By Mayo Clinic Staff
Dietitian's tip:
Salt hides in taco seasonings, cheese, tortillas and condiments. In this recipe, lower salt by mixing your own spices, replacing red salsa with green salsa. Or better yet, make your own salsa with fresh ingredients.
Number of servings
Serves 2
- Diabetes meal plan
- Weight management
- Healthy-carb
- High-fiber
Ingredients
For the taco meat seasoning:
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
For the taco:
- 6 ounces extra-lean ground turkey
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 4 whole-wheat, low-fat flour tortillas, about 6 inches across, warmed in the microwave
Toppings:
- 1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1/2 cup green salsa (salsa verde)
Directions
In a small bowl, stir together the chili powder, cumin and oregano.
In a nonstick frying pan over medium heat, add the ground turkey and onion. Cook until the turkey is browned and onion is clear. Drain well.
Add the spices to the turkey mix. Stir to mix evenly.
To serve, put a 1/4 cup of the turkey mixture in each tortilla.
Top each with 1 tablespoon cheese, 1/4 of the diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup shredded lettuce and 2 tablespoons salsa.
Fold in both sides of each tortilla up over the filling, and then roll to close.
Serve right away.
Nutritional analysis per serving
Serving size: 2 tacos
- Calories 436
- Total fat 10 g
- Protein 32 g
- Total carbohydrate 55 g
- Dietary fiber 10 g
- Monounsaturated fat 1.5 g
- Saturated fat 5 g
- Trans fat Trace
- Sodium 840 mg
- Added sugars 0 g
- Total sugars 13 g
- Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 g
- Cholesterol 55 mg
- Potassium 699 mg
- Calcium 260 mg
- Magnesium 46 mg
- Vitamin D 3 IU
- Iron 4 mg
- Protein and dairy 1 1/2
- Vegetables 2
- Carbohydrates 3
- Grains and grain products 2
- Meats, poultry and fish 3
- Vegetables 2
- Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 0.5
June 26, 2024Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/recipes/spicy-ground-turkey-tacos/rcp-20049740