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Cauliflower Tacos Recipe

Easy vegan cauliflower tacos recipe with less than 10 ingredients, a perfect vegan lunch or quick dinner.

Course Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Cauliflower Tacos
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 10 Tacos
Calories 126 kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ cup cashews soaked for at least 4 hours
  • 2 tbsp smoked nutritional yeast
  • cup water
  • 10 corn tortillas
  • 1 tbsp oil plus extra for rubbing
  • 1 medium-large cauliflower
  • 1 medium onion red or brown, diced
  • 400 g enchilada sauce
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • Pinch of chilli powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 230°c.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan over high heat. Add the cauliflower and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the cauliflower is charring, about 5 minutes. Add the enchilada sauce and spices. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  3. While the sauce is thickening, blend together the cashews, nutritional yeast and water until smooth. You should end up with something a similar texture to an extremely thick cheese sauce.
  4. Warm the tortillas for 30 seconds to 1 minute in the microwave, until pliable. On a baking sheet, rub the tortillas with olive oil. Lay each flat and then layer evenly with cashew mix and cauliflower. Fold the other half of the tortilla over the filling, gently pushing to adhere. Transfer to the oven and bake for 5-8 minutes, then flip and cook another 5 minutes more, or until the ‘cheese’ has thickened and the tortillas are crisp. Spray lightly with some fry spray if the edges aren’t crisping up enough at the point you turn them over.

Serve and enjoy!