Our healthy oven-baked tacos are packed with lean ground beef, refried beans, and diced tomatoes, topped with cheese then baked. A simple dinner that kids love! Gluten-free.
⭐️Prep the meat mixture. Brown the ground beef until cooked through. Drain. Add the refried beans, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Stir until well combined.
Fill the tacos. Place the taco shells into the baking pan. Evenly divide the meat mixture between the shells. Top with shredded cheese.
10 taco shells, 1/2 cup Mexican cheese
⭐️Bake. Bake for 7-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the shells are starting to crisp.
Serve. Serve topped with tomatoes and shredded lettuce. Serve hot.
1 tomato, diced, 1/2 cup shredded lettuce
Notes
Chicken Tacos: Swap the ground beef with ground chicken, shredded chicken or leftover Rotisserie chicken.Taco Toppings: For simplicity, shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes are the best or spice things with sliced onions, jalapenos, black olives, sour cream, salsa, guacamole, Easy Enchilada or Burrito Sauce, or Pico de Gallo.CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.