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Lentil Taco Flatbreads

Spiced lentil taco filling spooned over crisp naan with avocado, salsa, and lime.

Lentil Taco Flatbreads, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
40 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.84

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup brown/green lentils
  • 4 naan flatbread
  • 3 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 taco seasoning packet
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 12 oz jarred salsa
  • 2 avocado
  • 2 lime
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Cook the diced onion in 2 tablespoons oil in a saucepan over medium until soft, 6 minutes.

  2. Add the rinsed lentils, taco seasoning, and vegetable broth and bring to a boil.

  3. Lower the heat and simmer 22 to 25 minutes until the lentils are tender and the mixture is thick and scoopable. Season with salt.

  4. Brush the naan with the remaining oil and warm in a dry skillet or a 400F oven until hot and crisp at the edges.

  5. Spoon the lentils over each flatbread.

  6. Top with salsa, sliced avocado, cilantro, and a hard squeeze of lime.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£23.35£5.8410 of 10 ingredients
Australia$51.99$13.0010 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$55.49$13.8710 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٢٠٣٫١٤ ج.م.‏‏٣٠٠٫٧٩ ج.م.‏10 of 10 ingredients
Canada$60.34$15.0910 of 10 ingredients
Spain28,51 €7,13 €10 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$752.34$188.0910 of 10 ingredients
United States$35.34$8.849 of 10 ingredients
Greece19,27 €4,82 €9 of 10 ingredients
Germany26,20 €6,55 €9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 34,55€ 8,648 of 10 ingredients

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