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Cauli-mince lettuce cup tacos

Turn cauliflower into a full-of-flavour filling for these easy lettuce cups and top with a zesty avocado smash.

Cauli-mince Tacos

Cauli-mince lettuce cup tacos. Credit: Freshly Picked with Simon Toohey

  • makes

    8

  • prep

    10 minutes

  • cook

    30 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

makes

8

serves

preparation

10

minutes

cooking

30

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets
  • 100 g (1 cup) pecans
  • 2 bird's eye chillies, roughly chopped
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 baby cos lettuce, trimmed and leaves separated
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes, to serve (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C and line two baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Place the cauliflower, pecans, chilli, garlic and onion powders, cumin and coriander in a food processor and pulse until well combined and finely chopped into small mince-like pieces, about six to eight pulses. Transfer to a bowl, add half of the lime juice, season with salt and mix together well.
  3. Spread the cauli-mince evenly over the prepared trays and roast in the oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until golden brown and crisp.
  4. Meanwhile, scoop the avocado flesh into a bowl and using a fork, roughly smash with the remaining lime juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  5. To serve, pile a few lettuce leaves one inside the other to create a lettuce ‘cup,’ then repeat with the remaining leaves to make eight cups. Spoon the cauli-mince into the cups, top with the smashed avo and sprinkle over some chilli flakes if you like.

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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