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From time to time I like to batch cook when possible.

If you are new to batch cooking, hamburger meat is a great place to start.

Today I am going to show you how I batch cook Taco Meat. Prepared, this will make three pounds of taco meat which will convert perfectly into three meals at my house.

This freezes well in individual ziplock bags or containers.

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs lean hamburger meat (I use 93/7)
• 1-2 T olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 3-4 T  garlic, minced
• palm full of chopped cilantro
• 1 pkt taco seasoning
• 1 pkt ranch dressing mix

5 Easy Dinner Ideas Including Batch Cooking

Batch cooking ground hamburger meat or ground turkey can be a huge time saver. Also, when you buy meats in bulk you generally get them at a cheaper unit price. Here are some dinner ideas including how to batch cook taco meat.

How to Batch Cook 3 Pounds of Taco Meat

Add olive oil, garlic and onion into a large cooking pot over medium heat.

We love garlic at our house. Can you tell?

Add in three pounds of hamburger meat.

Use a spatula or cooking spoon to crumble to meat.

Chop up a large palm full of cilantro.

I love cilantro. Add more if you want.

Throw that into the hamburger meat.

Continue to stir the hamburger meat and work out the clumps as it browns.

Once the meat is nice and brown, add in a packet of your favorite taco seasoning.

From this point forward, I use a clean cooking spoon to prevent cross contamination of germs from the uncooked meat.

Add in a packet of dry ranch seasoning.

Stir well.

Continue to cook over low-medium heat for about 10 minutes or so to ensure all of the flavors blend together.

Use a pound now and freeze the remaining in one pound increments using freezer safe containers or bags.

Or, freeze all three pounds individually now.

We used a pound for Taco Salad. That recipe coming soon!

We used the second pound for Taco Soup the next night and then froze the third pound.

Yum!