Instant Pot Taco Meat
This is the best Instant Pot Taco Meat you will ever make. Made with ground beef, classic taco meat spices, and loaded with hidden veggies for added nutrition. Perfect to make classic tacos with a healthier spin to them.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 cup cremini mushrooms
- 1 jalapeño pepper
- 1- 15 oz can diced tomato
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 2.5 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1.5 tsp pink sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
Instructions
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Start by prepping veggies; thinky dice onion, mince garlic, thinly dice red bell pepper, mushrooms, and jalapeño pepper. In a small bowl mix together all the spices; chili powder, paprika, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, pink sea salt, and black pepper.
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Set Instant Pot on sautee setting. Drizzle olive oil and bring to a heat. Add diced onion and mince garlic and sautee for 2 minutes until onion starts to soften and become translucent.
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Toss in the rest of the veggies; red bell pepper, mushrooms, and jalapeño pepper. Continue to sautee until veggies start to soften, about 3-5 minutes. While veggies soften, sprinkle spices over veggies and continue to sautee by tossing veggies and mixing with spices.
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Add in ground beef using a spatula to help break it down into small pieces. Continue sauteeing until beef browns, about 5-7 minutes. Once beef is browned, stir in diced tomatoes making sure eveything is well combined.
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Close Instant Pot lid and turn the steam release valve to the sealing position. Press “Pressure Cook” or “Manual” button and set cooking timer for 15 minutes. At this point, the Instant Pot will take some time to build up and reach pressure. The pot will beep and timer will then begin to countdown.
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Once countdown finished, allow NPR for 10 minutes. Slowly and carefully turn valve to steam release to finish releasing pressure. Open lid and give beef a stir.
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Serve immediatly with taco shells, burritos, over rice for burrito bowls, lettuce for taco salad, or any other preferred way.
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
- Use the types of ground meat- Ground turkey and chicken are great for this recipe too!
- Use other veggies- Chop up some zucchini, carrots, celery, baby spinach etc. and add them to the meat for added nutrition.
- Make it in the crockpot- Don't have an IP or just prefer to use the Crockpot? Brown the beef on a pan over the stovetop. Once it has browned, throw in the crockpot along with the rest of the ingredients plus 1 cup beef or vegetable broth. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 2-4 hours.
- Make more than tacos- Use this taco meat to make burritos, burrito bowls, taco salads, etc.