How To Make Slow-Cooked Vegetarian Lentil Tacos
The slow cooker does the bulk of the work to make these lentil tacos. This tasty recipe is healthy, filling, & delicious enough even for loyal meat lovers.
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 3 hours 30 minutes
Total: 3 hours 40 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½cupsgreen lentils,picked over and rinsed
- 3cupsvegetable broth
- 10oztomatoes and green chiles,(1 can), mild diced
- 1tbspolive oil
- ½cupyellow onion,finely chopped
- 2tspgarlic,minced
- 2tspground cumin
- 1½tspchili powder
- 1½tspancho chili powder
- 1tsppaprika
- salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- 3tbspfresh cilantro,chopped
- 1tbspfresh lime juice
For Serving:
- corn tortillas,or crisp taco shells
- lettuce
- cheese
- tomatoes
Instructions
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Add lentils, broth, olive oil, tomatoes, onions, garlic, chili powders, and paprika to a 5 to 6-quart slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Cover and cook on High for 3 to 4 hours on Low for 7 to 8 hours.
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Stir in cilantro and lime juice. Serve warm into warmed tortillas with toppings.
Nutrition
- Calories: 156.29kcal
- Fat: 2.29g
- Saturated Fat: 0.32g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.29g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.51g
- Carbohydrates: 26.93g
- Fiber: 5.08g
- Sugar: 3.65g
- Protein: 9.26g
- Sodium: 432.31mg
- Calcium: 37.22mg
- Potassium: 460.52mg
- Iron: 3.19mg
- Vitamin A: 56.33µg
- Vitamin C: 83.85mg
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