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Beef Taco Bowl

Priscilla Lawrence
This nutritious and flavorful beef taco bowl is so easy to make and sure to be a family favorite! Served over crunchy romaine lettuce, it's filled with fresh veggies, lean ground beef, and served with a three ingredient salsa verde yogurt sauce. So good!
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican-Inspired
Servings 4 bowls
Calories 414.6 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 skillet to cook the beef
  • wooden spoon

Ingredients
  

  • spray cooking oil
  • 1 pound lean ground beef 90% or leaner
  • 1 tablespoon taco seasoning more or less to taste
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 5-6 cups romaine lettuce chopped
  • 1 cup cooked brown rice or white rice
  • 1 cup black beans drained and rinsed
  • 2 cups red cabbage finely sliced or chopped
  • 2 roma tomatoes chopped
  • ½ red onion chopped
  • 1 ripe avocado chopped
  • ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese or Mexican-style mix
  • 1 handful fresh cilantro chopped
  • 1 squeeze fresh lime juice
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

For the salsa verde yogurt sauce

Instructions
 

  • Prepare all the veggies to build the bowls.
  • Heat up a skillet with spray cooking oil, then add the ground beef. Break it up with a spoon, add the taco seasoning and stir it in. Cook on medium-high heat for 5 minutes, stirring often, then add 2 tablespoons of water and continue cooking for 5-6 minutes or until fully cooked.
    This is a picture of the ground beef in a skillet with taco seasoning.
  • While the meat is cooking, stir together the yogurt, salsa verde, and lime.
    This is a picture of the yogurt sauce being put together.
  • Build the bowls by adding lettuce, rice, black beans, cabbage, tomatoes, onion, avocado and cheese. Sprinkle salt and pepper, a squeeze of lime and chopped cilantro. Add the ground beef and yogurt sauce, serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • Ground beef: can be replaced with ground turkey or chicken.
 
*The nutritional values shown in this recipe are approximate for one suggested serving size using the ingredients listed but not including any optional items and may vary per actual preferred portion sizes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 414.6kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 15.6g | Saturated Fat: 4.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8.1g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 78.6mg | Sodium: 470.8mg | Potassium: 1229mg | Fiber: 10.1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 6233.7IU | Vitamin C: 40.4mg | Calcium: 160.5mg | Iron: 5.2mg
Keywords easy dinner, gluten-free, healthy food, meal prep
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