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Taco Meat
Photo: Spencer Davis

Taco Meat

7 ingredients 6 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

512
Calories
61g
Protein
20g
Fat
20g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Leaf not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound (about 500 g) ground beef or turkey
  • 1 medium onion , finely chopped (or 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder )
  • 1 medium tomato , chopped (or 1 small can of tomato sauce)
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder (or ⅓ teaspoon each oregano , cumin , garlic powder )
  • 1 teaspoon oregano (ground or leaf)
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin
  • 1 dash (⅛ teaspoon or less) pepper

Directions

1

Brown beef and onion together. Drain grease.

2

Add the rest of the ingredients to the browned meat.

3

Stir well.

4

Heat this mixture thoroughly.

5

Add more tomato sauce if the mixture is dry.

6

Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or less if the mixture begins to dry out.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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