Vegan Smash Burger Tacos

Total Time: 50 Minutes | Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Cook Time: 40 Minutes | Servings: 2

Ingredients
1/2 cup of dried lentils
1 tbsp of potato starch
1 tbsp of nutritional yeast
1 tsp of onion powder
1/2 tsp of cumin
1/4 tsp of liquid smoke
3 tbsp of reduced sodium soy sauce
2 vegan tortillas
1/4 cup of vegan cheese
4 pickle slices
2 tsps of diced red onion
1/4 cup of green leaf lettuce
Sauce
1/4 cup of sunflower oil
2 tsps of unsweetened soy milk
1/4 tsp of mustard
1/4 tsp of maple syrup
1/4 tsp of paprika

Directions
1. Strain and rinse lentils.  Add to a sauce pan and over with water.  Bring to a boil and let cook for approximately 15 minutes or until water has fully evaporated and lentils are soft.  Set aside and let cool.

2. While lentils are cooking, dice red onions and slice green leaf lettuce into thin strips.  Set aside.

3. To make sauce, add sunflower oil, soy milk, mustard, maple syrup and paprika to a small bowl.  Using an emulsion blender, blend until smooth.  Refrigerate until ready to use.

4. Once lentils have cooled, add lentils, potato starch, nutritional yeast, onion powder, cumin, liquid smoke and soy sauce to a blender.  Puree until smooth.

5. Portion lentil mixture between two tortillas and form a thin patty on each tortilla.  

6. Drizzle a frying pan with a very small amount of oil and heat to medium heat.  Carefully place tortilla lentil side down and cook for approximately 3-5 minutes, or until lentil has browned.

7. Flip tortilla and top lentil patty with a small amount of vegan cheese.  Cover and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.  Uncover and set aside. Repeat process for second taco.

8. Once both tacos are cooled, top each taco with pickle slices, red onion, sauce and green leaf lettuce.

9. Serve and enjoy!