Description
This quick and easy Beyond Taco meat recipe has a super beefy and slightly charbroiled taste. I've added a few extra ingredients and seasonings to give this veggie meat an even beefier taco flavor that makes it taste even more convincingly like regular all-beef tacos.
Ingredients
Beyond Meat Taco Ingredients
- 11-ounce package of Beyond Mince "meat" (300g)
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 2 to 3 scallions, sliced (save some green parts for tossing into the finished meat)
- 1/8 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (4g)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder (4g)
- 1/2 teaspoon regular paprika (2g)
- pinch of garlic powder (or more to taste)
- pinch of turmeric (optional but recommended)
- 1/2 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce, or more to taste (3g)
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste (5g)
- 2 tablespoons water (30g)
- salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 2 to 3 sprigs of fresh cilantro, finely chopped (optional but recommended)
- crushed red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper to taste (optional)
- a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil or other oil (for cooking the "meat")
- 8 to 10 fresh blue corn tortillas (or your favorite flour or crunchy taco shells)
- homemade quick salsa
- homemade pineapple-cilantro salsa
- homemade avocado-lime crema
- homemade guacamole
- homemade pico de gallo
- 1 recipe smokey quick pickled red onions
- homemade smoky fire-roasted bell peppers
- homemade caramelized onions
Instructions
- Blister the garlic and sauté the scallions. Add the smashed garlic cloves and a drizzle of olive oil to a skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté until golden brown and blistered on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the scallions (reserving a handful of the green parts for the end) and cook until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the garlic or smash it into the meat in the next step. Stir in the cilantro if using.
- Cook the Beyond "meat". Add the Beyond "meat" to the skillet along with the cumin, smoked paprika, onion powder, regular paprika, garlic powder, and turmeric. Smash and break it up with the back of a spoon or fork. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes, until the spices are evenly distributed and the "meat" starts to change color.
- Finish the sauce. Reduce the heat to medium, stir in the tomato paste, and cook 2 minutes more. Add the Worcestershire sauce and water, stir quickly to combine, and simmer 3 to 4 minutes until glossy and the consistency you want.
- Season and serve. Adjust with salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste. Toss in the reserved green scallion tops, stir, and serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Tacos
- Method: Skillet
- Cuisine: Mexican Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 Tacos
