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Skinny Taco Vegan Lettuce Wraps

Low calorie adobo taco lettuce wraps made with lentils and sweet potato for mouthwatering flavor. A staple dish at our house.

Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword tacos, vegan lettuce wraps, lentils
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 2 people

Ingredients

Wrap

  • 1 head iceberg lettuce or butter lettuce I used butter lettuce in the pictures

Lentils

  • 3 cups water for boiling the lentils
  • 2 cups lentils
  • 3/4 onion 1/4 for the lentil water
  • 2 tbsp avocado oil
  • 1 serrano pepper fresh, take the seeds out if you don't like it too spicy
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 sweet potato chopped, bell pepper is a great alternative
  • 1/2 cup water

Adobo Seasoning (for lentils)

  • 2 tsp tomato powder
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tsp cumin powder
  • 2 tsp sweet paprika powder
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp salt

Crunchy Topping (aka raw parmesan cheese)

  • 1/4 cup cashews raw
  • 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
  • 2 tsp himalayan pink salt

Toppings

  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped
  • 2 limes freshly cut
  • 2 tbsp dairy or non-dairy yogurt alternative: sour cream
  • 1 avocado chopped

Instructions

Lentils

  1. Boil the lentils in the 3 cups of water and 1/4 onion for 45 minutes-1 hour (or boil in vegetable broth). See notes.

  2. Saute the onion, serrano pepper and avocado oil in a skillet until the onion is translucent in color

  3. Add the garlic to the skillet

  4. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pan and add the water as needed

  5. Saute for 20 minutes to let the flavors infuse

  6. Separate the lettuce leaves for each taco

  7. Fill each taco with the lentil filling and toppings

  8. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Oil free? Put all the onion/sweet potato and seasoning in with the lentils and then boil together (skipping the saute step)

Gluten free? Though lentils are naturally gluten free, buy lentils with the ‘gluten free’ label if you are allergic

Meal prep ideas:

Combine the seasonings together in a shaker/plastic bag

Lentils:

Make the lentils ahead of time - cook, stirring the seasoning in for a richer flavor. Reheat and fill the lettuce leaves when you’re ready to eat.

I recommend making the lentils ahead of time or soaking them prior, but it isn't required. I made these in a hurry, so I microwaved for 5 minutes instead. Terrible, I know! But of all the things to microwave, this is probably one of the less delicate foods to microwave.