Beef / Pork

Taco Bowls is for Dinner.

Taco Bowls takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Taco Bowls takes 20 minutes to cook.

Taco Bowls makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Taco Bowls are:

1 - 10 oz. sack of your favorite tortilla chips
2 T extra virgin olive oil, divided
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
3 to 4 garlic cloves, chopped
1 T ground cumin
1 T chili powder
Coarse salt & black pepper
1 c water
1 green pepper, chopped
3 plum tomatoes, chopped
Handful of cilantro leaves, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
20 ounces of shredded Cheddar or Monteray Jack cheese
10 T. light sour cream

Here is how you make Taco Bowls:

Lightly crush the chips by popping open the bag and giving the chips a few light whacks with a frying pan ? careful that they don't fly out of the sack! Hold the bag loosely at the top with 1 hand while you crush the chips with the other. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil ? 2 turns of the pan. Add the beef to the skillet, brown and crumble it, 5 minutes. To the browned meat, add half the jalapeno peppers, 3/4 of the chopped onions and all of the garlic. Season the meat with cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Cook together 5 minutes more, then add the water and reduce heat to low. Adjust salt, to taste. Clean and seed the green pepper. Chop it into bite size pieces. Combine with tomatoes, remaining onions, jalapenos, and cilantro and dress the salad with the juice of 1 lemon, extra-virgin olive oil, and salt, to your taste. Layer a 1 or 2 handfuls of chips in soup or chili bowls and top with a handful of cheese. Fill bowls with taco meat and top with more cheese, then mound up some salad on top and 1 tablespoon of sour cream and serve. Serving Size:?Makes 10 taco bowls with toppings

The nutritional information for Taco Bowls is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 559.1

• Total Fat: 40.5 g
• Cholesterol: 101.4 mg
• Sodium: 711.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 25.8 g

Taco Bowls is Mexican cuisine.