What Are Easy Walking Tacos?
Here is another recipe that is super easy for a busy weeknight that the kids love!
Walking tacos are a great dinner idea that makes for an easy ground beef or ground chicken recipe. They are extremely customizable for each family member making it the perfect dinner idea for any family. Use your favorite taco toppings or use up bits and pieces of vegetables, sour cream, and salsa to make these delicious.
This dish makes the smallest amount of dishes because you can just slice open the side of the chip packets you are using and pile the toppings right on top of the chips!
To make this an easy-to-prepare dinner any time of the week/month prepare the taco meat and store it in the freezer. Make several pounds of ground meat and season with taco flavoring. Store it in 1-pound portions in the freezer so it is ready to heat and eat!
If you have time I highly suggest making this cottage cheese queso to really elevate your walking taco experience while keeping it a healthier dinner idea!
Why You’ll Love Easy Walking Tacos
Easy Walking Tacos are called easy because they they 20 minutes or less to make! Really all you have to do to have these ready to go is to make the ground beef and add the seasoning. Everything else can just be tossed on!
This recipe is also perfect for kids, parties, or camping trips. If you are with kids and need a meal this is one that is customizable for anyone. Just help them crunch up their chips and put their toppings on as they tell you. It is also really budget-friendly for any party, graduation, or potluck you are going to host.
Planning meals for camping trips has never been easier when you have this recipe in your back pocket. You just need your favorite tortilla chips or Doritos, browned ground beef with taco seasoning on it stored in the freezer and stashed in a cooler and warmed up in the camper or over a cozy campfire. Then add your toppings and you are on your way to a super satisfying meal.
This is also a minimal-clean up meal. All you have for dishes is what you use to prep the meat. Everything else is no cook or no bake. Just chop up the vegetables and other favorite taco toppings. There won’t be any dishes from the meals like plates because the fun part about these are they are made in the bag! This is also why they are great for camping.
This is also a really easy and budget-friendly meal you can make any day of the week.
Tips for the Perfect Easy Walking Tacos
Use snack sized bags of chips. This way the meal doesn’t get to large for anyone. It is really easy to overload your taco with all the amazing toppings you will be putting on. Plus the snack size bags are way easier for little hands to hold.
Make your ground beef in advance and store it in the freezer. This way it only takes a few minutes to warm it up when you want to make your meal.
Have a variety of taco toppings out so everyone will be excited to eat their meal. Ideas for taco toppings are: chopped tomatoes, cheese, lettuce, sour cream/Greek yogurt, salsa, jalapenos, black olives, and taco sauce.
If you want to reduce calories and fat, you can sub out the ground beef for ground chicken or ground turkey. This will cut down on the amount of grease in each of the bags. You can also bulk up the meat with some black beans for added fiber without costing a lot.
Walking tacos are the perfect solution to “What will we serve?” on any occasion.
Meal Prep and Storage Tips for Easy Walking Tacos
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Keep the ingredients and chips separate until you are ready to eat them when making easy walking tacos. Most of the ingredients in this mixture are pretty moist and will make it so the chips will not stay crunchy.
If you are using Easy Walking Tacos as a meal prep meal, warm up the meat and then put it on the chips, and add the rest of the toppings you want. These could all be stashed in the same container for easy grab and go meal prep.
Premade tips: cut everything up and store in containers so they can be used in any recipe at any time. Cook the taco meat and store it in air tight containers like these. They will prevent flavor transfers if you want to store it in the freezer.
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Ingredients
Method
- Prepare ground meat by browning it in a frying pan. Drain the extra grease.
- Add taco seasoning and stir in.
- While the ground beef is cooking prepare the toppings by washing and cutting any and all produce you will use.
- Take and cut the edge of the chip packets along the long side.
- Gently crush the chips.
- When the meat is done portion it out into the chip packets.
- Top with your favorite taco toppings and enjoy!