Beef Chalupa

Ingredients 

How to make

Step 1: Prepare the ground beef. Mix together the ground beef with onion, flour, chili powder, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, and garlic.  

Step 2: Cook the beef. Heat oil in a large skillet or dutch oven to medium-high heat and add in the beef mixture. Cook until no pink is visible, stirring and breaking up all the large chunks.. Cover the pan, turn off the heat but keep this warm for later. 

Step 3: Prepare the dough for the chalupa shells. Whisk together the dry ingredients: 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt.

Step 4: Mix the oil into the flour mixture. Then, gradually stir in 1 cup of milk followed by the other ½ cup flour.

Step 5: Knead this soft dough with your hands. If the mixture is too dry, add more milk a little at a time. If the dough is too wet, add more flour a little at a time. Do not over knead the dough as this will make it tough

Step 6: Make the chalupa shells. Start by flouring your hands and shapping the dough into a long cylinder. Cut it into 8 equal parts. 

 
Step 7: Shape the chalupa shells. On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to shape each of the 8 pieces into a round circle, about 6 inches across. Once rolled, use a fork to poke a few holes in each of the disks.  

Step 8: Cook the chalupa shells. Add 1-2 inches of oil to a large skillet. Heat to medium heat. 

Step 9: Serve them up. Once all your chalupa shells are cooked it’s time to build chalupas! Fill the shells with the meat mixture and desired taco fixings