Brocoli Recipes
Smoky lentil and broccoli stem tacos
Meat-eaters and vegans alike will enjoy this budget-friendly take on tacos. A handful of surprisingly simple ingredients lends big flavours and ‘meaty’ textures to the smoky lentil and broccoli stem taco filling.
Ingreadient
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ red onion , thinly sliced
- 1 large broccoli stem , grated
- 1 x 400 g tin green lentils , drained and rinsed
- 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
- 4 sundried tomatoes , roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tbsp soy sauce , or tamari
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- CRISP CUCUMBER SALSA
- 2 baby cucumbers , quartered lengthways, then thinly sliced
- ½ red onion , finely chopped
- 1 lime , zest and juice of
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped mint
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
- ½ fresh red or green chilli , seeded, finely chopped
- generous pinch of salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- TO SERVE
- 8–12 corn or flour tortillas , warmed
- freshly chopped coriander and basil
- lime wedges
Direction
- For the Crisp cucumber salsa, combine the cucumbers, red onion, lime juice and zest, mint, coriander and chilli in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and black pepper and leave for about 10 minutes before serving. This will allow the flavours to marinate and will also remove some of the liquid from the cucumber, providing a less watery crunch.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook the onion for 3–5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft. Add the grated broccoli stem, lentils, garlic and sundried tomatoes and cook for 2–3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add all the remaining ingredients and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens and begins to stick to the pan. Stir in 1–2 tablespoons of water for the last minute of cooking. Remove from the heat and cover with a lid while you warm the tortillas.
- To serve, spoon the lentil and broccoli stem mixture onto warm tortillas and top with Cucumber Salsa, fresh coriander and basil, with lime wedges on the side.
