Mexican Beef & Vegetable Tortillas

This Mexican beef and vegetable recipe is packed with fresh ingredients and a great way to get the family to eat more vegetables.

For the Mexican Beef sauce you will need:

1 kg steak (5% fat) mince

1 large onion

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 yellow pepper

1 punnet of mushrooms

1 tin of kidney or mixed beans

2 cloves of garlic(crushed)

1 tsp mild chilli powder

1tsp cumin

1tsp paprika

2 tbs of tomato puree

1 large carton of passata or 2 tins of chopped tomatoes

½ pint of beef stock cube made with 1 beef stock cube. olive oil for frying

8 wholemeal tortillas

6oz grated cheddar cheese

Instructions for the Mexican Beef sauce:

• Chop onion and fry gently in a medium saucepan

• Wash and chop peppers and mushrooms add to saucepan and add garlic, chilli, cumin and paprika. Fry with lid on for 5 mins until vegetables are soft.

• Put mince in a frying pan until brown for about 15 minutes  on a high heat.

• Add tomato puree to pot of veg and add tinned tomatoes or passata. 

• Add ½ tsp of sugar to take away bitter taste of tomatoes.

• Make up the beef stock cube and add to pot

• Add the browned mince to the sauce bring to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile while sauce is cooking prepare the fillings:

Guacamole

You will need:

• 2 avocados - peeled, stones removed and chopped

• 1 small red onion, finely chopped

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1 ripe tomato, chopped

• 1 lime/lemon juiced

• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method:

• Mash avocados in a medium serving bowl.

• Stir in onion, garlic, tomato and lime juice. 

• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Sour Cream Dip

You will need:

• 150g low fat Greek/plain yogurt

• 2 tbsp of low fat mayonnaise

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• 1 crushed clove of garlic

Method:

• Mix all ingredients together

Homemade Salsa

You will need:

• 1 can good quality chopped tomatoes

• 1 red onion

• 2 cloves garlic

• 2 tbsp fresh coriander

• Salt and pepper

• Fresh chilli chopped (optional)

Method:

• Chop onion finely

• Crush or chop garlic

• Chop coriander

• Add tomatoes and mix all ingredients.

• Season with salt and pepper.

Tortillas

Wrap tortillas in tinfoil and put into oven for 15 minutes at 150.oc gas mark 3.

When heated, place an individual tortilla on a plate, spread with sour cream, top with mince, cheese, salsa, and sour cream. Add grated cheese and roll up and enjoy.

Shredded iceberg lettuce and sliced red onion are delicious with this too.

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