Guatemalan Tacos

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This is from Guatemala. This recipe is from mayantraditions.com."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 5 large potatoes, cubed
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1⁄2 onion, chopped
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 4 tomatillos, husked and quartered
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
• 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 3 avocados, halved with pits removed
• 10 (6 inch) corn tortillas

directions

1. Place potatoes into a large saucepan and fill with enough water to cover.
2. Bring to a boil,cover, and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain.
3. While the potatoes are cooking, crumble the ground beef into a skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Cook for a few minutes, then stir in the onion.
5. Cook until meat is no longer pink, and the onion is tender.
6. Drain excess grease, and gently stir in the potatoes.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Place the tomatillos, garlic, jalapeno, and cilantro into a blender.
9. Squeeze avocados out of their skins into the blender.
10. Process until smooth.
11. Heat tortillas in a skillet until warm and flexible.
12. Spoon on some of the meat mixture and top with the sauce.
13. Roll up, and enjoy.

Reviews

[yollshf]

The tacos are good, but I have to say that Guatemalan tacos are different, they are deep fried more like a spring roll made of tortilla with meat filling and served with a simple tomato sauce.

 

[Midwest Maven]

These were okay for us, just a little bland overall. I added some lime juice and salt to the green sauce, and a few spices to the meat mixture, but I just don't think this was to our tastes, sorry.

 

[liltle fruitcake]

Very good. I cut back on the potatoes (only 2). We loved them. I saved 1 for breakfast the next morning. Thank you.

 

[Susie D]

The meat mixture is very plain, but the green sauce is what elevates this simple taco. It is tart from the tomatillos, creamy from the avacadoes, and has a lovely heat from the garlic & jalapenos (I used two seeded), and then the nice punch from the cilantro. My 3 yr old grandson was visiting when I made these. He ate two with added cheese & sour cream and no sauce. Made for ZWT4.