Crispy Picadillo Tacos

Mexican Picadillo Tacos are filled with a savory ground beef, potato, and tomatillo mixture in a crispy homemade taco shell. Top them with a simple tomato salsa, sour cream, and lettuce.

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Picadillo is popular in many Latin American Countries, and you'll find wide variations of it. In Spanish 'picadillo' means hash, so essentially it's a ground beef hash.

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Ingredients for the Picadillo:

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Cook ground beef, with diced potatoes, and tomatillos

To make homemade crispy taco shells, simply add a corn tortilla to hot oil in a skillet and use tongs to fold it over into a taco shell.

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Assemble the tacos with sour cream in the crispy shell, the picadillo mixture, tomato sauce, shredded lettuce, and diced tomatoes.

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Or Try Fried Taquitos

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