Stuffed Lettuce Tacos

This is a light recipe to eat with a lot of flavor and no regrets. We are referring to the stuffed lettuce tacos.

Discover in this article how to make it step by step. In addition, it is delicious and will delight everyone.

For starters, Mexican tacos are a dish that is often associated with excesses. Therefore, they tend to be avoided during diets to lose weight.

So that from now on you do not deprive yourself of the taste for Mexican food, here we bring you a  series of recipes to replace flour tortillas with healthy lettuce leaves. In addition, the advantage is that with these options,  you can eat more than one taco.

Stuffed lettuce tacos

Ingredients for six servings

• 6 clean green lettuce leaves
• 300 grams of ground or chopped beef or pork
• 1 large onion, brunoise cut
• 4 tomatoes cut into brunoise and seedless
• 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 3 garlic mashed
• 1 cup chives, finely chopped
• Hot or spicy chili in sauce (to taste)

• 1 tablespoon of ground cumin (8 g)
• ½ cup of tomato paste (100 ml)
• 4 tablespoons of oil (60 ml)
• 1 tomato cut into slices
• 1 avocado
• 1 cup of grated gouda cheese (200 g)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation of stuffed lettuce tacos

• To start, clean and dry the lettuce leaves very well.
• First, in a pot over high heat, place the oil. Then add the onion and chives and allow to crystallize.
• Then add the meat to the pot or pan along with the ground cumin and crushed garlic.
• When the meat begins to change its color,  add the rest of the vegetables.
• Then, add the tomato paste and let the preparation reach its boiling point. However, if you want a meat with the consistency of sauce, add ½ cup of meat broth or red wine. Finally, season.

• Then mash the avocado into a paste and add a touch of salt, olive oil and pepper.
• Now to plate!  To start, place a lettuce leaf on a plate and on top of it two tablespoons of the pork, tomato slices, guacamole and a little grated cheese. Finally, roll up the leaves and eat.

Stuffed lettuce tacos, vegetarian option

Ingredients

• 6 clean green and purple lettuce leaves
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• Mushrooms or mushrooms filleted
• ½ cup coriander or parsley leaves
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 concasse tomatoes cut into brunoise
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce (30 ml)
• Bean sprouts
• 3 garlic mashed
• 1 avocado sliced
• 1 tomato cut into slices
• Red onion in feather cut
• Spicy chili jam
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Sour cream or cream

Preparation of stuffed lettuce tacos, vegetarian option

• First, in a skillet,  add the onion, chives, and garlic. Then, fry until they crystallize.
• Next, add the concasse tomato, zucchini and soy sauce to the sauce.
• Finally, add the sliced ​​mushrooms, bean sprouts, and parsley or coriander.
• Rectify flavor with salt and pepper. Also, add some tomato paste if you like.
• Then, once clean and dry, fill the lettuce leaves one by one,  making a kind of roll.
• For example, put two tablespoons of the vegetable and bean sprout stew first.  Then place two slices of tomato, a little red onion in feathers and a slice of avocado.
• Afterwards, season with the hot chili jam.
• Next, serve a taco of green lettuce and another of purple lettuce together  so that they contrast on the plate. Also,  accompany with a little cream and guacamole.
• Finally, if you want a more complete preparation,  add red beans to this healthy version of Mexican food.