# Ground Beef and Cheese Tortillas

A recipe for tortillas filled with seasoned ground beef and cheese, then simmered on a pan.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- diced onions
- olive oil
- finely chopped onions
- garlic
- ground beef
- 1 teaspoon salt
- paprika
- 0.5 teaspoon cumin
- pepper
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- tortillas
- string cheese
- cheese

## Instructions

1. Add olive oil to a pan.
2. Add the finely chopped onions and cook until fragrant.
3. Add the garlic.
4. Add the ground beef and mix while it's cooking.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, paprika, 0.5 teaspoon of cumin, and pepper to the ground beef mixture.
6. Chop up two bell peppers, removing the top by pushing it out.
7. Add the chopped bell peppers to the pan.
8. Add 1 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.
9. Let the mixture simmer until it thickens.
10. While the mixture is simmering, cut tortillas in half.
11. Fold the tortilla halves into a pocket shape.
12. Secure the tortilla pocket with a toothpick.
13. Put string cheese inside the tortilla pockets.
14. Put the ground beef mixture inside the tortilla pockets.
15. Put additional cheese on top of the filling in the tortillas.
16. Let the filled tortillas simmer on the pan.

## Equipment

- pan
- toothpick

## Tips

- When cutting bell peppers, push the top out to use all of the pepper and avoid waste.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkNk3hgX/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ca54c8c2-2bd8-43b7-9e14-b066e557454a
- Extracted: 2026-03-27

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