Walking Tacos

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb. Ground beef
• 1 Onion

  peeled and diced
• 2 cups salsa

  your choice of heat level or tomato sauce
• 3 tbsp taco seasoning
• 1 15 oz can black or red beans

  rinsed and drained
• Salt and ground black pepper

  to taste
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro or fresh parsley
• Shredded cheddar cheese or cheese sauce

  recipe follows
• Sour cream

  optional
• Green onions

  sliced
• 4 Small bags
• Fritos corn chips
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt and ground black pepper

  to taste

Instructions

• 1 To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a large skillet and stir in the
• 2 all purpose flour. Cook on low heat for a couple of minutes. Slowly whisk in the
  milk and continue cooking for a few minutes until all the lumps are gone and the
  mixture begins to thicken.
• 3 Stir in the shredded cheese until melted and add salt and ground black pepper to
  taste.
• 4 Add the ground beef to a large skillet or cast iron pan and cook on medium low
  heat for a few minutes. Use a
• 5 spatula to break up the meat.
• 6 Add the diced onion and continue cooking and stirring for a few more minutes
  until the meat begins to brown.
• 7 Stir in the salsa or tomato sauce along with the taco seasoning and beans.
  Continue cooking on low heat, stirring
• 8 occasionally, for another 5 to 10 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as
  needed.
• 9 Stir in the chopped cilantro or parsley and remove from the heat.
• 10 To serve, set up a bowl with the beef and bean mixture along with bowls of the
  chopped green onions, sour
• 11 cream and the cheese sauce as well as small packages of Fritos chips.
• 12 Spoon the beef and bean mixture over the chips in the bag, pour on some cheese
  sauce, top with green onions
• 13 and sour cream and enjoy. Alternately, you can pour the Fritos into a bowl and
  add the toppings.

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