Peter’s nachos or burritos

A quick whānau favourite from father of four Peter. Peter's kids help with this recipe by peeling, grating, gathering kai and cutting veggies.

Cooking directions

• Cook mince in non-stick fry pan until brown.
• Add onion and garlic. Cook until tender.
• Add tomatoes, beans, mixed herbs and chilli. Simmer on low to medium heat for 15 minutes
• Warm the tacos, nachos or burritos in oven.
• Serve while hot with grated carrot, lettuce, avocado and a little light sour cream.
• This recipe can also be made in a crockpot or slow cooker.  Put mince, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, herbs and chilli powder in crockpot and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours (check manufacturer's instructions).  Add beans towards end of cooking and cook for about 30 minutes to heat through.

Try:

• Including other salad vegetables like chopped tomatoes, sliced red pepper, coleslaw, chopped celery, chopped or sliced cucumber (use whatever is cheap and in season).
• Adding grated carrot, grated courgette or sliced mushrooms to the mince when cooking (add at the same time as onion and garlic).
• Adding frozen or tinned corn to mince when cooking (add at the same time as baked beans).
• Serving with our crunchy potato wedges [1].
• Serving with baked potato [2] or kumara.

Thanks to Peter Noanoa for this recipe.

Ingredients

500 grams lean mince

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tin baked beans (420 gram tin), or for a spicy option try a tin of chilli beans

1 tin chopped tomatoes (410 gram tin)

2 teaspoons dried mixed herbs

1 teaspoon chilli powder/paste/sauce to taste

1 packet nachos, burritos or tacos

3 carrots, grated or sliced

1 lettuce, shredded

1 avocado