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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In medium bowl combine ground beef with flour, chili powder, salt, minced onion, paprika, onion powder and garlic powder. Use your hands to thoroughly mix everything. | 2. Add the ground beef to water in a skillet over medium heat. Mix well with a wooden spoon or spatula and break up meat as it cooks. Heat for 5-6 minutes or until browned. | 3. The finished product should be very smooth, somewhat pasty, with no large chunks of meat remaining. | 4. Heat the taco shells in a 375 degree oven for 5 minutes. | 5. Build each taco by spooning 2-3 tablespoons of meat into each shell and topping with lettuce and cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
flour	1/4	cup		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
chili powder	1	tablespoon		22.56	3.9760000000000004	1.0768	1.1424
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
onion	1/2	teaspoon	minced	0.6667	0.1557	0.0183	0.0017
paprika	1/2	teaspoon		3.2430000000000003	0.6209	0.1626	0.1482
onion powder	1/4	teaspoon		2.046	0.4747	0.0625	0.0062
garlic powder	1	dash		-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
taco shell	12			759.696	101.33	10.2304	34.7768
lettuce	2	cups	shredded	10.8	2.0664	0.9792	0.10800000000000001
cheddar cheese	1	cup	shredded	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.