Taco Cups

Do you need a dish to bring to a potluck? Or perhaps just want to change up taco night? Try making these taco cups. With just a few ingredients and a couple of cupcake pans you can make these gorgeous bite size wonders. This recipe yields 24 taco cups.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 package taco seasoning mix (1.25 ounces or 3 tablespoons of your own taco seasoning)
• 1 pint grape tomatoes , diced
• 1 can diced green chilies (4 ounces)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend
• 48 thin wonton wrappers
• sour cream for garnish
• green onions or cilantro for garnish

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Generously cover two cupcake pans in non stick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Over medium high heat brown the grown beef in a skillet. Drain the excess fat when beef is done.
3. Add taco seasoning, green chilies and 3/4 of your diced tomatoes to ground beef and stir to combine.  Turn off heat.  Reserve the rest of your diced tomatoes for garnish. 
4. Line each cup of your prepared cupcake pans with one wonton wrapper. 
5. Add 1 tablespoon of meat mixture. 
6. Add 1 tablespoon of cheese. 
7. Press down and add another layer of wonton wrapper, meat mixture and cheese. 
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until cups are heated through and edges are golden. 
9. Add sour cream, reserved tomatoes and green onions or cilantro as garnish. 

 

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