How to Cook Tasty Ground Elk Tacos

Ground Elk Tacos. Add ground elk and cook for five minutes or until meat begins to brown. Add salt, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, chipotle pepper and cumin to the elk meat. Add more water if needed to get desired consistency.

Continue to stir until thoroughly cooked. Turn heat to low and add ½ bottle of the beer to your elk meat. Continue to cook on low while you BBQ your vegetables. You can have Ground Elk Tacos using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ground Elk Tacos

1. It's 1 lb of ground elk.
2. Prepare 2 of white onions, chopped.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of cilantro, chopped.
4. You need 3 of limes.
5. It's of cotija or queso fresco, crumbled.
6. It's 10-15 of corn tortillas.
7. Prepare 6 of garlic cloves, sliced.
8. It's 3 of Roma tomatoes, cored and chopped (optional).
9. Prepare 1 of spicy pepper (fresno, serrano, habanero or jalapeño), chopped.
10. It's 1 tablespoon of cumin.
11. It's 1/2 tablespoon of all spice.
12. It's 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
13. You need 1 tablespoon of chili powder.
14. You need 1/2 tablespoon of salt.
15. Prepare 2 teaspoons of ground coriander.
16. You need 2 teaspoons of ground black pepper.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
18. You need 2 tablespoons of water (or more if needed).

The elk meat should be medium rare to medium when done. The key here is hot and fast. While the meat is cooking, heat the corn tortillas in a dry pan or directly over a burner flame. Elk Tacos w/ Picante n' Beer Mexican Rice.

Ground Elk Tacos step by step

1. Create the spice blend. Add garlic, 1/2 of the chopped spicy pepper, cumin, all spice, chili powder, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, coriander, half the cilantro, and vegetable oil to a mortar and pestle (or food processor). Grind to a paste..
2. Combine 1.5 white onions (chopped), Roma tomatoes (optional) and the rest of the chopped cilantro, the juice of one lime and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside..
3. Cook the remaining half onion and the ground elk until browned and cooked through (about 8 minutes). Add the other half of the chopped spicy pepper and cook another 2 minutes. Add the spice paste from step 1 and two tablespoons of water, mix thoroughly and cook another 3-5 minutes. Add more water if needed to get desired consistency..
4. Serve meat on warmed corn tortillas, top with onion salsa, crumbled cheese and your choice of hot sauce. Garnish with cilantro. Serve with a slice of lime..

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