paleo street tacos

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 3 servings

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I love these paleo street tacos. I love everything about street tacos. I love the portion size; I love the deliciously seasoned meat; and most importantly, I love the generous toppings of onion, cilantro, and lime. I crave them pretty often and tonight decided to make a batch.

I paleo-ized the tacos by opting for butter lettuce instead of corn tortillas. I made these tacos with ground turkey meat. Why? Because it’s low fat, high protein, cooks really quickly, and frankly that is what was in my fridge. To break up the texture of the ground turkey and help absorb some of the flavors, I added carrots. I also added salsa to the ground turkey/carrots to help maintain moisture and add more flavor.

They were delish. I’ve decided few things are better than piping hot perfectly seasoned taco meat on top of crisp butter lettuce with a squeeze of fresh cool lime juice. YUM. I washed the whole thing down with my version of a skinny margarita – keep your eyes peeled for that recipe.

paleo street taco ingredients

paleo street taco ingredients

paleo street taco ingredients

paleo street taco

paleo street taco

Paleo Street Taco

By: Cassy
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 3 servings
I love these paleo street tacos. I love everything about street tacos. I love the portion size; I love the deliciously seasoned meat; and most importantly, I love the generous toppings of onion, cilantro, and lime.

Ingredients  

  • 1 package reduced fat ground turkey
  • 3 carrots cut into 1/8” discs
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 cup fresh salsa I like it spicy!
  • 3 limes 2 for cooking and 1 for garnish
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 head butter lettuce
  • 1/4 cup of diced purple onion
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • guacamole for toppings
  • sea salt and cracked pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat up a large skillet with about 1 T extra virgin olive oil. Add the ground turkey, carrots, cumin and about ½ cup of the salsa. Stir the mixture together – making sure to break up the turkey meat as it cooks.
  • When the meat is about finished, squeeze in the juice of about 2 limes and add about ½ cup cilantro. Stir and spoon into the butter lettuce leaves.
  • I topped my tacos with a couple dabs of pre-made guacamole, more salsa, purple onion, more cilantro, and more lime. Absolutely delicious.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts
Paleo Street Taco
Amount per Serving
Calories
133
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
6
g
9
%
Saturated Fat
 
1
g
6
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
4
g
Cholesterol
 
0.2
mg
0
%
Sodium
 
621
mg
27
%
Potassium
 
700
mg
20
%
Carbohydrates
 
22
g
7
%
Fiber
 
6
g
25
%
Sugar
 
8
g
9
%
Protein
 
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
 
12825
IU
257
%
Vitamin C
 
29
mg
35
%
Calcium
 
111
mg
11
%
Iron
 
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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HOWDY! I’m Cassy Joy and I am just so happy you’re here. I’m the founder, Editor-in-Chief, and Nutrition Consultant here at Fed and Fit. What started as a food blog back in 2011 has evolved now into so much more.
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  1. Sam says

    Sam —  07/12/2011 At 08:27

    my GOD i miss that HEB bag salsa…. i just salivated in class.

  2. Michelle Attah says

    Michelle Attah —  07/31/2011 At 07:56

    This is the one I will try first.

    • fedandfit says

      fedandfit —  08/02/2011 At 08:01

      Good choice! It’s a great starter. Let me know what you think!