Easy tacos for dinner

Votes: 6

Time: 20 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4 - 6

When making Tex-Mex tacos, swap out traditional beef for leaner, lower-calorie turkey, and you'll have a great dinner that's both low in calories and easy to prepare. It takes just over 15 minutes to make—perfect for a quick, tasty midweek dinner. Simply pan-fry ground turkey with spices, salsa, and canned beans, then serve on stovetop tortillas with other classic taco toppings: tomato, avocado, cheese, lime, cilantro, radishes, and sour cream.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Filling

450 g of ground turkey
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 can (400g) canned black beans, rinsed
1 cup prepared fresh salsa
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped + 1 tbsp adobo sauce

Taco

12 corn tortillas
2 plum tomatoes, diced
1 ripe avocado, diced
6 radishes, thinly sliced
0.5 tbsp. queso fresco
Fresh coriander leaves
Lime wedges
Sour cream

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground turkey and sprinkle with chili powder, cumin, and a little salt and black pepper. Cook, breaking up any clumps with the back of a spoon, until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
Add the beans, salsa, chipotle chiles, and adobo sauce to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until heated through and slightly thickened, about 5 more minutes.

Meanwhile, lightly toast the flatbreads over an open flame. Set aside, wrapped in a clean kitchen towel, to steam.
Spoon the meat mixture into tortillas and serve with diced tomatoes, avocado, radishes, queso fresco, cilantro leaves, lime wedges and sour cream.

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