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Pulse Tacos

Pulse Tacos

Entrees

Course

Difficulty

Easy

Pulse Type

Beans

Specialty Diet

Vegetarian

Nutrition

300 calories or less

Cook Time

45 minutes

Nutrition

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Ingredients

Servings:

Pulse Filling:

2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 onion thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic thinly sliced
1 tbsp chili powder (heaping) (18 mL)
1 tsp cumin ground
1 cup lentils, green (250 mL)
1 19 oz can chickpeas or your favourite beans; rinsed and drained
2 cups water (500 mL)
1⁄2 tsp salt (2 mL)
1⁄2 tsp hot sauce your favourite

Taco Toppings:

head lettuce Bibb or iceberg
12 taco shells hard
few handfuls cheddar cheese or taco blend; shredded
salsa Your favourite
large bunch cilantro fresh
2 lime cut into wedges

Instructions

Make the pulse filling:

Splash the vegetable oil into a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Toss in the onions, garlic, chili powder, and cumin. Sauté until the vegetables soften and the spice flavours brighten, 3 or 4 minutes. Stir in the lentils, beans, water, and salt. Bring the works to a slow, steady simmer. Cover tightly and continue slowly cooking until the lentils are tender, 35 minutes or so. Stir in the hot sauce.

Assemble the tacos:

Fit a full leaf of lettuce into a hard taco shell. This will hold the fillings in when the hard shell inevitably breaks. Fill each taco with a heaping spoonful of the lentil bean filling. Pack with cheese, salsa, and cilantro. Serve with the lime wedges and share!