Description
These Taco Bites are perfect bite-sized appetizers for parties featuring seasoned taco meat, sour cream, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, and cherry tomatoes on scoop chips for an easy and delicious snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Taco Meat
- 1 lbs. taco meat (prepared using crunch wraps recipe)
Fillings and Toppings
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 25 mini cherry tomatoes, halved
Base
- Scoop chips (enough for 50 pieces)
Instructions
- Prepare Taco Meat: Cook 1 pound of taco meat according to the crunch wraps recipe. This will be the base filling for your taco bites.
- Prepare Vegetables and Cheese: Shred 2 cups of iceberg lettuce and ½ cup of cheddar cheese. Slice 25 mini cherry tomatoes in half.
- Prepare Sour Cream Piping Bag: Put the ½ cup sour cream into a sandwich bag and cut a small corner off to create a piping bag for easy application later.
- Assemble Taco Bites: Place scoop chips on a large serving platter. Add about ½ teaspoon of the prepared taco meat into each chip.
- Add Sour Cream and Lettuce: Pipe sour cream over the meat in each chip, then top with shredded lettuce.
- Top with Cheese and Tomato: Sprinkle a little shredded cheddar cheese on each bite and top with half a cherry tomato.
Notes
- Use any crunchy scoop chips like Fritos or Doritos for the base.
- Season taco meat well with typical taco spices such as cumin, chili powder, and garlic for best flavor.
- For a lighter option, substitute sour cream with Greek yogurt.
- Can be assembled shortly before serving to keep chips crunchy.
- Ideal for parties and gatherings as a handheld finger food.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 appetizer
- Calories: 70 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg
