All American Beef Taco

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I love my salt! I don't have a sweet tooth, but I definitely have a "salt and spice" tooth. I usually tend toward over salting food. However, even though I always use Kosher salt and used low sodium beef broth for this recipe, I found it to be too salty. I believe that adding salt to both the meat mixture and the spice mixture is the problem. Next time, I will try adding salt to just the meat mixture, and leave it out of the spice mixture. Afterall, one can always add salt as needed. IMO, this recipe for beef taco filling has great potential. All that is needed to make this recipe great is less salt.

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Taco Potion #19 is fantastic! I didn't fry my own tortillas, but the Taco Potion is well worth the effort. At least now I know what's going into my tacos and it's not a lot preservatives and chemicals! Great job, Alton!!

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I used to use Lawry's Taco Seasoning when I made tacos. This Taco Potion is so much better! I actually do use 1/2 the salt Alton Brown says to use (1 tsp instead of 2 tsp and it is perfect!. My favorite thing about Alton recipes is that they are always delicious of course and you could change them to fit your taste. This meal has become part of our rotation along with so many of Alton's other recipes. Thank you so much Alton for making me love to cook and providing my family with delicious meals all the time.

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As written this is great. A few words for those who complain that it is too salty. Use Kosher Salt not table salt, as someone said bellow table salt is twice that of kosher. Also use the Taco Potion #19 prepackage seasoning is full of salt, make it yourself less salt and cheaper in the long run.

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For taste this recipe gets 5-stars, however as written it’s way too salty, so I subtracted 1-star. In fact, I have to believe there’s an error in the ingredient list. A basic rule of thumb is that a pound of ground beef requires approximately 1 teaspoon of salt. Alton's recipe calls for 3 tsp. of salt, plus chili powder, which depending on the brand, can add a significant amount of salt. Generally speaking, the cheaper the powder, the more salt it contains [salt is cheaper than ground chilies]. The same goes for the beef broth, home made or low sodium is the way to go. The bottom line here is that the recipe calls for three times the usual amount of salt. No wonder it's salty!

I made the recipe using Mexene brand chili powder and low sodium broth. The total additional salt added by these two ingredients was approximately 1/4 teaspoon, which was offset by the onions. As a result, I only added 1 teaspoon of kosher salt [Morton] to the entire recipe, which to my taste was perfect.

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I had some taco doughs in the fridge, so, fried them up and used. The Taco Potion #19 is very good, however, just when I think I have every spice in the world, for some reason, I had no coriander. I used garlic powder, instead and upped the cumin a half teaspoon. Shrimp was on hand and I used that, instead of, beef. YUM

Thanks Alton!

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i did not make the Taco shell portion but eh Taco Potion #19 was VERY good. i just used flour burittos from the store and it was tasty.

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Taco potion #19 is great concoction - love it. Will never go back to a packet again. Doubt I fry up my own hard shell tortillas often, but this is an outstanding ground beef taco meat recipe.

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There may be a simple explanation to the complaint that this recipe is too salty. It calls for Kosher salt. Kosher salt is lighter than regular table salt. A quick Google check turned up the statement that "1 Tablespoon coarse or kosher salt = 2 teaspoons table salt". Perhaps some people preparing this recipe used table salt in amount specified for Kosher. If so, it was 50% more than the recipe specified.

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Had people over to try this one. And everyone loved it. I've always made tacos with the seasoning mixes bought in the store, but never again. Although all I could find was "sweet" Smoked Paprika, I did what another reviewer said and added some extra cayenne, which really brought up the heat in the filling. Next time I'll try omitting the extra cayenne, as I think it was just a bit much. I didn't have any issues with the salt, as other have stated. I used the amounts called for in the recipe, and used a low sodium broth, and really didn't find it salty at all. Maybe others weren't using a lower sodium broth, or over seasoning during browning.