Tex-Mex Beef & Black Bean Salad Bowls
with Pico de Gallo
Cooking time
20 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
550 /serving
Fast, easy and packed with protein, this carb-savvy taco bowl recipe is a keeper. It plays free and loose with warmly spiced ground beef and black beans, so they can mingle with baby greens. Just add the most refreshing of quick-made salsas.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground beef
- 1 Lime
- 2 Cucumbers
- 90g Baby greens (lettuce mix, baby spinach, kale or arugula)
- 1 Scallion
- 1 Tomato
- 398ml Black beans (canned)
- 11g Mexican Moments spices (salt, chili powder, garlic, sugar, paprika, tapioca starch, coriander seeds, black pepper, cumin, onion, oregano, citric acid, cellulose, lime oil)
You will need:
Large pan
Oil
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Strainer
Total Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Sodium
1030 mg
Total Carb
47 g
Sugars
5 g
Protein
39 g
Fibre
19 g
Preparation
Cook the beef & black beans
- Drain and rinse the black beans.
- In a large pan, heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the beef*; season with the spices.
- Cook, breaking up the meat, 4 to 6 min., until cooked through.
- Add the black beans, 1 tbsp water (double for 4 portions) and S&P.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 min., until warmed through.
Mise en place
- Meanwhile, halve the lime; juice ½ and quarter the remaining ½.
- Small-dice the tomato and cucumbers.
- Thinly slice the scallion crosswise.
Make the pico de gallo
- In a large bowl, combine the lime juice, tomato, cucumbers, scallion and S&P.
Plate your dish
- Divide the baby greens between your bowls.
- Top with the beef, black beans and pico de gallo.
- Garnish with the lime wedges. Bon appétit!
Celebrating Ontario Indigenous cuisine
Our next collab highlights the rich Indigenous culinary traditions from the lands we know as Ontario. We’re proud to team up with celebrated Chef Joseph Shawana, an Odawa chef from Manitoulin Island and member of the Three Fires Confederacy. Try his Ontario Indigenous-Style Bison Meatballs with Blueberry BBQ Sauce & Red Rice Pilaf, delivered this September.
*Health Canada recommends cooking ground beef to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
