Description
These Taco Bites are a perfect party appetizer, featuring seasoned taco meat, fresh lettuce, shredded cheddar, and cherry tomatoes atop crunchy scoop chips, topped with a dollop of sour cream for a burst of flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
Filling
- 1 lbs. taco meat
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 25 mini cherry tomatoes
- 50 scoop chips
Instructions
- Prepare Taco Meat: Use your preferred taco meat recipe or the crunch wraps meat recipe to cook and season 1 pound of taco meat thoroughly.
- Prep Veggies 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: Place ½ cup of sour cream into a sandwich bag, cut a small corner off to create a piping bag for easy application.
- Assemble Taco Bites: Arrange 50 scoop chips on a large platter. Place ½ teaspoon of the cooked taco meat onto each chip.
- Add Sour Cream: Pipe a small amount of sour cream over the taco meat on each chip using the prepared sandwich bag.
- Add Lettuce and Cheese: Sprinkle shredded lettuce over each bite, followed by a little shredded cheddar cheese.
- Top with Tomato: Finish each bite by placing half a cherry tomato on top for a fresh, colorful garnish.
Notes
- Use scoop chips for easy serving and to hold all the toppings securely.
- If preferred, substitute iceberg lettuce with shredded romaine for a different crunch.
- Sour cream can be replaced with Greek yogurt for a healthier option.
- Make the taco meat ahead of time to simplify assembly during parties.
- Keep assembled bites chilled until serving to maintain freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 appetizer
- Calories: 90 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
