There is a particular kind of dinner that solves multiple problems at once: it is fast, it requires almost no skill, it uses ingredients most households already have, it travels well from baking sheet to table without requiring plates or utensils, and it produces the kind of deeply satisfying combination of textures and flavors that makes people immediately want to know how it was made. Loaded cheesy pocket tacos are exactly that kind of dinner. They take everything that makes tacos great — seasoned ground beef, melted cheese, creamy filling, bold Tex-Mex flavor — and wrap it all into a crispy, golden tortilla pocket that holds together in one hand, requires no shell-shattering fumbling, and can be customized with any topping each person at the table wants. From start to finish, they are ready in thirty minutes. They disappear considerably faster than that.
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