Mexican falafel nacho salad with corn chips & sweet chilli cream recipe

Mexican falafel nacho salad with corn chips & sweet chilli cream

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Servings: 4 people
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 Oven tray
  • Baking paper
  • 1 Large frypan

Ingredients

Bake falafels

  • 420 g frozen falafels or gluten-free

Ingredients

  • 1 iceberg lettuce
  • 2 tomato
  • 1 carrot
  • 400 g corn
  • 400 g black beans

Fry falafels

  • 1 tbsp / 15 ml olive oil

Veggies

  • 1 tbsp / 15 ml olive oil
  • 1 cube / 1 cube vegetable stock
  • 2 tbsp Mexican seasoning

To serve

  • ½ cup / 125 g sour cream
  • ¼ cup / 80 g sweet chilli sauce
  • 170 g corn chips or gluten-free corn chips

Instructions

Before you start

  1. Preheat the oven according to the falafel packet temperature directions. Line an oven tray with baking paper.

Bake falafels

  1. Add 420 g frozen falafels to the prepared oven tray and cook according to packet directions. When there are 4 minutes of cooking time remaining, remove the falafels from the oven and roughly chop.

Prep ingredients

  1. While the falafels are cooking, thinly slice 1 iceberg lettuce. Dice 2 tomato. Peel and finely dice or grate 1 carrot. Drain and rinse 400 g corn and 400 g black beans.

Fry falafels

  1. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frypan on high heat. Add the chopped falafels, breaking up the falafels with a spoon, until crispy and crumbly. Remove the falafel mixture from the pan. Reserve the pan.

Cook veggies

  1. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in the reserved frypan on high heat. Cook carrot for about 3 minutes, until softened. Crumble in 1 cube vegetable stock. Add the corn, black beans, 2 tbsp Mexican seasoning, and 125 ml / ½ cupof water to the pan and stir to combine. Reduce heat to medium and cook for a further 3-4 minutes, until thickened. Add the falafel back into the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes until heated through. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

To serve

  1. Fill up bowls with the lettuce, falafel and veggie mixture, tomatoes and crush over the corn chips. Add a good dollop of sour cream and sweet chilli on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 836kcal | Carbohydrates: 108g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 936mg | Potassium: 1051mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 23g | Calcium: 149mg | Iron: 4mg

Dietary note: Be sure to check the label and ensure the ingredients match your dietary requirements/preferences.

Ingredients note: Nutritional information is an estimate based on average ingredients by all brands.

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