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

Mexican falafel nacho salad with corn chips & sweet chilli cream

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

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 olive oil

Veggies

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cube vegetable stock
  • 2 tbsp Mexican seasoning

To serve

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

Instructions

Before you start

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

Bake falafels

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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