
Funnel Cake Tacos
Prep
30 mins
Cook
30 mins
Servings
6
Difficulty
Hard
You've got to try this wild combination I came up with last summer. Funnel cake tacos sound crazy, but they're actually super easy to pull together in just an hour. The crispy, slightly sweet funnel cake shell holds seasoned ground beef, fresh avocado, and all your favorite taco toppings beautifully. What I love most is how affordable this is to make for a crowd, and the avocado brings healthy fats plus potassium to balance out the indulgence. Trust me, once you taste that contrast between the golden funnel cake and the savory filling, you'll be making these again and again.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 2 tablespoonssugar
- 237 mlmilk
- 237 mlflour
- 1 teaspoonsalt
- 1 teaspoonbaking powder
- 1chopped cilantro
- ½ kgground beef
- 11/2 chopped onion
- 11 minced garlic clove
- 11(1 ounce) packet taco seasoning)
- 710 mlwater
- 1cubed avocado
- 1salsa
- 1sliced jalapeno
- 1sour cream
- 1cilantro(to garnish)
- 1lime(to garnish)
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Instructions
- 1
To make the funnel cake:.
- 2
in a mixing bowl, combine eggs, sugar, milk (wet ingredients).
- 3
in another bowl, combine baking powder, flour, salt (dry ingredients).
- 4
pour dry ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients; mix well.
- 5
add chopped cilantro; mix well again.
- 6
fill piping bag with mixture.
- 7
pipe in, making circular shape, the funnel cake mixture into a pan with hot oil; brown both sides then place on tray to drain excess oil.
- 8
To make taco beef:.
- 9
on a hot skillet, brown ground beef.
- 10
add chopped onions and chopped garlic; stir.
- 11
then add taco seasoning and water; stir more.
- 12
To make assemble:.
- 13
scoop taco beef on top of the funnel cake.
- 14
then add cubed avocado, salsa, sliced jalapeno, sour cream.
- 15
garnish with fresh cilantro and limes.
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