Easy Tofu Tacos
Tofu makes the best vegan taco meat! The trick: freeze your tofu for the perfect crumbly texture. Then sizzle it up in a skillet with Tex-Mex spices and stuff it into warm tortillas to make these amazing tofu tacos!
Servings: 8 tacos
Calories: 139kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (14 ounce or 400 gram) package extra firm tofu, frozen and thawed
- 1 bell pepper (any color — I prefer red), diced
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce of choice, or to taste
- Salt, to taste
- 8 corn tortillas, warmed in a lightly oiled skillet (or premade taco shells, or small flour tortillas)
- Toppings of choice
Instructions
- Heat the oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook it until soft and translucent, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, cumin, paprika, ancho chile powder, and black pepper. Cook everything together for about 1 minute, until the mixture becomes very fragrant.
- Crumble the tofu into the skillet, keeping it as chunky as you like. Stir to coat the tofu in spices. Cook everything for about 2 minutes, or until the tofu begins to brown. Be careful, as tofu that's been frozen tends to burn quicker.
- Stir in the bell pepper and cook it with the tofu for about 2 minutes, until it just begins to become tender.
- Stir in the tomato sauce, soy sauce, and hot sauce.
- Continue to cook the mixture, stirring occasionally, just until everything is well mixed and the liquid dries up just a bit, about 2 minutes, adding a bit of water to the skillet if it dries too much.
- Take the skillet off of the burner and season the mixture with salt to taste. Adjust any other seasonings to your liking.
- Divide the mixture into tortillas or taco shells and top with toppings of choice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1taco | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.9g | Protein: 6.4g | Fat: 6.6g | Saturated Fat: 1.1g | Sodium: 285mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2.4g | Calcium: 136mg | Iron: 2mg