SOFT TACO BURGERS
From spinach1948 14 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
These are a snap to prepare, and on one ever guesses that they're low in fat. Adapted from Joan Hallford's recipe posted in Light and Tasty August/ September 2002 along with the photo.
Ingredients
- Ingredients: shopping list
- 1 can fat-free refried beans shopping list
- 1 can ( 4-oz ) chopped green chilies, divided shopping list
- ¼ cup chopped onion shopping list
- ¼ tsp. salt shopping list
- 1 ½ pounds lean ground beef shopping list
- 1 cup ( 4-oz ) shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese shopping list
- 8 flour tortillas ( 6 inches ), warmed shopping list
- 1 cup chopped lettuce shopping list
- 1 medium tomato, chopped shopping list
- ½ cup salsa shopping list
How to make it
- In a bowl, combine the beans, 2 tablespoons green chillies, onion and salt. Crumble the beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into eight 5-inch patties. Top each patty with 2 tablespoons cheddar cheese; fold in half and press edges to seal, forming a half moon.
- If grilling the burgers, coat grill rack with non-stick cooking spray before starting the grill. Grill burgers, uncovered, over medium heat or broil 4 inches from the heat for 7-9 minutes on each side or until meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160. Serve on tortillas with lettuce, tomato, salsa and remaining chilies. Yield: 8 servings.
- Nutritional Values: Serving size: 1 Sandwich calories 322, Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 38mg, Sodium: 656mg, Carbohydrate: 26g, Fiber: 3g, Protein: 26g
- Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 ½ starch, 1 vegetable, ½ fat
- Diabetic Friendly
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