Now, if you're looking at this, you want to add a little more spice to your Taco Cake, and hopefully these quick additions will help! This is just how I do things, so if you're feeling creative or just generally have better ideas, feel free to modify this as you see fit~ Now, when it comes to my own personal Taco Bake, I obviously handle things just a little bit different, starting with the beef. While its in the pan browning, I add a little pepper to the salt to give the meat just a little kick and when the juices start to flow, I throw in a little flour to thicken it, making a sauce for the meat to absorb to which I add just a touch of lime juice for a little tang on the back end. Towards the end of the meat's cooking, I add in finely chopped onions and let them not only absorb the flavors of the meat sauce, but also let them get nice and crispy before I put the ground beef finally to the side.
Next, I chop up some potatoes into chunks roughly the size of my thumb nail and put them in a bowl so I can sprinkle them with a little water. Then I coat them in some flour, salt, and pepper before tossing them in the same pan* I used for the ground beef and lightly fry them with olive oil to get them nice and crispy for a nice crunch.
With the potatoes out of the way, I turn to the cheese so I can turn it into a rich cheddar sauce I can pour on my taco cake, what cake is complete without the icing after all? XDc How I go about this is I get a small pot and put in two tablespoons of butter, once they're melted, I add in two tablespoons of flour to make the starting roux. Then I add 1 cup of milk, season it with salt and pepper to taste, and then toss in as much grated cheddar cheese as I feel the serving size is going to need...its cheese, we're allowed to get a little crazy with our cheese, especially if its going on tacos. From there, I keep the heat on medium and stir that cheese into the mixture until it melts, and after a few minutes I have a nice, rich, and delicious cheese sauce...which I then add hot sauce too, because I like that kick while the sharpness of the cheddar works to mute the screaming mouth fire death.
From there, everything works the same as in the easy way. I put a tortilla on the bottom of my bowl, I put all my fixings on top, put a tortilla on top of that, and then build my way up until satisfied. The cooking time should still be roughly the same, this way just requires a little extra prepwork for some extra flavor is all~
*I don't really clean it, I wanna get all that leftover flavor after all~
