Easy Spicy Taco Bowls are perfect for both lunch and dinner! Taco bowls are all dressed up with seasoned ground beef and rice, roasted jalapeño peppers, diced avocados and tomatoes, and sprinkled with spicy chili flakes and your favorite hot sauce.
Easy Spicy Taco Bowls
Need a quick and easy dinner? Say no more. This is a truly quick recipe, and by quick, I mean 5 minutes prep time and 15 minutes cooking time. OK, MAYBE 20 minutes cooking time if you're a slow cook like me, but seriously? That's pretty easy, and the flavor is AWESOME.
Ground beef is made flavorful with onions, jalapeños, garlic and a medley of bold seasonings. It's then served with rice and all of your favorite fixings!
Fresh veggies like jalapeños, tomatoes, and avocados are just a few of my usual go-to toppings. Feel free to toss on some homemade pico do gallo if you'd like!
Ingredients for this Taco Bowl Recipe
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Jalapeño pepper
- Ground beef
- Garlic
- Taco seasoning
- Cayenne powder
- Red pepper flakes
- Hot sauce
- Rice
- Avocado
- Tomato
- Roasted jalapeño
- Cilantro
How to Make Taco Bowls
Cook the ground beef. Heat a large pan over medium heat and add olive oil. Add the jalapeños, onion and ground beef. Cook them down until the ground beef is cooked mostly through, about 5 minutes.
Make the meat more flavorful. Add the garlic and stir. Cook another minute, then add your taco seasonings, cayenne, chili flakes and hot sauce and about a half cup of water. Stir and simmer for 10 minutes to let the flavors absorb and the liquid reduce. You can simmer longer if you'd like.
Assemble the bowls. Spoon the rice into bowls, then add the taco meat. Top with fresh herbs, tomato, avocado, roasted jalapeno and extra spicy chili flakes. Add on any other topping you desire. Serve with extra hot sauce!
Recipe Tips & Notes
- Use your favorite taco seasoning. Here is my favorite - homemade taco seasoning recipe.
- Don't forget the hot sauce! Send these bowls over the top with some homemade hot sauce. There are so many options to choose from that are sweeter, milder, and full blown spicy!
- Toppings can make or break it. A taco bowl without toppings? I can't imagine such a thing. Try some classics like spicy guacamole to shake things up.
Storage
Once your bowl is assembled, it's best served fresh with all of your toppings. However, just the cooked rice and ground beef will stay fresh in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Try Some of My Other Popular Taco Recipes
- Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
- Szechuan Salmon Tacos
- Crock Pot Taco Soup
- Burrito Bowls with Shredded Pork and Black Beans
- Juicy Turkey Tacos
Enjoy! Let me know how these turn out for you. Send pics! Post it on Instagram! Here's me: https://www.instagram.com/chilipeppermadness. See you there!
Easy Spicy Taco Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper chopped
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp taco seasonings use your favorite
- 1 tsp cayenne powder
- 1 tsp red chili flakes + more for serving
- 2 tbsp hot sauce use your favorite + more for serving
- 1 cup rice cooked
- 1 avocado diced
- 1 tomato diced
- 1 roasted jalapeno sliced
- 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Heat a large pan to medium heat and add the olive oil. Add the jalapenos, onion and ground beef. Cook them down until the ground beef is cooked mostly through, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and stir. Cook another minute, then add your taco seasonings, cayenne, chili flakes and hot sauce and about a half cup of water. Stir and simmer for 10 minutes to let the flavors absorb and the liquid reduce. You can simmer longer if you'd like.
- Spoon the rice into bowls, then add the taco meat. Top with fresh herbs, tomato, avocado, roasted jalapeno and extra spicy chili flakes. Add on any other topping you desire.
- Serve with extra hot sauce!
Notes
Nutrition Information
Mark Kuzma says
how much garlic is supposed to go into this recipe? Step 2 says to add in the garlic but there's no measure
Michael Hultquist - Chili Pepper Madness says
Mark, I used 4 cloves garlic, but you can adjust to your preferences. I updated the recipe to reflect this. Thank you.