Yes, you heard me, Taco Cupcakes. This is something I came up with just searching for new ideas for party food. With the rise in popularity of cupcakes, I thought this would be a smart idea, and I was right. They’ve been a hit from day one. Just like with any taco, you can use any filling you want. I prefer to marinate and grill my meats as well for this. The marinade in this link, also works well for stirring into any ground meat for extra flavor. This should make you about a dozen.
12 flour tortillas cut in quarters
1/2 lb of your favorite taco filling (cooked)
1/2 lb of your favorite shredded cheese
- Make sure you keep these tortillas under a moist paper towel while we’re assembling them. We don’t want them to dry out.
- Start by brushing a muffin tin with some oil. Lay down your first tortilla quarter and press it down into the pan gently. It’s ok if it tears a bit, or if it doesn’t go all the way down it will all get fixed later.
- Lay down some of your meat and cheese (as much as you want).
- Repeat this until you have all four layers ready . You can make another layer if you want, I just like mine thinner. (HINT: Don’t be afraid to play with this)
- Bake these off for about 12-15 minutes at 350. Just enough to have the cheese melt inside and out.
- EAT!!!!!!!
- Two layers
I like to top these with some sour cream, pico de gallo, and avocados. This Roasted Corn Guacamole Recipe is also really good on these. Actually, anything you can put on a taco, you can put on these. These are great for kids’s parties too (make your own taco cupcake, I know I would have loved that when I was a kid). You can use this technique with other foods too. For example you can replace the beef with some pork and the tortilla with wonton skin and have pot-sticker cupcake. I’ll be doing some variation on these down the road, but definitely test-lab these.
Happy Eating,
-The Doctor