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Chipotle Lentil Tacos

October 21, 2014 by Stacey 22 Comments

This is a sponsored post for SunRice.

“I wonder how many lentils I’ve ever eaten in all my life?”

I’ll always fondly remember this humble pulse as the staple diet of my favourite 80s pals The Young Ones. Neil the hippie was forever trying to make their student dollar stretch by eating boring health food everyone hated, like lentils and chickpeas.

To be honest, it’s 2014 and I still sometimes think of lentils as hippie food.

Other cultures have nailed chickpeas, lentils, brown rice – all that stuff I used to turn my nose up at and now can’t get enough of. Middle Eastern flavours, Indian spices, and Moroccan influences can make just about anything taste good, but have an especial affinity with lentils. Which meant I went from avoidance to abundance after my first spoonful of dhal. What was this glorious concoction? And how could I make it appear in my fridge every day?

lentil tacos

SunRice has conveniently packaged lentils and brown rice together so you can get twice the goodness in half the time – providing you with a delicious source of fibre and protein. . That’s always going to be super-useful for carboholic vegetarians like me. Plus it’s cooked in 25 minutes, and is easy to double so you have an extra batch on hand for salads or to add as fillings in other dishes.

Now the weather is warming up, we’re eating even more Mexican-inspired dishes at VMHQ, including my favourite chipotle lentil tacos. I experimented with the SunRice brown rice/lentil combo (would the brown rice make them too chewy?) and was stoked. Enjoy being hip instead of hippie, my lentil friends!

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Chipotle Lentil Tacos

  • Author: Stacey Roberts | Veggie Mama
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Simmering
  • Cuisine: Australian
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Description

rice and lentils, so I made them delicious by adding chipotle chillies and turning them into TACO TOWN!


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Ingredients

  • 1 cup SunRice Rice and Lentil mix, rinsed (or 1/2 cup brown rice and 1/2 cup green lentils)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 Large onion, diced fine
  • 2 Large cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 Small red capsicum, diced fine
  • 1/2 tin Chipotle Chilies in Adobo Sauce (about 5-6), chopped
  • 1 can tomato puree or diced tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 cup water (up to)
  • small tortillas
  • taco accompaniments – cheese, tomato, avocado, lettuce, sour cream, red onion, avocado, jalapeno, hot sauce, and coriander are our favourites

Instructions

  1. Cook rice and lentils according to package directions – one cup of rice and lentils to two cups water with a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer 25 minutes with the lid on.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Sauté onion and capsicum until soft. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute.
  3. Add lentils and rice, canned tomatoes, cumin, coriander, paprika, salt and a pinch of sugar. Let simmer 10 minutes until flavours come together and everything is heated through.
  4. Keep adding water if you feel it is getting too thick (you want it more of a risotto sort of thing rather than a fried rice sort of thing).
  5. Test for seasoning – I like to add a bit more salt here and ensure there’s plenty of cumin.
  6. Leave to cool a little and serve with warm tortillas and cold accompaniments. Yum!

Keywords: chipotle tacos, vegetarian tacos, lentil tacos, easy vegetarian tacos,

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Comments

  1. Hugzilla says

    October 21, 2014 at 8:23 am

    Jaysus! That looks GOOD!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 21, 2014 at 10:35 am

      You could probably also even make it in a thermomix… 😉

      Reply
  2. sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says

    October 21, 2014 at 8:51 am

    All the noms, you had me at chipotle chillies!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 21, 2014 at 10:35 am

      HOW good are they? I can’t believe I lived so long without them in my life. So smoky, so delicious.

      Reply
  3. Cybele @ BlahBlah says

    October 21, 2014 at 11:30 am

    Oh, yum, seriously yum. Chipotle makes me happy. I like to think of it as the sultry sunshine chilli. It’s so true what you say about lentils, for years I thought I didn’t like lentils and yes, I blame the Young Ones, and now I LOVE them. It was a red lentil and fresh lime dish that turned it around for me. But right now I need your tacos in my life x

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm

      Fresh lime all over these tacos and you won’t know what hit you! Such a good flavour combination. i really, really want these tacos right now. NOW.

      Reply
  4. Lila Wolff says

    October 21, 2014 at 11:50 am

    Oh that looks goooood!

    It’s not snow, it’s risotto.

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm

      Haha I think I’ve said that to my kids before….

      Reply
  5. rebecca says

    October 21, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    So buying them. I eat lentils by the tonne but love brown rice too – why eat them seperate when you can eat them together?!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 21, 2014 at 3:19 pm

      Exactly! One pot, too – genius!

      Reply
  6. Rachel from Redcliffe Style says

    October 21, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Yum!! This looks fabulous

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 22, 2014 at 9:39 pm

      Thanks girl! Hope you’re well x

      Reply
  7. Aoife says

    October 21, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    Where would I buy chipotle chillies in adobo sauce oh veggie mama? 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 22, 2014 at 9:39 pm

      You can get them from usafoods.com.au! I used to get mine from there, but now my local supermarket has them (I LOVE Melbourne!)

      Reply
  8. katepickle says

    October 21, 2014 at 9:37 pm

    oh that sounds divine!!
    We eat a lot of lentils and chickpeas at our house too… but brown rice is not something my kids have warmed too nearly as much as the boring hippie pulses! LOL Must try this as I think it might be my road to brown rice acceptance!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      October 22, 2014 at 9:39 pm

      Haha my trick was to brainwash them while they were young. Mine eat plain brown rice on its own – something I would NEVER do!

      Reply
  9. Fran says

    June 29, 2017 at 10:03 pm

    just tried that out – yummi!
    Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      July 25, 2017 at 2:37 pm

      Hey, I’m glad you liked it!

      Reply

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