Why are tacos bad for you?
Chef's answer
Fast food restaurants often use hydrogenated oils, which are high in trans fat, to cook their taco shells. This can lead to health complications, like high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease, if eaten in excess.
Frequently asked Questions 🎓
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What ground beef is best for tacos? There are different types of ground beef available at the grocery store. Select a grind that has between 80 to 90% lean meat which will be either ground chuck, round or sirloin. The higher the percentage of fat, the more flavor, and the meat won't taste as dry.
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After you've finished boiling the ground beef, you'll need to drain it. To avoid letting any fat or grease fall down the drain of your sink, set up a strainer inside of a large bowl. Pour the pot of boiled beef through the strainer, and the bowl will catch the grease..
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The average serving of protein per guest is 4 ounces. The "conservative" amount of ground beef in a typical taco is 2.5 ounces, but because of the other taco fillings we estimate 2 ounces of beef for the average taco.
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Taco Bell has officially joined Club Horse Meat. ... The British Food Standards Agency said Taco Bell's products contained more than 1% (pdf) horse meat. "We apologize to our customers and take this matter very seriously as food quality is our highest priority," a spokesman for the chain said.
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What ground beef is best for tacos? There are different types of ground beef available at the grocery store. Select a grind that has between 80 to 90% lean meat which will be either ground chuck, round or sirloin. The higher the percentage of fat, the more flavor, and the meat won't taste as dry.
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Taco Bell has officially joined Club Horse Meat. The fast-food chain and subsidiary of Yum Brands says it has found horse meat in some of the ground beef it sells in the United Kingdom.
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Horse Meat Found At UK Taco Bell! Taco Bell Taco Bell's ground beef is the latest food to be implicated in the horse meat scandal sweeping Europe and the U.K. Taco Bell's ground beef is among the four new products found by the U.K.'s Food Standards Agency to contain more than one percent horse meat, the BBC reported.
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