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Taco Braid

October 4, 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Take #TacoTuesday up a notch with this super easy and delicious Taco Braid recipe!
Taco Braid

Kick your Taco Tuesday up a notch with this super easy and delicious Taco Braid recipe!


Do you have a death bed meal?

What about a meal you would eat every day for the rest of your life if you had no other choice?

I do.

Tacos.

I.Love.Tacos

In fact, Taco Tuesday is one of my favourite days of the week! Even my kids get excited for Tuesdays. My son will come bouncing out of school yelling “Taco Tuesday” at the top of his lungs.

The other kids don’t get it yet… But they will, one day.

There are many reasons why I love tacos, but one of them is the fact that they can be so amazingly versatile. Soft tacos, stand and stuff tacos, shrimp tacos, taco salad… I could go on and on Forrest Gump style, but I’m pretty sure you’re picking up what I’m putting down.

My family has come to love the Taco Braid – the perfect combination of Mexican goodness wrapped up in a Western bundle of carb-filled goodness.

If this doesn’t yell “cheat day”, I don’t know what will.

As a busy mom, the simplicity of this meal is definitely one of its selling features.

To start, on a piece of parchment paper, roll out your dough into a large rectangle – pizza dough or bread dough both work great, however, I find you’ll get a bit of a crispier Taco Braid if you use pizza dough. I like to home make mine, but a can of your favourite premade dough or store-bought frozen bread dough will work just fine – just make sure that you allow time to thaw prior to getting started if you’re using frozen.

Taco Braid

Make equally-spaced cuts along the long side of your dough. I like to try to space my dough into thirds columns, the first and third are cuts that will make up the braid, and the middle will be taco filling. Make sure to allow yourself enough space in the middle to fit all the fillings that you want.

Taco Braid

Now it’s time to stuff your taco. I like to start with refried beans and a layer of hard taco shell. Top that with the meat of your choosing, cheese, tomatoes and taco seasoning and you’re ready to get braiding!

Taco Braid

Let’s do this!

Starting from one end of the taco, grab one strip of dough and gently pull on a slight diagonal across the top of your taco towards the other side. Depending on how much dough you started with, and how high you piled your taco, your dough piece will probably stretch just over half – 3/4 of the way across your filling pile. Gently hold this piece of dough down and repeat with the first piece from the opposite side. Make sure that your dough pieces are overlapping in a criss-cross manner across the centre of the Taco Braid until the braid is completed.

Taco Braid

Brush top of Taco Braid with oil and sprinkle with cheese and bake. Top finished Taco Braid with shredded lettuce and tomatoes, slice and enjoy!

Taco Braid
 
Taco Braid
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
{MAKE IT} Taco Braid Cuisine: Mexican Author: Sarah
Author: Sarah
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 can refrigerated pizza dough
  • 1 can refried beans
  • 2 hard taco shells
  • 1 lb lean ground beef
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 1 cup shredded cheese
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tomato, diced
  • 1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
  • Salsa, sour cream and guacamole, if desired
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Brown ground beef with taco seasoning according to package instructions, set aside to cool
  3. On a piece of parchment paper, roll out dough into large rectangle
  4. With a knife or pizza wheel, make even slices 2-3 inches thick, and 2-3 inches apart along both long sides of the dough
  5. Top center of dough with refried beans, hard taco shells (broken to fit), ground beef, cheese, and tomatoes.
  6. Starting from one end of the taco, grab one strip of dough and gently pull on a slight diagonal across the top of you taco towards the other side
  7. Repeat until completely braided
  8. Gently brush top of Taco Braid with oil and top with shredded cheese
  9. Bake in preheated oven for 15 - 20 minutes, or until golden brown
  10. Cool and top with shredded lettuce and remaining tomatoes
  11. Serve with salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
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Sarah is the busy mom and blogger behind More Than Your Average Mom -- The food and lifestyle blog chronicling Sarah's heavily caffeinated (mis)adventures in all things in, and out of the bento box!

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