I’ve blogged about this recipe before. This link in blue should take you to the recipe on allrecipes.com
Tasty Lentil Tacos might sound like an oxymoron but they really are good! Yes, the texture is different than meat but I think with the taco seasoning, it tastes identical to meat tacos.
The extra lean pure ground beef I prefer from Walmart is about $8 a pound now.
Lentils are about $1.25 a pound, and if you cooked the whole pound, it would yield a lot more than 1 pound of meat.
So, I cooked up a batch of lentil tacos and we enjoyed them for 2 days.
The first night we had them in taco salad bowls. The second meal, we had rice and taco bowls with which ever toppings we preferred.
If you want to see the lentil taco filling up close…..
These are the taco bowls we have occasionally- they are in the refrigerated section.
I like them really crunchy and bake longer than the packaging suggests
Lentil tacos won’t fool very particular eaters but they are delicious, quick to cook and thrifty
❤️ Rhonda
These sound and look delicious. I think a dab of meat cooked with a lot of beans might make it more tolerable for picky folks.
ReplyDeleteThey look tasty!
ReplyDeleteI just made tacos the other day using black beans. With all the toppings, of course. I want to stay away from chopped beef. We usually make our chili and taco with ground turkey. Even that is becoming cost prohibitive.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this recipe. I have to try it.
Great idea and quite the savings. Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI agree...meat is so expensive these days. Maybe 1/2 lentils and 1/2 meat would fool my grandchildren??
ReplyDeleteI love lentils and live in lentil country where they are always free. I am going to try these.
ReplyDeleteYou know I agree with this! I love the lentil tacos and while it's not the same texture as burger it's not so far from it that you mind. John happily eats the lentil taco filling without complaining that it's meat free. For those unsure of it, I have mixed it half and half with cheaper ground meat that was well drained and the children ate it well...All but Josh who looked at his third and said "Wait a minute...there's some kinda bean in here! I'm done!" lol Notice I said he was on his third.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering how lentils might work in my sloppy joe recipe which also includes finely diced carrots, onion, celery and zucchini as well as tomato sauce. I've got to remember to give that a try as well.
That is hilarious that Josh discovered a bean in the third taco. Why not make homemade refried beans. Kids will eat that. They put refried beans in tacos, don't they? Why not>
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! We don't eat any meat anyway, but this is such a great idea. I make lentil soup and lentil loaf, and now I have another way to use the wonderful lentils!
ReplyDeleteThese sound very good and as I am trying very hard to cut down the meat in our diet I will have to give this a try.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
This sounds delicious and I love lentils. Thank you for sharing Rhonda. I have to try this recipe.
ReplyDeleteI've made lentil tacos before - they're very good! Unfortunately, I don't digest lentils very well anymore (though red lentils are easier on my stomach) though.
ReplyDeleteLooks good, Rhonda. Merry Christmas and stay safe with the crazy weather.
ReplyDeleteMary
my posts never post ;p
Lentils as taco filling would never have occurred to me. Thank you for the idea!
ReplyDeleteYes! We eat taco-spiced lentils all the time. I just made them a few days ago in order to make homemade Chipotle bowls. HUGE favorite around here, they're so good! I've served them many times in tacos and burritos and pans of homemade enchiladas as well. They're so perfect for us non-meat-eaters! :)
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