Name: Instant Pot Taco Meat
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef (or ground turkey); 1 onion (diced); 4 oz chiles (diced, canned); 1 oz taco seasoning (packet or homemade mix); 1/2 c diced tomatoes (Italian style)

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This is how to make the best Instant Pot taco meat with ground beef plus 4 other ways to make Instant Pot tacos you will love. Taco Tuesdays are set!

We are all about taco Tuesdays and love a good rotation of different flavors and meats, this is how to make our ground beef Instant Pot taco meat! Of course you can use ground turkey as well but you’ll get the idea either way, these and 101+ other easy Instant Pot recipes are listed on The Typical Mom to make dinnertime easier!

Why I love pressure cooker recipes

I can cook dinner in less than 30 minutes
My pressure cooker allows me to cook more homemade meals for my family
There are fewer dishes to wash since I can sauté and cook all in one pot
I don’t have to heat up my whole house using the oven to cook a casserole or large piece of meat

Seriously, this thing is amazing.

How did we ever survive without it. 😉

Of course you can just brown a pound of ground beef and call it taco meat, not my kinda’ taco Tuesday yumminess. I want flavor!!!

I swear, I never used to cook with onions a few years ago (because my mom never did growing up I guess) but now I can’t get enough of them. They are so cheap for the amount of flavor and texture they give a dish.

Wish that said I do NOT like raw onion in anything, it’s gotta’ be softened like you see here but Instant Pot taco meat just isn’t the same without them, I’m just sayin’…….

Omit the diced tomatoes if you wish but those lend a lot of flavor too and are cheap too.

The trick on how to make the best taco meat:

Do NOT overcook it! – I could just stop there, but I won’t. It is beef so you don’t need to stress out about it being pink like chicken or pork so let there be a bit of pink!! (just a bit for me)
Add flavor!! – I actually love taco seasoning and add a bit more than 1 oz. a lot of times, I like to let the meat sit in the sauce for a few minutes after it’s cooked too so it can really soak up all that goodness.
Don’t drain it- Ok so you don’t want it soaking in grease but don’t drain all the fat that cooks off when the pink is going away, that has flavor in it! If you use 80/20 you shouldn’t have to drain any if at all, and I prefer this to anything leaner, it’s got more flavor.
Load it up!! – I add onions, chiles and diced tomatoes…sometimes chives but if you love diced green peppers then add those with your onions too. Taco meat isn’t meant to be plain I say…..then load up the taco itself, oh my mouth is watering already……..

Here’s a peek at it once it’s done and soaking in the juices and seasonings.

What you’ll need to make this easy Instant Pot taco meat

Packet of taco seasoning – or you can make your own homemade taco seasoning if you’d rather
Ground beef – or ground turkey is fine – this is how to defrost Instant Pot frozen ground beef in case you forgot to thaw it out the night before. 😉
Onion
Diced chiles -mild to hot are available, hatch chiles are amazing
Diced tomatoes – Italian diced tomatoes is our choice, you can omit entirely but it brings a lot of flavor. Could substitute with chunky salsa as well.

After you make these try our other 4 types of Instant Pot tacos so your family can make easy pressure cooker recipes each week and really enjoy them, here are a few more Instant Pot ground beef recipes too:

Here’s the printable directions:

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