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Taco lettuce cups

Taco lettuce cups

taco-lettuce-cups

4 serves

5 m

10 m

Ingredients

  • Olive oil spray
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon chilli powder
  • 300 g lean beef mince
  • 400 g can of no added salt diced tomato
  • 400 g can of no added salt red kidney beans, drained, rinsed
  • 8 large lettuce leaves, for serving
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled, grated
  • 1 avocado, chopped
  • ½ cup reduced-fat plain yoghurt

Method

Step 1

Heat a deep non-stick frying pan over medium and lightly spray with olive oil.

Step 2

Cook onion and celery, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Add cumin, paprika and chilli powder, stirring for 1-2 minutes.

Step 3

Add mince, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until browned.

Step 4

Add tomatoes and kidney beans. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring frequently, for 5-10 minutes or until the mixture thickens.

Step 5

Serve mince in washed lettuce cups. Garnish with tomato, carrots, avocado and a dollop of yoghurt.

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