Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips

Serves	4 to 6
Prep time	15 minutes
Cook time	45 minutes
Total time	1 hour
Meal type	Lunch, Main Dish, Snack
Misc	Child Friendly, Serve Hot
Occasion	Birthday Party, Casual Party, Halloween
Region	Mexican
By author	Karen Burns-Booth

This recipe for Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips is extremely easy to prepare and cook, and makes a delicious midweek family supper dish, especially when served with fresh salad. The minced beef and pepper mixture can be cooked beforehand, making the dish even easier to assemble before you want to cook it. NB: Popchips are vegetarian, gluten free and have no artificial flavours; they also contain no trans fats or added preservatives, making them them a healthy alternative to other fried crisps and vegetable snacks.

Ingredients

1 x 85g packet of Crazy Hot Popchips
Low-fat spray (such as Fry Light)
450g minced beef (5% fat content)
1/2 red pepper, trimmed and diced
1 x sachet taco seasoning (or 1/2 teaspoon each ground cumin, ground coriander and ground chilli powder)
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 x 400g tin kidney beans (drained)
100g low-fat grated Cheddar cheese
1 x fresh red chilli, finely chopped
100g low-fat sour cream (blended with 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chilli powder)
chopped spring onions and fresh coriander leaves (to serve)
1 x 85g packet Buffalo Ranch Popchips (to serve)

Note

Directions

Step 1	Pre-heat oven to 200C/400F/Gas mark 6.
Step 2	Spray some low-fat spray into a large frying pan or wok, and gently fry the minced beef with the chopped red pepper until the meat is cooked, brown and crumbly.
Step 3	Add the taco seasoning, stir to mix and then add the chopped tomatoes, mix to blend well again.
Step 4	Scatter the packet of Crazy Hot Popchips over the bottom of a large oven-proof gratin dish, spoon the meat and tomato mixture over the top, then add the drained kidney beans.
Step 5	Scatter the grated cheese over the top and then add the chopped red chilli; bake in pre-heated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the dish is bubbling hot. Whilst the dish is cooking, blend the sour cream with the chilli powder and set to one side.
Step 6	Once cooked, remove the Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips from the oven and spoon over the sour cream mixture, before scattering half a bag of the Buffalo Ranch Popchips, the chopped spring onions and coriander leaves over the the top.
Step 7	Spoon into bowls, and serve with fresh salad and the remaining Buffalo Ranch Popchips.