Move over tortillas. Shredded potatoes are the crispy, crunchy base you’ve been craving for all your favorite taco fixings — melty cheese, spiced ground beef and piles of cool lettuce, avocado and sour cream.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Active: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 teaspoons chili powder
- Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Nonstick cooking spray, for spraying the sheet pan
- 20 ounces refrigerated shredded hash browns
- 8 ounces Cheddar, grated (about 2 cups)
- Assorted toppings, such as shredded iceberg lettuce, salsa, diced avocado, sour cream, sliced black olives, pickled jalapenos and hot sauce
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes. Add the cumin, 2 teaspoons of the chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt and stir to combine. Push the beef aside to make a space in the middle of the skillet and add the tomato paste. Cook, stirring, until the tomato paste darkens a shade or two, about 1 minute, then stir it into the beef. Add 1/2 cup water, bring to a rapid simmer and cook, stirring, until the water has almost completely reduced, about 2 minutes. Keep hot.
- Preheat the broiler. Spray an 18-by-13-inch sheet pan with cooking spray.
- Spread the hash browns on the prepared sheet pan, toss with 1 teaspoon salt and the remaining 4 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon chili powder and pat into an even layer. Broil until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Toss well with a heatproof spatula, pat back into an even layer and return to the broiler until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes more. Top with the spiced ground beef and Cheddar and broil until the cheese is melted, about 2 minutes. Add your favorite toppings, cut into pieces and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 1133 |
| Total Fat | 84 g |
| Saturated Fat | 25 g |
| Carbohydrates | 55 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Sugar | 3 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 146 mg |
| Sodium | 1085 mg |
Reviews
This was great. I made as is. Next time I would add more seasonings to the hash browns and meat for my taste. It was pretty tasty as is.
Wife LOVES this.
Wow this was so good and so easy! I kept the ground beef separate for the vegetarians in my family and it was so good by itself, I skipped the meat completely. This could replace tacos for me!
Great recipe, no shredded potatoes on hand, so quickly grated russets and sweets, the swapped ground turkey for because it was what was defrosted.
Great, fast recipe!!
My husband loved it! I used a packet of taco seasoning to really make this is a quick one.
Made this recipe for my husband’s Taco Tuesday! It was awesome! I will definitely be making again very soon!
It was pretty good but the hash browns didn’t really work out. The broiler wouldn’t cook them all the way, so we ended up having to pan fry them and just mold them into a rectangle for the base. There was also not a lot of flavoring in them, so I would a lot more spice than what’s recommended in them.
My family loved it! I will definitely make this again!
It was fast and easy and the whole family loved it.