Pulse Tacos

Name: Pulse Tacos
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 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); 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)

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 40

Servings: 12 tacos

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Ingredients

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!

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