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
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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)
Optional Taco Garnishes
- 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
*If the Beyond Mince “meat” packages in the US (or elsewhere) come in a 1 pound package instead of the 10.5 to 11-ounce package that it comes in here in the EU, adjust the spice amounts called for in the recipe by adding a little more of each.
Instructions
- Blister the garlic and sauté the scallions. Add the smashed garlic cloves and a drizzle of olive oil to a skillet set over medium-high heat and sauté until golden brown and blistered on both sides (about 3 to 4 minutes). Add the scallions (reserving a handful of the green parts to toss into the finished taco meat) and cook until tender and soft or about 5 to 7 minutes. At this point, you can remove the smashed garlic as we do, or leave it and smash it in with the meat mixture in the next step. Add the cilantro (if using) and stir.
- Cook the Beyond “meat”. Add the “meat”, cumin, smoked paprika, onion powder, regular paprika, garlic powder, and turmeric directly to the skillet and start smashing it with the back of a spoon or fork to break it up. Continue stirring and cooking the mixture for about 5 minutes more until all of the spices are evenly distributed and the “meat” starts to visibly change color. Reduce the heat to medium and add the tomato paste, stir well to combine, and cook for about 2 more minutes. Next, add the Worcestershire sauce and water and stir the mixture quickly to combine everything and continue simmering for 3 to 4 minutes more until the mixture becomes glossy and the desired consistency is reached. Adjust seasonings by adding salt and freshly cracked black pepper and toss in the reserved green scallions. Stir the mixture well and serve immediately Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Tacos
- Method: Skillet
- Cuisine: Mexican Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 Tacos
