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Beef and Vegetable Tacos

Updated: 25 Apr 2015

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 red onion
  • Yellow pepper
  • Optional celery (about 4 sticks)
  • Handful fresh cherry tomatoes
  • Tin of chopped tomatoes
  • Tomato puree
  • Taco seasoning
  • 500g extra lean beef mince
  • Taco shells
  • Doritos or rice and beans to serve

Method

  1. Heat a sauté pan and prepare vegetables. Saute the onions and yellow peppers for about 5 minutes. Add the celery and cook until starting to brown. Add the cherry tomatoes and stir.
  2. Push the vegetables to the side of the pan and add the beef mince. Break up thoroughly and cook until well browned. Stir into the vegetables and add about half a packet of taco seasoning. Stir well and cook for a few moments.
  3. Add the tin of chopped tomatoes and a couple tablespoons of tomato puree. Stir well and simmer – at least 10 minutes, preferably longer. Add more water as/when necessary so that it doesn’t catch. It should be thicker than a sauce – don’t make it too wet.
  4. Heat the taco shells in the oven for 3 minutes. Serve the meat mixture in the shells with grated cheese on top and doritos on the side, or rice and beans.