Our Vegan Taco recipe is simple to prepare and it's a simple and delicious option for a weekday dinner that the whole family will surely enjoy. Any plans for the next Taco Tuesday? This can be a perfect one!
Our Vegan Tacos are made with a mixture of cauliflower, walnuts and mushrooms to create the meaty part of the recipe. Grounded cauliflower and walnuts are used constantly at home to prepare vegan minced meat that we include in recipes like this amazing Vegan Bolognese. To make the taco meat, we added mushrooms to the mixture and got the perfect consistency and flavour.
Taco nights are a favourite at home. Our toddler Luca loves to try all the different ingredients that we prepare for our vegan tacos. Corn is one of his favourite foods at the moment so it is a must in our tacos.
How to prepare Vegan Taco Meat?
It's really simple to prepare the cauliflower, walnut and mushroom mixture. All you need is a food processor and a baking tray.
- Cut the cauliflower into big florets, slice the mushrooms and add together with the walnuts into a food processor.
- For seasoning, add into the food processor soy sauce, cumin, black pepper, sweet paprika or smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and salt. Pulse a couple of times until everything is completely combined and grounded.
- Transfer the mixture into a baking tray. We place a silicone baking mat on our tray before adding the mixture so it doesn’t stick to the bottom (what a great discovery!). Drizzle some olive oil on the top and bake for about 20 minutes stirring the mixture halfway through.
Vegan Tacos ingredients suggestions
Here are a few ideas for ingredients that can be added into your tacos apart from the vegan meat mixture.
- Fresh Tomato Salad. Simply chop some fresh tomatoes, add a little bit of olive oil, salt and finely chopped cilantro. This salad will give your tacos a fresh bite.
- Avocado. Thinly slice some avocado and add into your tacos. It's a creamy and healthy addition.
- Corn. We love it so we add it in as many recipes as we can so in tacos are perfect!
- Lettuce. Chopped lettuce will give a fresh crunch to your tacos.
- Vegan Cheese Sauce. Top your tacos with some cheese sauce. Our vegan cheese sauce is made with pre-soaked cashews, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika, lemon juice, turmeric, garlic powder, maple syrup, water and salt. All ingredients combined into a blender and blended until smooth make a delicious dip that you won’t be able to stop eating.
- Other ingredients. So many lovely ingredients that will go really good in your tacos such as black beans, cilantro, lime juice, thinly sliced onion, jalapenos, etc.
How to prepare Tacos in three simple steps.
- Prepare the Vegan Meat Mixture.
- Prepare all the ingredients you want to put in your tacos. For our recipe, we prepare the fresh tomato salad, corn, chopped lettuce and homemade vegan cheese sauce.
- Heat up the corn tortillas using a pan. No need to add oil.
Vegan Tacos
Delicious and simple to prepare weekday dinner that the whole family will surely enjoy!
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Servings: 6 tacos
Calories: 341kcal
Ingredients
Vegan Taco Meat
- 350 g cauliflower
- 100 g walnuts
- 3-4 mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika or smoked paprika for spiciness
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- Black pepper and salt
- 1 tablespoon chipotle sauce or bbq sauce
Vegan Cheese Sauce
- 100 g overnight soaked cashews
- 2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
Other Ingredients
- 6 corn tortillas
- 2 tomatoes
- A handful cilantro/coriander
- 1 corn on the cob
- ½ avocado
- Lettuce leaves
Instructions
Preparation for Vegan Taco Meat
- Cut the cauliflower into big florets, slice the mushrooms and add together with the walnuts into a food processor.
- For seasoning, add into the food processor the soy sauce, cumin, sweet paprika or smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and black pepper and the chipotle or bbq sauce. Pulse a couple of times until everything is completely combined and grounded.
- Transfer the mixture into a baking tray. Drizzle some olive oil on the top and bake for about 20 minutes stirring the mixture halfway through.
Preparation for the Vegan Cheese Sauce
- Boil water and leave the cashews soaking for at least 20 minutes.
- Rinse the soaked cashews and add to a blender together with the nutritional yeast, lemon juice, garlic powder, smoked paprika, turmeric, water, maple syrup and salt. Blend all the ingredients until you have a smooth consistency.
Preparation for the rest of the ingredients
- Finely chop the tomatoes and cilantro, transfer into a small mixing bowl and add some olive oil. You can add finely chopped red onion as well into this salad.
- Cook the corn in a hot pan with some vegetable oil or in water. Cut off the corn from the cob.
- Finely chop the lettuce leaves and slice the avocado.
- Build your tacos: Heat the tortillas in a pan without adding any oil. Add the vegan meat mixture, the fresh tomato salad, corn, avocado, lettuce leaves and top with the vegan cheese sauce. To taste, add more chipotle on the top or fresh lime juice.
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Nutrition
Calories: 341kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 595mg | Potassium: 742mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 423IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 3mg
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Antoinette says
The 'taco meat' is just wonderful! I will definitely also try your other recipes that use this cauliflower meat. Next on my list is the bolognese 🙂 Thanks for sharing
Laura says
Thank you Antoinette! You will love the bolognese recipe, we make it almost weekly!