prep time 10 MINUTES
cook time 15 MINUTES
additional time 30 MINUTES
total time 55 MINUTES

Instant Pot Taco Meat is delicious and easy to make whenever you get the craving for ground beef tacos! And this recipe produces perfectly-seasoned and finely crumbled taco meat like you get in a Mexican restaurant!

INGREDIENTS

  •  2 lbs. lean ground beef
  •  2 T olive oil
  •  6 T Cholula Hot Sauce (see notes)
  •  1 1/4 T ground cumin
  •  1 1/4 T garlic powder
  •  1 1/4 T onion powder
  •  2/3 tsp. fine grind black pepper (more or less to taste)
  •  salt to taste
  •  1/2 cup water

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INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat olive oil in the Instant Pot on SAUTE, HIGH HEAT, and cook the ground beef for 10 minutes or until it’s nice browned. I break it apart with a Hamburger Meat Chopper (affiliate link) while it cooks, or you can use a potato mashed or the edge of a turner. (Plastic utensils are best to use inside the Instant Pot.)
  2. Add Cholula Hot Sauce, ground cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, and water to the Instant Pot.
  3. Stir the meat and spice mixture so seasonings are well distributed.
  4. Lock the lid and set Instant Pot to MANUAL, HIGH TEMPERATURE, three minutes.
  5. When time is up quickly release the pressure.
  6. Browning the meat will usually make it so very little water is released when the beef cooks under pressure, but if you have excess liquid set the Instant Pot to SAUTE, HIGH HEAT for a few minutes to evaporate the liquid. (We didn’t need to do that.)
  7. Serve taco meat inside tortillas with lettuce, diced tomatoes, grated cheese, and other tacos fixings as desired.
  8. The taco meat can be frozen in snap-tight containers and pulled out of the freezer whenever you get that craving for tacos!

NOTES

 

You can use any hot sauce you prefer for this recipe. If your preferred hot sauce is extra spicy, you might want a bit less than this recipe calls for.

If you’re making this for kids or adults who don’t like a lot of spiciness, I would use less Cholula and add a bit more water to the Instant Pot.

This recipe created by Kalyn and Kara and inspired by Slow Cooker Taco Meat.

 

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Yield

6

Serving Size

1Amount Per ServingCalories406Total Fat23gSaturated Fat8gTrans Fat1gUnsaturated Fat12gCholesterol135mgSodium610mgCarbohydrates4gFiber1gSugar0gProtein44g

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