Taco Ring

Step 3 Let's Get Cooking!

Place thawed ground meat in a skillet and cook until no longer pink. I am personally very finicky about ground meat. I watched Pink Floyd's movie, The Wall, for the first time in elementary school and there is a scene where children ride a conveyor belt into a meat grinder. Needless to say, I wouldn't eat ground beef again until I was in high school. Even though I've gotten over it (for the most part), ground beef kind of weirds me out so I always opt to rinse it out after cooking. If you choose to do this, empty your cooked meat into a colander and run warm water over it for a few seconds. This also helps get rid of excess grease. Shake the colander to get rid of extra water and put the meat back in your skillet.

Comments

[Woogaus]

My wife showed me the best way to cook ground beef for this type of recipe, we boil it, comes out perfectly done and once you drain it all the fat and grease is gone.

[curiousmomma]

We don't completely boil it but we do Put a cup of hot water in at the end of the browning and it pulls out the grease. Then when you drain the meat it takes the grease out but leaves all the flavor.

[imboox2]

I have done that for decades and also get the best ground meat I can. Friends tell me I'm crazy spending more, but when I cook a pound of 97% or 98 % ground sirloin I have nearly a pound of cooked meat with little having gone to fat. It taste much better too in my opinion. As lean as it is the water is not really needed, but when doing meat for something like tacos, cooking in water makes the meat fall apart easily. No big chunks to chop up.

[curecreator]

 That is freaky I was watching that in another tab while reading this. (the wall)

[caityjay]

Ugh, you watched The Wall in elementary school? Poor you! *pats* I'd be scarred for life! However, I do like the idea of rinsing the ick from the block of meat (weird movies aside, I'm not a huge fan of raw ground beef, either). I'll have to try that the next time I use it!