# Lamb Smash Tacos

Lamb smash tacos are a hyperfixation meal made by spreading spiced lamb onto tortillas, freezing them, and then cooking and topping with chickpea, cilantro, pickled red onion, and Greek yogurt.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lb ground lamb
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 0.25 tsp aleppo chili or cayenne
- 2 tsp salt
- 8 flour tortillas
- olive oil
- labneh or greek yogurt (or cottage cheese)
- fresh cilantro
- chickpeas (roasted with same spices as the lamb or raw)
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 0.25 juice of lemon
- 2 tbsp sumac
- 1 pinch salt

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix the ground lamb with cumin, coriander, chili, and salt until evenly combined.
2. Place a tortilla on a cutting board. Scoop a portion of lamb (about the size of a large golf ball) onto it and gently press it into a thin, even layer, spreading it almost all the way to the edges.
3. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
4. Stack the tortillas meat-side up with square sheets of parchment paper between each one.
5. Slide the stack into a zip-top freezer bag, seal, and freeze flat.
6. To cook, pull one taco from the freezer and let it thaw for 5–10 minutes while your pan heats.
7. Heat a skillet over medium-high with a little oil.
8. Place the taco meat-side down and cook for about 5 minutes, until deeply golden and cooked through.
9. Flip and cook the tortilla side for 1–2 minutes, just until warm and slightly crisp.
10. Top with chickpea, cilantro, pickled red onion and Greek yogurt.
11. For the sumac marinated onions, toss the sliced red onion, lemon juice, sumac, and a pinch of salt together in a deli container.

## Equipment

- freezer
- parchment paper
- zip-top freezer bag
- bowl
- cutting board
- skillet
- deli container

## Tips

- The sumac & lemon marinated onions get better as they sit and last in the fridge for 2 weeks.
- The frozen tacos keep beautifully for about a month and cook straight from frozen.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM6vVQn/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/60add6e8-3a49-40ed-a900-a10f6bb7c832
- Extracted: 2026-01-15

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