Taco Meat

Ingredients

• 1-3 tablespoon oil (your choice, but vegetable oil is best, (not needed if meat is not the leanest)
• 3 lbs ground beef (this makes a big batch but it freezes well)
• 1 onion (medium diced)
• 1 bell pepper (diced, can use any color pepper, I use red)
• 1 medium potato, peeled and diced (trust me)
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes (including juice)
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin (more or less given your taste)
• 1 (14 ounce) can ranch style beans (14 oz can-original flavor, DON'T STRAIN, this product is available in Texas)
• 2 teaspoons black pepper

Directions

1. 1

   brown oil, meat, potato, onion, bell pepper, salt, black and red pepper (flakes), garlic powder, and cumin to a large dutch oven or big skillet -- drain if necessary.

2. 2

   Add to this the rest of the ingredients, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes -- til all the ingredients are soft. Then, remove from heat, and take a potato masher or something like that, and grind the entire pot to a mushy consistency -- VERY IMPORTANT STEP. Once it looks like thick oatmeal, cover, and simmer for another 30 minutes and stir to keep from sticking --.

3. 3

   Be sure to taste along the way -- you may like it spicier, saltier, whatever, but here are the basics to use -- just taste along the way.

4. 4

   You can use this Taco Meat in Burritos, Tacos, Taco Salads, Chalupas, you name it! It is awesome and everyone will be wanting this recipe from you.