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Filled with ground beef and vegetables. It is seriously a great tasty recipe that is a great filling for your chalupa bread. So, are you ready to learn how to make Mexican chalupas? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
If you want to make chalupas with filling take a look at the ingredients below and put what you need on your grocery list or use homemade:
- Chalupas – you can buy them in the store or make them yourself
- Ground beef – you can use lean beef or a combination of ground pork and ground beef
- Sweet red pepper – finely dice
- Onion – finely dice
- Tomato puree
- Seasoning – use taco seasoning or Mexican seasoning
- Garlic – mince fresh garlic
- Kidney beans – it adds texture and flavor to your chalupas
- Cheese – select your favorite grated cheese like mozzarella cheese
- Tomatoes – I use Roma tomatoes
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Mexican Chalupas
- You can buy chalupas in the store but try to make chalupas yourself. It is very easy to make. Start with preheating a skillet to medium-hot. Add the ground beef and brown in about 5 minutes.
- As ground beef has enough fat you do not need to add anything extra like oil or butter. When the beef is browned add the chopped sweet red pepper and finely chopped onion.
- Stir to combine and keep on stirring until the pepper and onion are soft and translucent. Sprinkle the taco seasoning or Mexican seasoning on the meat and keep stirring.
- Now add the tomato puree to the skillet and stir it through the beef. Then it is time to add the kidney beans. Put on a low simmer while you add about half a cup of water.
- Cut the Roma tomatoes into quarters and stir through the beef. Simmer for 10-15 minutes and stir occasionally so it won’t stick to the pan. Add more water if needed and stir when added.
- Warm the chalupas in a preheated oven at 200℉/93℃. Scoop 3-4 tablespoons in the chalupas and sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
- Your Mexican chalupas are ready to serve.
Mexican Chalupas Recipe
I’m sure Taco Bell makes great chalupas but what if I tell you can make this recipe at home and you know exactly what goes in it? They taste so much better when you make them yourself.
Best of all you can easily customize it with your favorite ingredients. If you like loads of cheese just add. Hate cheese? No problem, just leave it out. You can do that with any of the ingredients.
Just try and experiment and find your favorite recipe. I’m a feel cook so while cooking I decide what the recipe needs and add as I go along.
But if you are not that kind of cook just adjust the recipe and write it down.
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Chalupa Toppings
You can serve them as described but you can make the chalupas even better by adding one of these toppings:
- Roasted tomato salsa
- Guacamole
- Restaurant-style salsa
- Refried beans
- Sour cream
- Chives
Have fun trying this easy Mexican chalupas recipe!
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Mexican Chalupas
A great filling to add to your homemade chalupas. Try this Mexican chalupas recipe. Filled with ground beef and vegetables. So yum!
Ingredients
- 4 Chalupas
- 200 grams ground beef
- 1 sweet red pepper
- 1 onion
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup Kidney beans
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 7 Roma tomatoes
- 1 cup of water
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet to medium-hot and brown the ground beef in about 5 minutes (note 1)
- Add the chopped sweet red pepper and finely chopped onion. Stir to combine until soft and translucent
- Sprinkle the taco seasoning on the meat and keep stirring
- Now add the tomato puree to the skillet and the kidney beans. Put on a low simmer while you add about half of the water
- Cut the Roma tomatoes into quarters and stir through the beef
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes and add more water if needed
- Warm the chalupas in a preheated oven at 200℉/93℃
- Scoop 3-4 tablespoons in a chalupa and sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top
Notes
Note 1 - As ground beef contains enough fat you do not need to add butter or oil Note 2 -You can use store-bought chalupas but this recipe taste so much better with homemade chalupas
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 640; Fat: 18g; Carbs: 70g; Protein: 45g;
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