cauliflower walnut taco meat

This is just like the freak present or anything simply due to the fact vegetarian taco meat is a weirdly delicious thing. This is a miracle of epic proportions.



INGREDIENTS
The Vegetarian Taco Meat Basics:

  • 3 cups cauliflower florets
  • 2 cups complete walnuts
  • 2 particular person chipotles in adobo sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Optional Add-Ins:

  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic or onion powder
  • a pinch of cayenne for extra heat

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Pulse all ingredients in a foods processor till the combination is calmly flooring (see picture).
  • Transfer to a greased baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring midway by potential of to steer clear of over-browning.
  • Serve in tacos, burritos, quesadillas, bowls, and the like!

NOTES

  • My salsa-making recreation is quite loose. I desire to simply eyeball it and style and modify as I go.
  • Corn Salsa: toss a few corn kernels in a pan and saute till roasty-looking. Mix with black beans, jalapeño, salt, lime juice, cilantro.
  • Pico de Gallo: toss chopped tomatoes with chopped onion, salt, lime juice, and cilantro.
  • Guacamole: toss mashed avocados with chopped onion, salt, lime juice, and cilantro.

NUTRITION:

  • Serves 6
  • Calories Per Serving: 282
  • % DAILY VALUE
  • 40%Total Fat 25.9g
  • 0%Cholesterol 0mg
  • 24%Sodium 570.1mg
  • 4%Total Carbohydrate 11.1g
  • 21%Dietary Fiber 5.2g
  • Sugars 2.9g
  • 15%Protein 7.3g
  • 11%Vitamin A 170.5µg
  • 46%Vitamin C 27.8mg 

Do we like tacos or DO WE LOVE TACOS? We – crew POY, readers and bloggers and chums and household alike – absolutely love tacos. We also love all derivatives of tacos – taco bowls, burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, enchiladas, tostadas, nachos, etc., that is nice information for the magic of vegetarian taco meat as it is going with everything. All of them. Not one taco relative left behind.

When we went to Austin for my birthday, my love of tacos was revived to the max. I am no longer even exaggerating whilst I say that I ate perhaps NULL foods that have been no longer tacos in our complete 4 days of Austin-ing. Dreams truly do come true.

Since coming back, the quantity of tacos I’ve made is past counting. It might in truth be embarrassing. That quantity isn't slowing down whenever soon, kids. Being a taco fanatic potential I am absolutely no longer going to assert no to a red meat taco in case you supply it to me, but I am also a part-time vegetarian and I love a nice meatless alternative. I in truth have no actual cause of this besides that I love to consume crops and I discover cooking vegetarian recipes to be easier. And extra fun. So chipotle-spiced, easy-to-make veg taco meat was born.

Here’s what we've occurring on this vegetarian taco meat situation:
Cauliflower
Walnuts
Chipotle Peppers
a few spices
salt

Spicy Cauliflower Walnut Taco Meat on a spoon.
While it’s baking, since you’re going to have about 30 minutes of down time, it is the proper probability to get right into a foremost salsa frenzy and whip up each sort of pleasant taco friend which you just possibly can assume of.

I went with the trifecta pictured here: corn and black bean salsa, pico de gallo, and guacamole simply due to the fact I don’t desire to hate my life.

Salsa for vegetarian taco meat.
My taco imaginative and prescient quick got out of manage and I opted for a taco bowl – er, perhaps burrito bowl, technically, with the rice and everything – rather of a standard folded-in-a-tortilla fashion. Which is a callback to what I stated on the beginning: that this vegetarian taco meat is capable to move with anyone within the taco family.

Spicy Cauliflower Walnut Taco Meat in a bowl over rice.
What can I even say? My coronary middle is happy. Vegetarian taco meat, please by no potential depart me.

DESCRIPTION
This vegetarian taco meat is made with cauliflower, walnuts, and chipotle peppers. It’s so easy: simply blend and bake. Meatless miracle!