Turn cheese slices, olives, and tomatoes into snaggle-toothed grins for these Halloween tacos.
Halloween Monster-Mouth Tacos
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 2 plum (Roma) tomatoes, cut length-wise into 3 pieces
- 12 large pimiento-stuffed green olives
- 3 slices (1/2 oz each) American cheese
- 6 taco shells from 1 box (4.7 oz) Old El Paso™ Stand 'n Stuff Taco Shells (10 Count)
- 1/2 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 2 tablespoons from 1 container (6.25 oz) Old El Paso™ 25% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning Mix
- 1/3 cup water
- Shredded lettuce, if desired
Make With
Old El Paso
Instructions
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Step1Cut each tomato lengthwise into 3 pieces. Remaining inside of tomato may be chopped for additional taco filling, if desired.
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Step2Cut slit into 1 side of each olive to make a flat side. Cut each of the slices of cheese in half vertically in a zigzag line to look like teeth.
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Step3Heat oven to 350°F. Arrange taco shells on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until hot. Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat to medium; cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently until water has evaporated.
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Step4To assemble, fill tacos with desired fillings so that hamburger is on the top. Placing each taco on its side on serving plate, insert 1 tomato slice into meat filling to look like tongue. Place 1 cheese slice with zigzag edge toward meat along top side of taco between the shell and the filling. Place 2 olives, flat sides down, to look like eyes on top of shell.
Nutrition
180
Calories
11g
Total Fat
9g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Taco
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 22%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 180mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 9g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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