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Vegetarian Lentil Tacos

Name: How to cook Vegetarian Lentil Tacos - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Taylor Topp Comacho

Vegetarian Lentil Tacos

I went deep outside the box tonight. It is of coarse taco tuesday but had no fresh meat ready. I do like to have vegetarian meals several times a week so I thought let's give this a try. I used lentils and spices as my meat substitute. We ate the whole thing! The lentils with added onions gave a look and texture of ground beef. I used spices while cooking the lentils to infuse flavor into them. Then used a boxed taco kit and the flavor packet to finish it off. Healthier and delicious. You really need to try this!

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

30 minutes

8 ounces

dried lentils

4 cups

water

boxed taco kit

1 teaspoon

salt

1 tablespoon

smoked paprika

1 tablespoon

garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon

habanero spice powder. You can use cayenne

1/2

large white onion, medium dice

1 tablespoon

cooking oil

1 can

vegetarian refried beans

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Bring water and spices to a boil

* Step 2

Rinse dried lentils then add to boiling water. Reduce heat to low and cover pot. Cook about 15- 20 minutes until lentils are tender.

* Step 3

If any water is left in cooked lentils, drain it but reserve it.

* Step 4

In a pan, add oil and diced onion and cook over medium heat.

* Step 5

Once translucent, about 4 minutes, add taco seasoning from taco kit. Use water reserved from cooking lentils for amount of water the taco seasoning calls for. Stir and cook until thick. Add lentils. Stir.

* Step 6

Heat up in a separate pan the refried beans if you want to use them.

* Step 7

Slice up lettuce, tomatoes.

* Step 8

I served up family style.

* Step 9

Enjoy! The lentils are full of protein, dietary fiber and vitamins. Infusing the cooking water adds such flavor. The Habanero spice I bought and used can be purchased from Amazon or the companies website. I am not officially endorsing it But I have to say we love that spice. A little goes a long way.