Chili with Tacos
Chili with tacos is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the salsa category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 2 red onions
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 Garlic clove
- 300 g Ground Beef
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 small can kidney beans (200 g)
- Salt
- Pepper (freshly ground)
- 1 small iceberg lettuce (or romaine salad)
- 300 g tomatoes
- 80 g black olives (pitted)
- 1 bunch cilantro leaves
- 100 g spicy shredded cheese
- 2 ripe avocados
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 pickled hot chili peppers
- taco shells
Instructions
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1.
Peel onions and garlic. Slice one onion lengthwise into thin half-rings, dice the other onion. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Brown the diced onion and ground beef until crumbly, squeeze in garlic, season with cumin, and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat while stirring.
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2.
Drain, rinse, and dry the beans; add them to the beef mixture, warm through, season with salt and pepper, then set aside.
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3.
Separate lettuce into leaves, wash and pat dry. Cut leaves into bite-sized pieces. Wash cherry tomatoes and quarter or eighth them. Roughly chop olives. Rinse cilantro, pat dry, and strip leaves from stems.
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4.
Grate cheese finely. Halve avocados, remove pits, scoop flesh with a spoon, cut into wedges, drizzle with lemon juice. Slice chili peppers into strips.
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5.
Combine lettuce, tomatoes, onion rings, chili strips, olives, and cilantro; arrange on taco shells, top with the beef‑bean mixture, garnish with avocado wedges, sprinkle cheese, and serve immediately.