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Chipotle-Style Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Avocado Sauce

Smoky, cumin-spiced ground turkey with sweet corn and peppers tucked into cool romaine leaves, topped with a creamy lime-avocado sauce.

Chipotle-Style Turkey Lettuce Wraps with Avocado Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1¼ lb600 gGround turkey, 93% lean
  • 2¼ tsp10 gCanola oil
  • 1 medium110 gYellow onionfinely diced
  • 1 medium119 gRed bell pepperdiced
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1 cup136 gCorn kernels, frozen
  • 1 cup172 gBlack beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 2¼ tsp6 gChili powder
  • 2 tsp4 gGround cumin
  • 1¼ tsp3 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)smoked
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ¼ cup60 gWater
  • 1 whole201 gAvocadopitted and scooped
  • 4 oz120 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 1 lime, juiced44 gLime juice
  • 1 cup chopped16 gFresh cilantrochopped
  • 6⅓ cups chopped300 gRomaine lettuceseparated into whole leaves, washed and dried
  • 1 cup149 gCherry tomatoesquartered

Steps

  1. Prepare the vegetables first: dice the onion and bell pepper, mince the garlic, chop the cilantro, quarter the cherry tomatoes, and separate, wash and dry the romaine leaves.
  2. Make the avocado sauce: in a bowl, mash the avocado with the Greek yogurt, half the lime juice and half the cilantro until smooth; chill until serving.
  3. Heat the canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook 4 minutes until softened.
  4. Add the ground turkey and cook, breaking it up, about 7 minutes until browned and no longer pink.
  5. Stir in the garlic, chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika and salt and cook 1 minute until fragrant.
  6. Add the frozen corn kernels (no need to thaw), the black beans and the water, and simmer 4 to 5 minutes until the corn is hot, the liquid mostly cooks off and the turkey reaches 165°F (74°C).
  7. Take the skillet off the heat and stir in the remaining half of the lime juice.
  8. Spoon the turkey filling into the romaine leaves, top with the cherry tomatoes, the avocado sauce and the remaining half of the cilantro, and serve.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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