IC Taco Salad, Gluten Free Taco Salad Shell

IC Taco Salad

Gluten Free Taco Salad Shell

IC Taco Salad

I finally did it!  I've been mentally "working" on this recipe for many months now.  Finally, last night, it came to pass.  This taco salad shell is made with besan (chickpea, lentil, garbanzo bean) flour.  It is low acid and gluten / grain free.  I hope others enjoy it as much as I did!

Gluten Free Taco Salad Shell 
Makes 1 shell and about 2 dozen chips

Pre-heat the oven to 325F.

Measure into a mixing bowl with an electric stand mixer (I would not recommend using a hand mixer as the dough is quite stiff!)

2 cups besan (chickpea, lentil, garbanzo bean) flour
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
4 to 6 tablespoons warm water

Mix it well, until a stiff dough forms.  Add more water if necessary to make the dough a workable consistency.  Knead the dough, with a dough hook if possible, for about 5 minutes until the dough is uniform.  Divide the dough into two equal balls.  

Spray a sheet of parchment paper with olive oil cooking spray.  Spray the dough and hands so the dough could be worked without being covered by it.  Work the first piece of dough into a ball and place it onto the sprayed parchment paper.

  Spray the ball with cooking oils spray again and cover it with the paper. Using a rolling pin or hands, flatten the dough into about a 10" circle.  Spray the bottom of a bowl that is big enough to hold the dough upside down with cooking oil spray and lay the circle of dough onto it.  Spray the dough with additional cooking oil spray.

 

Place the upside down bowl with the dough on it into the 325F preheated oven directly on the rack or it can be first place upon a baking sheet.  Bake the shell about 15 minutes or until it is crisped and lightly golden brown.  Remove it from the oven and cool it until it is touchable.  Carefully turn the bowl over so the shell comes off onto a dinner plate.

At this point, the shell is ready to be filled.  This is how I layered mine from bottom to top:

Homemade Refried Beans
Taco Meat
Easy Guacamole
Lettuce, cucumbers and radishes
Dilly Ranch 

And here it is...!

IC Taco Salad