Name: Taco Lettuce Wraps (Easy & Healthy Recipe)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 1 medium onion (finely chopped); 1 pound ground beef or turkey; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tablespoons taco seasoning; 15 ounce can black beans (rinsed and drained); 1 Head of iceberg lettuce (base removed); Cheese, diced tomatoes or pico de gallo, roasted corn, diced avocado.

Recipe

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These lettuce wraps are a breeze to make and are filled with everything you love from tacos in every bite!

Use ground beef, turkey, or chicken to make the lettuce wrap filling, and in 15 minutes, you’ll be ready to enjoy a healthy taco night.

blue serving plate of taco lettuce wraps

Easy Taco Lettuce Cups

In those "OMG, what am I going to make for dinner?" moments, this Taco Lettuce Wrap recipe always comes in handy. My family loves tacos, so when I want to lighten up our taco nights but still make them filling, I serve taco bowls or this delish recipe.

Other lighter and filling taco night recipes using lettuce cups include these easy slow cooker pork carnitas lettuce wraps and these Asian chicken salad lettuce wraps. They’re both amazing!

Ingredients

The base is a pound of ground meat (beef, turkey, or chicken) and a can of black beans to stretch it. Lettuce with sturdy leaves, such as iceberg, Boston Bibb, and butter lettuce, works well for taco wraps or cups. The rest of what you see are toppings; from fresh pico de Gallo, diced avocado, and corn on the cob, the toppings are endless.

platte of taco lettuce cups topped with corn, tomatoes and avocado

How to Make Lettuce Wrap Tacos

The tips in each of the steps will help you have this epic meal ready in 15 minutes:

Cook the filling
The ground meat needs to be cooked first, with the onions, garlic, and Taco seasoning for flavor. Then, you add the black beans, which are already cooked, at the very end to heat them up.
Assemble
While the meat is cooking, gather all the toppings for these lettuce wrap tacos. Then, you’ll scoop the filling into the lettuce cups (depending on the type of lettuce you’re using, you may need to double up). Load them with toppings.

Lettuce Wrap Taco Toppings

Toppings are what make any lettuce wrap exciting to eat. I like to add loads of fresh flavors on top, like fresh tomatoes or pico, diced avocado, or spicy guacamole for a little heat, corn on the cob for sweetness, and anything else I might have on hand. You can’t go wrong!

What to Serve with Taco Lettuce Wraps

Need more to keep the gang full? Serve these with a side of rice or this Mexican cauliflower rice for a lower-carb option. Entertaining? Shake up a skinny Strawberry Margarita! Woohoo!

Taco Lettuce Wraps (Easy & Healthy Recipe)

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

These lettuce wraps are a breeze to make and are filled with everything you love from tacos in every bite!

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Watch how it’s made:

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 pound ground beef or turkey
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons taco seasoning
15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 Head of iceberg lettuce, base removed

Toppings

Cheese, diced tomatoes or pico de gallo, roasted corn, diced avocado.

Instructions

Make the filling:

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the chopped onion and sauté for about 3 minutes until it's begun to get soft and translucent. Add the ground meat, garlic, and taco seasoning.
Continue to cook, breaking up the meat as it cooks, for about 5-7 minutes until it's cooked through. Add the black beans, stir, and heat them up with the ground meat for about 2 minutes.

Assemble:

Place 2 iceberg lettuce leaves on top of each other to form a sturdy base. Scoop some of the meat and bean filling into the lettuce.
Top each taco lettuce wrap with your favorite toppings.