Taco Baked Potatoes make for the perfect easy dinner for a busy weeknight. Use up leftover taco meat, veggies, and top with sour cream and avocado for a complete dinner. This gluten free dinner recipe makes for a fun twist for Taco Tuesday!
If your like me you try to switch it out for your family when it comes to dinner time. Some weeks I’m just too busy or too exhausted to want to cook dinner. That’s when my batch cooking method comes handy. On the evening I made these Taco Baked Potatoes, I had leftover ground taco meat in the refrigerator.
All I had to do was cook baked potatoes and reheat the ground beef then load each potato up with all the toppings. I think I even cooked extra baked potatoes to use as home-fries for breakfast 1-2 days later! I love when I can cook a meal and turn it into another meal a few nights later! That’s the best way to maximizing time and energy to get dinner on the table.
My husband and I love a good loaded potato. It’s something I would make often when we were newlyweds. Mainly broccoli and cheese or bbq chicken stuffed potatoes. My kids were a little confused by our loaded taco potatoes. But once they had a few bites they were sold. They loved them and enjoyed the twist on our taco night.
Table of contents
Directions
Cook baked potatoes. (You can bake in the oven, use the slow cooker, or Instant Pot.)
Place the ground beef in a skillet. Cook on medium heat, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon until small bite-size pieces are browned. Then add in the taco seasoning and water. Mix well, and remove from the heat.
Carefully, open the warm potatoes using the tines of a fork. Then add in the salted butter, sour cream, ground beef, shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, and green onions. Place half an avocado on the side of each potato. Repeat until all potatoes are topped. Enjoy immediately.
FAQs
Taco potatoes are loaded baked potatoes filled with all the typical ingredients you would use for tacos; ground meat, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, etc…
Cook the baked potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 50 minutes to 1 hour.
Here are a few of my favorite kitchen tools that you will need to make these potatoes.
Instant Pot
Slow Cooker
Silicone Spatula
Frying Pan
Mixing Bowl
The sky is really the limit when it comes to making these stuffed taco potatoes. Here are quite a few ideas on how to switch up your taco potatoes.
Jalapenos
Olives
Cheese
Shredded Lettuce
Chopped Tomatoes
Green Onions
Cilantro
Onions
Sour Cream
Guacamole
Avocado
Salsa
Tips & Tricks
Here are a few of my tips and tricks whenever I make my taco potatoes.
- Cooking Potatoes – You can also use the slow cooker, or Instant Pot to cook the potatoes. Both ways will save you a lot of time.
- Quicker Meal Time – I like to use leftover ground taco meat to speed up the cooking process and to make for an easier weeknight meal.
- Meat Options – You can also use ground turkey in place of ground beef.
- Additional topping ideas – salsa, diced avocado, olives, pickled jalapeños, shredded lettuce, guacamole, etc…
Weeknight Mexican Recipes
Here are a few more of my favorite weeknight Mexican recipes.
- Ground Beef and Bean Baked Tacos
- Chicken & Cheese Enchiladas
- Sheet Pan Citrus Chicken Fajitas
- Green Enchilada Chicken Soup
If your looking for an easy weeknight meal and not your ordinary Mexican dinner. Definitely add my Loaded Taco Baked Potatoes to your dinner table.
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Taco Baked Potatoes
Equipment
- Oven
- Stove Top
Ingredients
- 4 Russet Potatoes
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- ¼ cup of water
- ¼ cup salted butter divided
- ¼ cup sour cream divided
- 1 cup cheese divided
- 2 plum tomatoes divided
- 2 avocados divided
- 4 green onions diced
Instructions
- Scrub and pat dry the russet potatoes. Place on a baking sheet, spray with a little olive oil spray and sprinkle a pinch of salt on top of each potato. Cook the baked potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 50 minutes to 1 hour.
- During the last 20 minutes while they potatoes cook, place the ground beef in a large skillet. Cook on medium heat, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon until small bite-size pieces are cooked and browned. Then add in the taco seasoning and water. Mix well, and remove from the heat.
- Carefully, open the hot cooked potatoes using the tines of a fork. Fluff and break up the inside of the potato with the fork. Then add in the salted butter, sour cream, ground beef, shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, and green onions. Place half an avocado on the side of each potato. Repeat until all potatoes are topped. Enjoy immediately.
Notes
- Cooking Potatoes – You can also use the slow cooker, or Instant Pot to cook the potatoes. Both ways will save you a lot of time.
- Quicker Meal Time – I like to use leftover ground taco meat to speed up the cooking process and to make for an easier weeknight meal.
- Meat Options – You can also use ground turkey in place of ground beef.
- Additional topping ideas – salsa, diced avocado, olives, pickled jalapeños, shredded lettuce, guacamole, etc…
Nutrition
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