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Homemade beef and cheese tacos with sweet potato fries

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 45 minutes, around $3.56 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

45mintotal
≈ $3.56a serving
928kcalper serving
58gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Preheat the oven

    Turn the oven on to 200 °C (gas mark 6-7).

  2. Peel the sweet potato

    Peel the sweet potato and cut it into 1 cm thick sticks.

  3. Cook the fries

    Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Blanch the sticks for 5 min, then drain them. Spread them on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 25 min, flipping halfway through.

    Tip · For crispy fries, don't crowd them on the baking sheet and flip them well halfway through.

  4. Start the beef filling

    Finely chop the red onion. Heat a drizzle of oil in the skillet and cook the onion for 3 min over medium heat.

  5. Cook the ground beef

    Add the ground beef to the skillet with the onion. Cook for 8 min over medium heat, breaking up the meat with the fork. Season with salt and pepper and add the paprika.

  6. Add the tomato sauce

    Stir the tomato sauce into the skillet with the beef. Mix well and let it simmer for 2 min.

  7. Warm the tortillas

    Quickly warm the tortillas in the hot skillet for 30 seconds to soften them.

    Tip · If your tortillas are too dry, mist them lightly with water before warming them in the skillet.

  8. Build the tacos

    Spread the beef in tomato sauce over the tortillas. Sprinkle with half the shredded cheese. Fold each tortilla into a half-moon.

  9. Melt the cheese

    Set the tacos on a baking sheet or in a baking dish. Top them with the rest of the shredded cheese. Slide them under the broiler for 2-3 min, until the cheese is fully melted.

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The questions you're asking

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 928 kcal. 39% comes from carbs, 25% from protein and 33% from fat.

90 gCarbs
58 gProtein
35 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy928 kcal
Protein58 g
Carbs90 g
of which sugars15.6 g
Fat34.5 g
of which saturated fat13.8 g
Fiber11.6 g
Salt2.3 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.56 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $7.11for 2 people
≈ $3.56a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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