Description
Enjoy these Ground Beef Taco Lettuce Cups for an easy dinner any night. This family dinner offers seasoned ground beef tacos in fresh lettuce cups, perfect for a low carb taco cups option. A quick and tasty weeknight dinner everyone will love.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- ¾ cup of yellow onion chopped
- 1 pound of lean ground beef
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground cracked black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons of taco seasoning
- ½ cup of diced tomatoes
- ½ cup of beef broth
- 12 Romaine lettuce leaves doubled up for serving
- ⅓ cup of reduced-fat cheddar cheese
- ⅓ cup of red onions finely sliced
- ⅓ cup of avocados diced
- ⅓ cup of sweet peppers diced
- 2 tablespoons of cilantro finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons of light sour cream
Instructions
- Warm the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the chopped onion and cook for 2 minutes until softened.
- Introduce the ground beef and garlic to the pan, seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Cook the beef, stirring frequently to break it up, until fully browned, about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the taco seasoning, diced tomatoes, and beef broth, mixing well.
- Lower the heat and let the mixture simmer gently for around 5 minutes until thickened.
- Spoon the cooked beef mixture onto the lettuce leaves and add your preferred toppings.
Notes
- Optional toppings: Shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, diced avocado, sweet peppers, chopped cilantro, light sour cream, for serving
- Calories in the nutritional info are for the taco wraps with beef
- Your toppings will add extra calories
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Method: Stovetop