers but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
If you love Mexican food, these air fryer mini beef tacos in the Ninja Foodi need to start being on your Taco Tuesday rotation. These fried mini tacos are super easy to make with cooked ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning, quesadilla cheese, and flour or corn tortilla shells.
Don’t have an air fryer yet? These mini tacos might be reason enough to get one. I love my Ninja Foodi that has pressure cooking, baking, and air crisping all in one.
Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Mini Beef Tacos
The simplicity of these tacos is why I think they will be a regular rotation at our house. I love street tacos. Then my girlfriend brought over mini chicken tacos from Sam’s Club to make in the Foodi. While they were great, I knew the beef version would be a big hit for my family.
The beef base was made from ground beef cooked in the microwave in my microcooker. Feel free to brown on the stovetop. When the hamburger is about cooked, add taco seasoning. I am obsessed with the bulk homemade taco seasoning recipe from Mama in Midst.
When the beef is cooked, mix shredded queso quesadilla cheese with the beef. The cheese should melt. Stuff the street taco with the cheese and beef mixture. Then top off with a bit more shredded cheese.
Fill the shells and get the Ninja Foodi preheated as you continue to fill the tacos. One pound of meat will easily fill ten street taco shells.
Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray and then lay the tacos in the basket. Spray the top of the tacos with cooking spray as well.
Cook on 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Flip them if you want about halfway through. The cook crisp on both sides even if you don’t flip them. Once the cheese is melted and the shell is crispy, the mini beef tacos are done.
I prepped our plates with shredded lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream while the mini tacos were in the air fryer. Serve with your favorite taco toppings. You can actually peel them open to put topping inside as well.
Just keep filling the air fryer with tacos until the family is entirely filled. Trust me, it will take a few rounds of tacos to fill the family.
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Air Fryer Mini Beef Tacos in the Ninja Foodi is an easy fried taco recipe made with taco seasoned hamburger, cheese and flour or corn tortilla shells. #Tacos #Airfryer #NinjaFoodi #Beef
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 10 Street Taco Shells
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 8 ounces Queso Quesadilla Cheese, Shredded
- cooking spray
Instructions
Cook the ground beef until no longer pink. Mix the seasoning into the meat with a half a cup of water. Cook until water is evaporated.
Mix half the cheese with the ground beef taco meat. Begin heating up the air fryer on 400°.
Spoon the meat and cheese combination into the street tacos. Top off with the remaining shredded cheese.
Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Place the mini tacos in the basket. Spray the tops of the tacos with cooking spray.
Cook for 10 minutes on 400° or until cheese is melted and the shells are crisp.
Shared on Weekend Potluck and Monday Meal Plan
Julie @ Back To My Southern Roots says
July 6, 2019 at 2:32 pmWow, these look really, really good. Thanks for sharing the recipe!