homemade meatball soft tacos
Servings 6 tacos
Ingredients
for the meatballs
- 9 ounces ground meat I used a blend of ground beef and pork but feel free to substitute ground turkey
- 1 ounce (about 1/4 cuminced red onion
- 1 Tablespoon minced jalapeño
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
for the rest
- 6 soft flour tortillas soft taco size or about 6” if you choose to make your own
- 6 Tablespoons something creamy- my tomatillo tzatki would be perfect here or a blend of sour cream and/or yogurt and lime juice
toppings
- lettuce
- tomato
- cucumber
- hot sauce for topping
Instructions
- preheat the oven to 350F
- combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and throughly combine (I think hands work best for this and if you have the pan prepped that you are going to bake the meatballs in ready to go you can go immediately to the forming of the meatballs
- form the meatballs into approximately one inch balls and place in a cast iron pan or baking dish
- bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes or until browned and cooked to a safe temperature
- if making your own tortillas mix the ingredients before making the meatballs so the dough has time to rest and then cook them off while the meatballs bake
- When the meatballs are done you can assemble and eat, three meatballs per taco, a tablespoon of creamy sauce, and as much hot sauce and veggies as you want
Notes
buy your own soft tortillas or make your own using my bacon fat tortilla recipe or your own favorite- makes six soft shell tacos but the tortilla recipe makes sixteen thinner tortillas or 12 thicker ones (see link and notes above) because it's good to have extra ;)