Carb Smart Fiesta Beef Salad
with Charred Corn Salsa and Chipotle Crema
Sweet, spicy and tangy flavours hold court in this recipe. Ground beef is sautéed in smoky Tex-Mex paste, then tossed over fresh spring mix studded with charred corn and tomato salsa. Chipotle crema brings a welcome brightness.
Carb Smart (50 g carbohydrates or less) is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's carbohydrate amount.
Ingredients: Ground beef • Spring mix (lolla rosa multi-leaf lettuce, red flash red oak lettuce, red leaf multi-leaf lettuce, green oak lettuce, bally hoo tango lettuce) • Thaw-friendly corn (corn, modified vinegar) • Red onion • Roma tomatoes • Limes • Sour cream (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, guar gum, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture) (milk) • Tortilla chips (whole grain corn, white corn, corn masa flour, water, vegetable oil, salt, calcium hydroxide) • Chipotle sauce (water, canola and/or soybean oil, sugars (sugar, fancy molasses), tomato paste, vinegar, salt, dehydrated garlic, chili powder, sour cream powder [modified milk ingredients, bacterial culture, lactic acid, citric acid, tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate], modified corn starch, frozen egg yolk, lactic acid, buttermilk powder, onion powder, mustard flour, ancho chili pepper, smoked paprika, concentrated lemon juice, paprika oleoresin, polysorbate 60, caramel, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, calcium disodium EDTA, spices, spice extract) (milk, soy, egg, mustard) • Tex mex paste (tomato paste, tomato blend (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), salt, water, vegetable oil, sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), chipotle peppers, onions, chili peppers, vinegar, smoked paprika, paprika oleoresin, modified corn starch, garlic powder, mustard, cocoa powder, rice vinegar, onion powder, seasoning, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, acetic acid) (mustard) • Green onion • Rice vinegar (rice vinegar, water, sugar, salt, potassium metabisulphite) (sulphites).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Ground Beef
42.5 g
Tortilla Chips
(May contain Sesame, Milk)
113 g
Spring Mix
113 g
Corn Kernels
1 unit(s)
Tomato
1 unit(s)
Red Onion
1 unit(s)
Green Onion
1 unit(s)
Lime
1 unit(s)
Sour Cream
(Contains Milk)
2 tbsp
Chipotle Sauce
(Contains Egg, Milk, Mustard, Soy May contain Sulphites, Tree nuts, Fish, Wheat, Egg, Sesame, Gluten, Mustard, Soy, Crustaceans, Milk)
1 tbsp
Tex-Mex Paste
(Contains Mustard May contain Gluten, Fish, Sesame, Egg, Crustaceans, Milk, Wheat, Sulphites, Soy)
1 tbsp
Seasoned Rice Vinegar
(Contains Sulphites May contain Egg, Fish, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Sesame, Soy, Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
¼ tsp
Pepper*
1.5 tbsp
Oil*
¼ tsp
Salt*
¼ tsp
Sugar*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Peel, then cut red onion into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Zest, then juice lime.
- Cut tomato into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Thinly slice green onion.
- In a large bowl, add vinegar, 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) sugar and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil. Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine. (NOTE: This is your salad dressing.)
- To an unlined baking sheet, add corn, red onions and 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat.
- Broil in the middle of the oven, stirring halfway through, until lightly charred, 6-7 min.
- Transfer charred veggies to a medium bowl.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add beef to the dry pan.
- Cook, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 4-5 min.**
- Add Tex-Mex paste and 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) water. Cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, 30 sec.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, to the medium bowl with charred veggies, add tomatoes, half the green onions and 2 tsp (4 tsp) lime juice.
- Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- In a small bowl, add chipotle sauce, sour cream and lime zest. Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- Cut a corner of the pack of tortilla chips. Lightly crush half the chips (all for 4 portions).
- Add spring mix to the large bowl with dressing. Toss to coat.
- Divide salad between plates.
- Top with beef, corn salsa and crushed chips.
- Dollop with chipotle crema and sprinkle remaining green onions over top.
If you've opted to get beef, cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the pork.**