Chana Masala Tacos Are Peak WFH Lunch

Have you met a lunch more handheld?

ByCoral Lee

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hard shell taco filled with chana masala, shredded cheddar, chopped tomatoes, and lettuce

Photo by WARRIORINTHEKITCHEN

Back in April, we put out the call for your least-fussy, happily repeatable work lunches. As a reminder, this contest was all about your best quick to assemble, happy-to-be-batched, better-as-leftovers recipes.

And you delivered. There were submissions for slurpable soba salads and savory sandwiches, homemade harissa and hummus, braise-y beans and teetering toasts. Our recipe testers whittled it down to a final five and those were put, out of our hands, to a vote on our Instagram Stories.

The two finalists, as decided by you, our community, were:

And now, the winner! Drumroll, please…

Are you ready?

Are you really really ready?

The best WFH lunch, as decided by you, our community, is:

Our food stylist Anna Billingskog said of this recipe: “I love any excuse to use a hard taco shell, which is a guilty pleasure of mine. Additionally, this recipe feels ripe for a wide range of riffable garnishes: Why not add cilantro? Cool, tangy yogurt instead of the sour cream? Sliced radishes or (and!) a pickled jalapeño? All are welcome.”

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