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Hi everybody. Hope all is good. Today i present you with a super duper easy (and yummy) recipe for vegan tacos. In the video above we watch Jess, rocker girl from The Veronica’s make a vegan taco from scratch. Watch the video if you’re looking to make yummy (but easy) meat-free tacos tonite, tomorrow (or whenever), as this is a quick and inexpensive recipe.
Jess’s easy vegan tacos ingredient list is below:
Avocadoes (to be mashed)
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Refried Beans (canned will do)
Taco Shells
Vegan Cheese
Garlic clove
Lemon (juice)
***Secret Ingredient (watch the video for Jess’s secret ingredient)
What About You?
When you make vegan tacos, do you use a special ingredient? As for me, I like to sprinkle in some Mexican hot pepper juice. It doesn’t set your mouth on fire, it’s just the right amount of hot and makes the tacos totally pop. Well i use it on lots of my meals, rice and so on. It makes everything pop. LoL. Try it, it’s good.
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I’ve got a ’secret’ ingredient that gets used in most everything and not just tacos.
It’s an accidentally vegan-friendly buttery flavored salt called Flavacol. You can buy it on the web, but the smallest container available is a quart (like what soymilk comes in). But luckily it’s what most movie theaters use on their popcorn and they’ll usually sell or give you some of it if you ask nicely! Just be sure that they use Flavacol since some use buttery salt thats got real butter in it.
Just use the Flavacol to replace plain salt in all your recipes. Works wonders in baked goods, uncheesey sauces and soups. It WON’T make things taste like popcorn when it’s cooked.
Awesome tip Brivari. I’ve never heard of Flavacol or that most movie theater’s use it. Will def look into it.
Sounds delish. Thanxs for the idea.
Ok, howsabout a couple of tips that are aimed more directly at taco fillings?
Yeast pastes like Vegemite, Marmite and Promite all have a meatish taste that works really well with either refrito (refried beans) or veggie ‘meat’ taco fillings. It doesn’t take a lot, maybe 1/4th teaspoon to cup of filling. Marmite added to beans convinces non-vegs that you’ve put pork into them.
Another really good thing to use in taco fillings is torula yeast. Torula yeast is a major part of the flavor of Bar-B-Que potato chips! It has a smokey, bacony type taste and really will make people think you’ve got bacon in your filling. It’s hard to find so here’s a link to one place you can get it from:
http://store.foodfightgrocery.com/bakon-yeast-hickory-smoke-seasoning.html
Thanxs for the tip Brivari. I’m really digging Food Fight Grocery, the vegan shop. Very cool.
I’m not a big fan of olives, though I wish I was since they contain a lot of healthy fat. Other than that this recipe looks great. I might replace the lemon juice with lime juice.