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Taco Salad

Use ground beef, chicken or turkey and top with just about anything you like! It’s so flavorful you could eat the meat with tortilla chips and forget the salad.
Course Entertaining, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Ceyenne, Chili Powder, Cumin, Ground Beef, Ground Chicken, Jalapenos, Lettuce

Ingredients

  • 1 TBSP olive oil 0 CHO
  • 1 lb. (454 gr) ground beef, chicken or turkey 0 CHO
  • ½ cup (60 gr) red onion, chopped 5 CHO
  • 1 cup (120 gr) red/yellow/orange pepper, chopped 6 CHO
  • 1 cup beef/chicken stock 0 CHO
  • 3 TBSP (1 large/45 gr) jalapeno, seeded 2 CHO
  • ¼ tsp. garlic minced 0 CHO
  • 1 TBSP chili powder 0 CHO
  • 2 tsp. cumin 0 CHO
  • 1 tsp. paprika 0 CHO
  • ½ tsp. cayenne 0 CHO
  • 1/2 tsp. salt 0 CHO

TOTAL CHO 13 CHO

  • TOAL WEIGHT 578 GRAMS
  • 13 CHO DIVIDED BY 578 GRAMS = .02 CHO/GRAM
  • ¼ CUP = 43 GRAMS (.02 CHO x 43 GRAMS) .86 CHO/1/4 CUP + TOPPINGS AND LETTUCE

2 – 3 hearts of Romaine lettuce (10 cups/330 gr) ends trimmed 4 CHO

GARNISH:

  • Black olives
  • Grated cheddar
  • Tomatoes
  • Salsa
  • Sour cream
  • Corn
  • Black beans
  • Cilantro

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in large skillet and add ground meat. Scramble fry until almost done and then add chicken stock, onion, peppers and remaining spices.
  2. Simmer uncovered until liquid absorbed and vegetable cooked through.
  3. Add to salad and serve family style or let everyone make their own preferred salad.