Craving tacos but tired of the same old Tuesday routine? In this video, Nicole shares 5 easy, flavor-packed beef taco dishes– plus her go-to taco seasoning mix and a foolproof method for making perfectly saucy, small-crumble taco meat. Whether you like your tacos crispy, smashed, tacky, or filled with birria-style beef, there's something here for everyone.
Nicole walks through each recipe detailed, starting with crispy beef tacos and moving through viral-inspired Huge Mac tacos, juicy birria tacos, and easy sheet pan tacos that make weeknight suppers a breeze. She likewise throws in an enjoyable twist at the end: an Italian cherry margarita that's as strong and rejuvenating as your taco lineup.
Whether you're meal prepping, feeding a crowd, or just looking for new taco night ideas, these simple beef taco recipes will quickly become your brand-new favorites.
Timestamps:
0:00– Making Tacos in your home
0:50– Homemade Taco Seasoning
1:45– How to Make Taco Meat
3:16– Crispy Beef Tacos
5:17– Smashed Big Mac Tacos
7:49– Casa Birria Tacos
11:48– Sheet Pan Beef Tacos
13:59– Rotel Tacos
16:06– Italian Cherry Margaritas
Get the dishes here:
Homemade Taco Flavoring:
Crispy Beef Tacos:
Smashed Big Mac Tacos
Casa Birria Tacos
Sheet Pan Beef Tacos:
Rotel Tacos:
Italian Cherry Margaritas:
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I am so pleased with all of your recipes that I truly believe you are the gold standard. I hope Allrecipes knows what they’ve got since you could have your own channel easily! ❤❤❤
I make so many of her recipes, and they always come out perfect! She IS the BEST!
@staycool163 Agree!!!
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Amen sistas! love love love watching her.
Why does she not have a restaurant yet?
Nicole is SO good at this! Allrecipes you have an absolute GEM!
Agree!- She is my favorite ♡
The Birria bomb is so good. Literally my favorite taco. But I’m trying some of these others you made. They all look so good
Real chef for real folks!
YES she is!!!! 💜
You look like you’re having so much fun while you teach us how to feed ourselves with yummy food and refreshing beverages. 😊Love to see it, must try all your recipes!❤
Love this channel. Her personality is very entertaining and she full of cooking knowledge.
And that drink is why I love Nicole’s videos! So entertaining! Cheers!
Allrecipes better NEVER let you go! You make my kids happy with your recipes in my home! Love you and your attitude is just chefs kiss! God bless! Leslie -Alabama
I made birria tacos for the entire fire department in our hometown of Alamo Texas from scratch! They loved them! I served them with queso fresco! Had to make them three days to get the different shifts!
How many pounds of meat are needed for one Birria Bomb, and how many tacos does it make?
@PatraK-du8ve it looked like she used approximately 3-4 pounds of chuck roast, but I would assume it gives directions on the birria bomb package?
@angelawhite7140 Correct,and them Birria Bombs are $20 for a pack of 2 on Amazon.
Wow ! That was wonderful of you !
My favorite all time cook! Love Nicole’s knowledge, great personality and fun spirit! Great teacher with the best recipes and techniques. These tacos all look so good!
What a masterclass for people who don’t live in the USA..🌟
Chef Nicole you’re still the best.
Had me with any kind of tacos and margaritas. You are a doll love watching you only wish I could watch you every day
Nicole, you make my day when I watch you prepare a new recipe. Your enthusiasm makes me want to prepare your fabulous meals. I am so happy I found your channel. I love your attitude, your personality and the love of doing what you do. Thank you so much for sharing. Wishing you a great day all the way from California 😊
I’m a 57 yr old American of Mexican descent. I grew up in a family of 6 kids. My grandmother/abuelita had 6 kids. She moved from Texas to Michigan with my mom (the eldest) and her sister from a husband who abondoned them in the late1930s. This was before there were child support laws. She made tacos for working men to support my mom & sister. Mom & sis learned to help and became good cooks. She eventually opened the first store “tienda” in Grand Rapids, MI. She remarried and had 4 more kids. She sold her taco meat recipe to a local legend in Michigan “The Beltline Bar”…arguably the inventor of the wet burrito. I just wanted to say that her taco meat recipe was simple and of course the staple of many Tex-Mex dishes.
All you need for spices are cumin, salt and pepper. The rest are white or Spanish onion, chopped garlic and a can of tomato sauce. Here she says the chili powder gives it the color of packet mixes..NO, its the tomato sauce plus it adds flavor. I have posted for years to skip the packets and the additives for these simple ingredients, it only seems others are picking up.
I agree! My grandmother rented a room to a lady from Juarez during WWII to help with the mortgage. Part of the agreement was teaching my grandmother to speak Spanish and to cook real Mexican food. That lady added either potatoes or frijoles to her mix (I like the frijoles) to keep the mix from falling out of the shell. But the spices were simple – salt, pepper, chili powder.
@alicesullivan4089 My mom mad a dish with the taco meat seasonings but added potatoes or green beans and called it picadillo or carne picada. It was a little soupier and went great with refried beans and tortillas.
I’m 80% Cajun & a home cook. Learned from trial & error. I’ve never bought a seasoning packet in my life. My margarita is white tequila, cointreau & fresh lime juice. 1 shot glass of tequila & 1/2 shot glass of Cointreau. Add lime. Close up & shake. Add to a rocks glass.
@ChristopherRCryar Cheers, to each their own.
Are you my cousin? This story sounds familiar!!!
This lady not only has the BEST recipe channel on YouTube…. She also has the best tips and tricks, the best hacks, the best simplicity, the best clarity…. And what I like most about her is she is blunt and to the point, which makes her have the best personality! I start out thinking I will watch one or two of her videos when they appear in my feed. The next thing I know my queue is filled with her videos and I never get to other things in my queue. I also end up saving alot of her videos to show my husband, to help him out with certain things he cooks. I hope Nicole never goes away! Keep up the great work!
You nailed it. I lose hours whenever a new video shows up … and my Pinterest Board gets well used. Thank you Nicole for all the great recipes, tips, etc.
Thank you for this information it is nice to know as I just tuned in
She’s also drop dead Gorgeous ❤
Allrecipes is the site, she works for them, not the other way around.
I totally agree
Nicole needs her own network tv show! She is amazing! I love her recipes and she is fun and so relatable to us home cooks!! Learned so much from her!!
Look so good and now I have to cook.
Nicole has her own list in my YouTube❤
Mega dittos!
Couldn’t agree more! Love watching all her videos
I don’t really like to cook. But I have made so many of Nicole’s recipes. They are all delicious and easy!
Nicole, you are honestly my inspiration. Single, 48 year old lady that never married or had kids. Not a sob story, just the cards that were dealt. I appreciate the easy and straight forward gems that you produce! You ROCK!❤ p.s…Birria is phenomenal!!! I will definitely utilize the shortcut frozen potato and ham soup this fall. You’re a freaking poor woman’s ambassador. 😊Blessings.
You sound like a cool person 💗
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@Burnsey25 Thank you! You do too!❤
i learned how to cook on YouTube, started about 15 or more years ago.. five years into it i was getting a reputation as a “good cook” this lady is a big contributer to my success.
She makes the corn tortillas like I like them!
Once i sit down and start watching Nicole my day is over i get nothing else done 😂
I used to binge netflix, now I binge Nicole’s videos😂! have made several of her dishes-each one delicious and legit. She’s the real deal. Quick, not drawn out, funny, and quite frankly addicting lol
Same here 🤩
@MollysMum-A.K.
Ditto!!
Omg omg me toooo! It’s a true addiction! I just can’t get enough 😅😂😂❤❤
@ama@amada6132
Yes! She is down to earth