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Tempeh Tacos
What you need:
1 (8 ounce) package tempeh
oil, as needed
1 (1 ounce) packet taco seasoning (I use Lawry's taco seasoning)
1 1/4 cups water
8 taco shells
salsa, to taste
lettuce, shredded, to taste
onion, diced, to taste
tomato, sliced, to taste
What you do:
1. Grate tempeh with cheese grater. Heat frying pan with oil, and add tempeh. Cook on medium until brown, stirring occasionally.
2. Add taco seasoning and water. Cook gently until thickened.
3. Scoop into taco shells and add toppings.
Tempeh most resembles what we used to fill tacos with in our less conscious days. It is also much easier to digest than textured soy protein which people more commonly use. Find it at health food stores in the frozen section.
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
2-3
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SO HOW'D IT GO?
This was delicious! I just made some and I'm on my 6th one.. ahh! I haven't had good tacos in a long, long time though. Easy to prepare, which is awesome because I'm a horrible cook. I don't have a grater, so I just crumbled the tempeh. Also, I only added 1 cup of water rather than 1 1/2. Thanks for this recipe! So simple, yet so scrumptious! :P
Could I possibly make this and then freeze the left overs for later?? These sound so delicious and I want to make them later, but I'll be going out of town in a couple days.
Made these the other weekend. When frying the tempeh I added in 1 brown onion, diced and 2 cloves of garlic. This was the first time I had used tempeh in tacos, and it certainly will not be the last ;) I also used the tempeh 'mix' in wraps the next day :)
We just made these with Simply Organic "fish taco" (it's totally vegan, no worries :P )seasoning mix. SOOOO good! :)>>> ;)b
I just love this recipe, I added some kidney beans and corn. My Granny loved it and even my meat-eating sister did!
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amaaaazing! i've used soy crumbles in this recipe before and found them to be too salty. the grated tempeh worked so much better for making taco 'meat' in my opinion. thank you for sharing this super easy and yummy recipe! my non-veggie friends requested that i make this again very soon. ;)b
Oh yea I forgot to mention the boyfriend is not vegan (i'm working on it :) ) so recipe could be made for nonvegans as well.
I never would have thought to grate it. Dawnofzio is right it soaks it up sooo well. Made them for the boyfriend and he thought they were fabulous as well.
This was the best way to use my tempeh because it really takes care of hiding the tempeh flavor that usually turns me off. Great idea! So yummy. ;)b
Super easy and super awesome. Tacos are so versatile and simple!
I think tempeh for tacos is way better than tofu, as well. It's much "meatier" and not runny like tofu. Yum!
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