Dietitian’s tip:
Tortillas can be made with corn or wheat flour, or even a mix. Flour tortilla are usually made with refined white flour. Tortillas made from whole grains may be labeled whole-wheat. You can make this recipe gluten-free by using 100% corn tortillas.
Number of servings
Serves 4
- Weight management
- Healthy-carb
- Diabetes meal plan
- High-fiber
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Ground black pepper, to taste
- 12 ounces beef sirloin, select grade, cut into strips 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long
- 1 red onion, cut into strips
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 4 whole-wheat tortillas, about 8 inches across, warmed in the microwave
For the taco meat seasoning:
For the taco:
For the topping:
Directions
In a small bowl, stir together the chili powder, oregano, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Dredge the sirloin pieces in the seasonings, coating all over.
In a nonstick frying pan over medium heat, cook the sirloin strips until slightly pink, about 8 minutes. Add the onion and green pepper strips. Saute until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
To serve, spread an equal amount of the meat and vegetable mixture on each tortilla.
Top each with 1 tablespoon cheese, 1/4 of the diced tomatoes, 1/2 cup shredded lettuce and 2 tablespoons salsa.
Fold both sides of each tortilla up over the filling, and then roll to close.
Serve right away.
Nutritional analysis per serving
Serving size: 1 fajita
- Calories 351
- Total fat 9 g
- Protein 34 g
- Cholesterol 76 mg
- Total carbohydrate 35 g
- Dietary fiber 6 g
- Monounsaturated fat 2.5 g
- Saturated fat 4 g
- Added sugars 3 g
- Sodium 610 mg
- Trans fat Trace
- Total sugars 7 g
- Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 g
- Potassium 934 mg
- Calcium 177 mg
- Magnesium 45 mg
- Vitamin D Trace
- Iron 4 mg
