Tex-Mex Beef Lettuce Wraps

Tex-Mex Beef Lettuce Wraps

#Calorie Smart #Carb Smart #Quick

🥘 Ingredients

  • Tex-Mex Paste
    2 unit
  • baby lettuce
    2 c
  • black pepper
    2 tsp
  • blue corn tortilla chips
    2 c
  • cooking oil
    2 tbsp
  • ground beef
    20 oz
  • salt
    2 tsp
  • shallot (thinly sliced)
    2 unit
  • sour cream
    4 tbsp
  • sugar
    ¼ tsp, ¼ tsp
  • white wine vinegar
    4 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

  • bowl
  • large pan
  1. 1
    sour cream baby lettuce blue corn tortilla chips white wine vinegar ground beef Tex-Mex Paste shallot cooking oil sugar salt black pepper
    sour cream: 2 tbsp, baby lettuce: 1 c, blue corn tortilla chips: 1 c, white wine vinegar: 2 tbsp, ground beef: 10 oz, Tex-Mex Paste: 1 unit, shallot: 1 unit, cooking oil: 1 tbsp, sugar: ¼ tsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
  2. 2
    Wash and dry all produce.
  3. 3
    In a small microwave-safe bowl , combine shallot , white wine vinegar , sugar , and a pinch of salt . Cover with plastic wrap and microwave until shallot is bright pink ⏱️ 30 seconds to ⏱️ 60 seconds . Set aside to pickle, stirring occasionally.
    shallot: 1 unit (thinly sliced), white wine vinegar: 2 tbsp, sugar: ¼ tsp, salt: 1 tsp
  4. 4
    Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef . Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until cooked through ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 6 minutes . If there's excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.
    cooking oil: 1 tbsp, ground beef: 10 oz
  5. 5
    Gently crush blue corn tortilla chips in their bag. Serve the cooked beef nestled in baby lettuce leaves. Top with sour cream , pickled shallot, crushed chips, and a dash of black pepper . Stir in Tex-Mex Paste with the beef during cooking for extra flavor if desired.
    blue corn tortilla chips: 1 c, baby lettuce: 1 c, sour cream: 2 tbsp, black pepper: 1 tsp, Tex-Mex Paste: 1 unit