Ground Beef and Chorizo Tacos

Name: Ground Beef and Chorizo Tacos
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Southwest (Tex-Mex)
Ingredients: 1 pound, 90-percent lean ground beef; 4 ounces, Mexican-style chorizo sausage, casings removed; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 1 , poblano chile, stemmed, seeded, and chopped fine; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon, ground cumin; 2 teaspoons, minced canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce; 4 , plum tomatoes, cored and cut into ¼-inch pieces; 1/2 cup, water; 1/4 cup, chopped fresh cilantro; 12 , (6-inch) corn or flour tortilla, warmed

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2019

Our goal: a flavorful ground beef filling that comes together in about half an hour.

SERVES6

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our version of the ground beef taco, we started by browning ground beef and Mexican-style chorizo—an ideal combination for a flavorful, tender filling. Then we added onion and poblano chile for some vegetal complexity. Once those vegeta...

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