Inside-Out Tacos

Cook mainly from reduced calorie healthy recipes/books and authors or adapt recipes to become less calorie, (IE: more veggies, lean protein, then carbs and fats) and also convert to a vegetarian recipe at times. Like lots of flavor from herbs and spices rather then fat and carbs. Heavy on vegetarian and fish, but do eat most anything.

taco ground beef turkey or chicken

Inside-Out Tacos

This recipe gives the hard-shell ground beef taco a fresh, healthful update by turning it inside out and using lettuce leaves in place of the shells and crunchy tortilla chips as one of the toppings. With black beans stirred into the fragrant meat mixture, you also get some good-for-you plant protein. These inside-out tacos are the perfect weeknight dinner.

Inside-Out Tacos

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon sweet paprika

½ teaspoon dried oregano

½ teaspoon granulated garlic (a.k.a. garlic powder)

¼ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed

¼ teaspoon onion powder

⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper, plus more as needed

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

12 ounces lean ground beef (93 percent lean or higher)

One 15-ounce can no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed

½ cup water

24 large leaves of gem lettuce or hearts of romaine (about 3 heads)

2 medium tomatoes, cut into small dice

2 ounces (½ cup) shredded sharp cheddar cheese

¼ to ⅓ cup chopped pickled jalapeño peppers (jarred)

1 cup fresh cilantro leaves

2 ounces (1 cup) crushed tortilla chips

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