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Love burgers? Love tacos? Combine the best of both worlds with these baked cheeseburger tacos! A fun and easy dinner idea that is on the table in 30 minutes!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
What’s not to love?! These cheeseburger tacos combine the best of two comfort foods! Crunchy taco shells loaded with seasoned beef, melted cheese, all your favorite burger toppings and a simple homemade burger sauce. YUM – guaranteed to make your taste buds do a happy dance!
- Fun and easy dinner idea: Only takes about 30 minutes to make! Perfect for weeknight dinners and kids love it too!
- Taco meets burger: This fun recipe has all the flavors of a cheeseburger but served up in taco form. So if you love both…these baked tacos are going to be impossible to resist!
- Crowd pleaser: Guaranteed to be a hit at any gathering! Perfect for Game Day or casual entertaining.
- Delicious ground beef recipe: This is a great recipe if you are looking for something a little different to make with ground beef. Or you could also try these Ground Beef Fajitas or German Frikadellen too!
Ingredients You’ll Need
You will need the following ingredients to make these baked cheeseburger tacos…
- Ground beef mixture: I prefer to use lean ground beef (you could also use ground turkey or chicken as well). To season it up, it gets cooked with chopped onion, a little ketchup, mustard, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Taco shells: Crunchy hard taco shells
- Cheddar cheese: I prefer shredding it myself since it has a nicer texture than the pre-shredded stuff.
- Burger toppings: Top with your favorite burger toppings. I like to add shredded lettuce, chopped dill or sweet pickles, chopped white or sweet onions, and chopped tomatoes.
- Burger sauce: Finish it off with a drizzle of this easy burger sauce – a mix of mayo, ketchup and yellow mustard.
I like to look for ketchup made with simple ingredients (e.g. no high-fructose corn syrup). Check the label because even the same brand in different countries can be made differently (e.g. US vs Canada).
Detailed ingredient list and directions located in the recipe card below.
How To Make Cheeseburger Tacos
These baked cheeseburger tacos are easy to make! Let’s make some!
Step 1: Cook the ground beef mixture
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and chopped onion. Cook until the ground beef is browned, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula. Drain off any excess fat. Stir in the ketchup and mustard and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Step 2: Assemble tacos for baking
Arrange the taco shells standing up in a 9×13 baking dish (like a Pyrex dish) and bake for 5 minutes by themselves in a 400F/200C oven to allow them to crisp up. Remove from the oven.
Sprinkle a bit of shredded cheddar cheese in the bottom of each taco shell (about 1 tablespoon in each shell). Divide the beef mixture among the taco shells. Top with the remaining shredded cheese.
Step 3: Bake tacos
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and edges of the taco shells are browned.
Step 4: Prepare burger sauce and toppings
While the tacos are baking, whisk together the burger sauce ingredients in a small bowl and chop up the other toppings.
Step 5: Add toppings and serve
Remove the tacos from the oven and serve immediately topped with your favorite burger toppings and a drizzle of the burger sauce. Enjoy!
Variations
- Replace ground beef: Substitute ground turkey or ground chicken.
- Add bacon: Top with some pieces of crispy bacon to make bacon cheeseburger tacos.
- Add sauteed mushrooms: A delicious addition for mushroom lovers.
- Use a different cheese: Substitute the cheddar for any cheese or blend of cheeses you like.
- Make it vegetarian: Use a vegetarian ground meat substitute.
Pro Tip: Keeping Baked Tacos Crispy
I recommend doing two things (which I have written into the recipe instructions) in order to keep your cheeseburger tacos crispy when baking.
- Bake the taco shells alone first before filling them to start off with a crispy base.
- Adding a bit of cheese to the bottom of the taco shells (instead of just on top) helps to create a barrier between the meat mixture and the taco shell.
Storage Tips
- Leftovers: These tacos are best served immediately while still warm and crunchy. If you do have leftovers, store in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheat on a baking sheet in a 350F (180C) oven for about 8-10 minutes.
- Prep Ahead: The ground beef mixture could be made ahead and stored in the fridge until ready to assemble the tacos for baking. The burger sauce could also be whisked together in advance and stored in the fridge.
A Few Questions Answered
Absolutely! Just thaw it first before cooking. You can also substitute the ground beef for any type of ground meat you might have on hand in the freezer like ground turkey or ground chicken.
I use a 9×13 glass baking dish since I have a couple of them on hand and find it to be a good size to line up the shells in so that they support each other and stay upright. You could also use other sizes or perhaps multiple smaller baking dishes (as long as you can arrange the taco shells to stay upright).
A few side dish ideas that would work well alongside these are: oven fries, corn on the cob or a nice salad.
More Fun & Easy Dinner Ideas
Did you make these Baked Cheeseburger Tacos? I would love to hear about it! Leave me a comment below.
Baked Cheeseburger Tacos
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 10–12 tacos 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Love burgers? Love tacos? Combine the best of both worlds with these baked cheeseburger tacos! A fun and easy dinner idea that is on the table in 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef (454 g)
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 10–12 crunchy hard taco shells
- 1 ½ – 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (or just measure with your heart)
- Toppings: shredded lettuce, chopped dill or sweet pickles, chopped white or sweet onions, chopped tomatoes, burger sauce (or toppings of your choice)
For the burger sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 to 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 400F/ 200C.
- Cook ground beef mixture: Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and chopped onion. Cook until the ground beef is browned, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula. Drain off any excess fat. Stir in the ketchup and mustard and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Assemble tacos for baking: Arrange the taco shells standing up in a 9×13 baking dish and bake for 5 minutes by themselves to allow them to crisp up. Remove from the oven. Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of shredded cheddar cheese in the bottom of each taco shell. Divide the beef mixture among the taco shells. Top with the remaining shredded cheese.
- Bake: Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and edges of the taco shells are browned.
- Prepare burger sauce and toppings: While the tacos are baking, whisk together the burger sauce ingredients in a small bowl and chop up the other toppings.
- Add toppings and serve: Remove the tacos from the oven and serve immediately topped with your favorite burger toppings and a drizzle of the burger sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
- Instead of ground beef, you could also use ground turkey, ground chicken or a vegetarian ground meat substitute instead.
- Baking the taco shells first alone and then also adding a bit of cheese to the bottom of the taco shells to act as a barrier both help to keep these baked tacos nice and crispy!
Helloooo it’s Taco Tuesday today and these baked cheeseburger tacos are coming in clutch. There were no sounds at the dinner table other than intense crunching and chewing! I’d say that’s a win win lol.
Sounds like a total win to me!
My nephews love both cheeseburgers and tacos. Needless to say these were a big hit. I would make these again.
That makes me so happy to hear!
These are on the list to make the kids this week! I bet it goes in fast! It’s such a good idea to mix two winning recipes into one! I dig this!
These cheeseburger tacos sure go fast around here (but I have 2 teen boys so everything goes fast lol).
Best of both worlds and so easy to make. Made it for dinner last night and everyone loved it!
I’m so happy it was a hit!
The crispy taco shells filled with seasoned ground beef, melted cheddar cheese, and all the classic burger fixings are absolutely delicious. It’s a fun twist on a traditional favorite!
These cheeseburger tacos were such a fun recipe to make. The whole family loved them which is a huge win in my book!
I’m so happy to hear that!
Wow these are a fusion of my two favorite meal! They’re fun, easy-to-make, and the kids loved them too!
This is my kind of taco! Absolutely delicious and so fun!
These we so good!! My kids went crazy for them! What a genius idea!
I’m so happy to hear that! Always a win when the kids like them too!