Loaded with veggies, this ground beef and vegetables taco skillet is an easy family dinner everyone loves. It’s like a one pan beef stir fry to serve as tacos, bowls, lettuce wraps, or salads. Let’s make it…
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Why this ground beef with vegetables skillet is so good…
- Super easy ground beef recipe that’s a little healthier with the help of veggies.
- It’s an easy way to add more vegetables to kids’ meals. My toddler loves it.
- Use mild or spicy taco seasonings of your choice.
- Newer home chefs: see my step by step video for beginners (scroll to bottom of page).
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make this taco skillet recipe with vegetables and ground beef.
- Ground beef, 85/15 blend
- Carrot
- Onion
- Orange pepper (see how to cut bell peppers)
- Garlic
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Taco seasonings
- Cilantro
How to make a ground beef and vegetable taco skillet
Now I’ll walk you through it…
Quick look at recipe
- Add all ingredients to a large skillet over medium – high heat.
- Stir ground beef taco meat in a pan for 10-15 minutes until it’s completely browned. Add water as needed and simmer until done.
Detailed recipe steps
- Add all the ground beef and vegetables to a large skillet over medium – high heat with olive oil and salt and pepper. I like to arrange the vegetables on one side and the beef on the other to start. Don’t add taco seasoning yet.
- Stir ground beef taco meat in a pan for 10-15 minutes until it’s completely browned. Add taco seasoning according to the package (it usually says to add water which you’ll definitely need at least ¼ cup to ½ cup of). Turn down heat to low and simmer, covered, for a few minutes until water evaporates. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate or bowl. Sprinkle with cilantro and toss to combine.
FAQs
This family style one-pan skillet meal can be served with a few different things, to keep the dinner fresh and not boring. One week make it to serve with tacos (soft or crunchy), over rice in taco bowls, with crispy lettuce wraps, or as a ground beef and veggie topping for salads. You could also serve this beef and veggie recipe on smoked nachos.
Leftover ground beef taco meat is delicious on ground beef pizza.
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Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
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Hey home chefs, hope that answers all your questions about making this beef taco skillet. In the future I’ll share how to make smoked ground beef for tacos, and details on smoked bacon wrapped meatloaf.
Other Sip Bite Go community favorite recipes for ground beef and vegetables include this Italian stuffed shells with ground beef, smoked meatballs, and cauliflower meatballs in the slow cooker.
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Ground Beef And Vegetables Taco Skillet Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef 85/15 blend
- 1 carrot diced
- ½ onion diced
- 1 orange pepper diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp taco seasonings
- 2 tbsp cilantro fresh chopped
Instructions
- Add all the ground beef and vegetables to a large skillet over medium – high heat with olive oil and salt and pepper. I like to arrange the vegetables on one side and the beef on the other to start. Don’t add taco seasoning yet.
- Stir ground beef taco meat in a pan for 10-15 minutes until it’s completely browned. Add taco seasoning according to the package (it usually says to add water which you’ll definitely need at least ¼ cup to ½ cup of). Turn down heat to low and simmer, covered, for a few minutes until water evaporates. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate or bowl. Sprinkle with cilantro and toss to combine.
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