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Oven Baked Tacos

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 4/13/20Updated: 1/30/21

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tacos baked in the oven

Oven Baked Tacos are a quick and easy dinner. Tacos in a crisp shell that doesn’t fall apart when you bite into it.

We don’t believe in limited taco night to only Tuesdays at our house.  We love tacos any night of the week.  Some of our other favorite taco recipes are Shredded Beef Tacos made with slow cooker beef, Grilled Chicken tacos can be done on the grill or the stove top and these Baja Fish Tacos  were inspired by a trip to San Diego.

three baked tacos on a plate

Easy Dinner Idea

This week’s quick and easy dinner is a quick one!  One of my go to meals when the kids were young was tacos.  I also remember it being one of my mom’s go to meals.  It doesn’t get much easier than browning up some meat, adding in a packet of seasoning and wrapping it in a tortilla!

I am a crispy taco shell girl.  You know, the kind you bake in the oven first.  The only problem though is the entire shell cracks and falls apart after your first bite.  I usually ended up making a little taco salad out of it and eating it with a fork.

three baked tacos on a plate

Today’s recipe for oven baked tacos gives you the same quick and easy dinner without the mess.  I’ve got an amazing technique for baking the taco shells so that they don’t fall apart when you eat your taco! The meat, shell and cheese are all baked together.

How to Make Tacos in the Oven

  • Place two pieces of rolled up foil in the bottom of the pan to allow for drainage and keep the tacos from sitting in any grease or liquid that may run off from the tacos..  If your meat isn’t well drained, you may get some liquid draining out of the shells and if the taco shells are sitting flat on the pan they can get soggy.
foil rolled up in pan
  • Place your taco shells onto the rolled up foil.
TOrtilla shells in a pan
  •  Brown meat and add in dried onion, taco seasoning, tomato sauce and green chilies.  Allow to simmer until meat mixture thickens. up.
  • Fill the shells with your meat mixture.  I used about 1 1/5 lbs. of meat and got about 10 -12 tacos from it.
  • Then top them off with cheese.  I used a combination of Monterey Jack and Cheddar Cheese.
baked tacos with cheese on top
  • Bake in a 400 degrees F oven for about 10-12 minutes or until the shells are  lightly browned and warmed through.Baked tacos with meat and cheese
  • Add favorite taco toppings.  At our house we love lettuce and tomatoes.
overhead shot of baked tacos

Dress them up however you like and then enjoy!  A quick and easy dinner!!

overhead shot of baked tacos

For other quick and easy dinner ideas check out:

  • Flatbread Tacos
  • Taco Bake
  • Enchilada Casserole
  • Beef Enchiladas
  • Chicken Enchiladas
  • Chicken Tostadas

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Oven Baked Tacos Recipe

4.75 from 4 votes

Oven Baked Tacos

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Oven Baked Tacos are a quick and easy dinner. Tacos in a crisp shell that doesn't fall apart when you bite into it.
serves: 12 tacos
Prep:20 minutes
Cook:15 minutes
Total:35 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1.5 ground beef
  • 2 tsp dried onion
  • 1 pkg. . taco seasoning mix
  • 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 4.5 oz. can mild green chilies
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup monterey jack cheese
  • 12 crispy taco shells
  • lettuce tomato and whatever condiments you like

Instructions

  • Brown meat with minced onion until meat is cooked through. Drain off any liquid/fat.
  • Add in taco seasoning. chilies and tomato sauce and simmer until liquid is absorbed.
  • Place taco shells into baking dish with rolled up foil on the bottom to keep shells from touching the bottom of the pan.
  • Fill shells with meat mixture and top with cheese.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until cheese melts and the shells are heated through.
  • Remove from oven and top with desired condiments.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 142kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 11g (4%) Protein: 6g (12%) Fat: 9g (14%) Saturated Fat: 5g (31%) Cholesterol: 18mg (6%) Sodium: 300mg (13%) Potassium: 129mg (4%) Fiber: 2g (8%) Sugar: 2g (2%) Vitamin A: 267IU (5%) Vitamin C: 4mg (5%) Calcium: 155mg (16%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Main Dish
Cuisine:Mexican
Keyword:ground beef tacos, oven baked tacos, tacos
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  1. Edna Brookes says

    Posted on 1/1 at 7:18 pm

    yumm. Delicous. a Keeper
    Thanks

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  2. Debi says

    Posted on 9/16 at 9:00 am

    Made these last night for our Taco Tuesday and AWESOME! Only recipe for me from now on. Did not break wide open – we prefer the crunchy corn tortillas but always used flour because the first bite why broke all apart. You must try these…

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 9/16 at 9:02 am

      Debi, So glad you loved them – they definitely are a game changer when it comes to crispy tacos!

      Reply
  3. Teresa Torchia says

    Posted on 9/6 at 12:19 pm

    Oh my goodness, these were fabulous. The melted cheese, so good. I will never make tacos any other way. I used organic blue corn taco shells with mine. Can’t wait to share this taco trick with my grown children. Thank you! Your recipes never disappoint.

    Reply
  4. Anne M Gross says

    Posted on 5/5 at 1:22 pm

    I just searched for “how to keep baked tacos from getting soggy” and yours was the first article to pop up. Brilliant idea to put the foil in the bottom of the pan! My recipe for filling is very similar to yours, so I know my family will enjoy this tonight. Thank you!

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