Lettuce cups with minced beef and yogurt sauce

Name: Lettuce cups with minced beef and yogurt sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: mediterranean
Ingredients: 360 g Lean minced beef (5% fat); 170 g Iceberg lettuce; 260 g Tomato; 6 g Garlic; 70 g Onion; 20 g Olive oil; 130 g Greek-style yogurt; 1 g Dried chili; 2 g Ground cumin; 60 g Cheddar cheese (optional)

Lettuce cups with minced beef and yogurt sauce is ready in 45 minutes (30 hands-on) and has 473 kcal and 43 g of protein per serving. One serving costs about $3.64. Prices from Walmart, 2026.

Total time: 45 min
Hands-on: 30 min
Calories: 473 kcal
Cost per serving: $3.64

Ingredients (Serves: 2)

Lean minced beef (5% fat)360 g
Iceberg lettuce170 g
Tomato260 g
Garlic6 g
Onion70 g
Olive oil20 g
Greek-style yogurt130 g
Dried chili1 g
Ground cumin2 g
Cheddar cheese (optional)60 g

Method

Chop the onion and garlic, dice the tomato and separate the lettuce leaves.
Fry the onion in the olive oil for 5 minutes; turn up the heat, add the minced beef and break it up with a wooden spoon until browned, about 8 minutes.
Stir in the garlic, cumin, crumbled dried chili and tomato, and cook for 10 minutes more until the sauce thickens.
Mix the yogurt with the grated cheddar. Spoon the meat into the lettuce leaves and top with the yogurt sauce.

Nutrition per serving

Calories	473 kcal
Protein	43 g
Carbohydrates	15 g
Sugars	9 g
Fat	26 g
Fiber	3 g

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Lettuce cups with minced beef and yogurt sauce

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