$Vegan Tex Mex Rice Casserole$

Vegan Tex Mex Rice Casserole

Name: Vegan Tex Mex Rice Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons oil; 1 cup chopped onion; ½ cup of chopped red bell pepper; ½ cup chopped green pepper; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 bay leaves; 3/4 cup of washed and soaked white rice (, I use white basmati rice soaked for 10 mins then drained ); 1/4 cup of dried red lentils (or split red lentils ); 1 cup cooked black beans or use entire 15 ounce can or 1 1/4 cups cooked; 2 teaspoons chili powder blend of choice (less or more to preference ); 1/2 teaspoon chipotle pepper flakes or powder; ¼ teaspoon each red pepper flakes and black pepper (omit if you want less heat); 1 teaspoon each garlic powder, onion powder; 1 teaspoon oregano; 2 teaspoons hot sauce or use 3 teaspoons for spicier; 14 ounce can of diced tomato or use 1 to 1 ½ cups of salsa or tomato pasta sauce of choice; ½ teaspoon salt (, less or more based on salt content of the liquid used ); 1 3/4 cups water or veggie broth (2 cups if the tomatoes or salsa is less moist); ½ cup vegan cheddar cheese or other cheese of choice; 2 tablespoons sliced pickled jalapeno; Cilantro, (green onion and lemon juice for garnish); tortilla chips for serving

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 55m total

Servings

Calories

28% of a 2,000 cal day

565KCAL

Protein

21g41% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat13g

17%

Saturated4g

21%

Unsaturated9g

—

Total Carbs95g

35%

Fiber17g

60%

Total Sugars7g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch72g

—

Sodium995mg

43%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A one-pan Tex-Mex rice casserole with lentils, beans, and spices. Budget-friendly and easily customizable, it's great for meal prep and family dinners.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

2 tspoil
1 cuponion — chopped
½ cupchopped red bell pepper
½ cupgreen pepper — chopped
1 tspground cumin
¼ tspsalt
2bay leaves
¾ cupwashed and soaked white rice — drained
¼ cupdried red lentils — or split red lentils
1–1¼ cupscooked black beans — 15 oz
2 tspchili powder blend
½ tspchipotle pepper flakes — or chipotle pepper powder
¼ tspeach red pepper flakes and black pepper — omit if you want less heat
1 tspeach garlic powder, onion powder
1 tsporegano
2–3 tsphot sauce
14 oz14 ounce can of diced tomato — canned, 1 can, or salsa or tomato pasta sauce
½ tspsalt
1¾–2 cupswater — or veggie broth
½ cupvegan cheddar cheese — or other cheese of choice
2 tbspsliced pickled jalapeno
Cilantro
tortilla chips

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Method

55m total

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