Tacos

Marcel Britsch
Stuff we've been cooking
2 min readJun 3, 2023

Vegan tacos

Get some blue corn tacos, heat them for 20 secs in a pan (no oil). Fill with any of the following

Some prep

Marinade

Mix

  • 1 Tbsp sweet soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine
  • 1 tsp Gochujang
  • 1/4 tsp ginger minced or powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic minced
  • 1/4 tsp smoked paprika (optional)
  • 1/4 tsp paprika (optional)
  • 1/2 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 Tbsp oil

Chili sauce

In 3 Tbs oil brown 1/4 red onion until quite brown but not crispy, then add

  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • 1 ancho dried chili

Fry for 2–3 mins. Make sure it’s not getting too brown.
Add 1 dried ancho, 2 dried chipotle chilis that haven been soaked (15 mins) in hot water and then subsequently boiled in a bit of water for 10 mins.

Continue to fry for 5 mins.

Blend (consider adding a bit of the chilli soaking water, consider not adding all of the oil).

Coriander Sauce

  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 1 cm fresh ginger
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 green fresh chilli
  • Some water
  • Salt, sugar

Blend

Main fillings:

Jackfruit

Grill/Broil under mix of grill and convection heat in the oven until quite dark and a tiny bit crispy

  • 1 can of jackfruit (split into pieces) mixed with
  • marinade

Mushrooms

Grill/Broil under mix of grill and convection heat in the oven until quite dark and a tiny bit crispy

  • 2 handfulls of shitake with
  • marinade

Broccoli

Grill/Broil under mix of grill and convection heat in the oven

  • Broccoli
  • 1 Tbsp oil
  • 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

Garnishes

  • Chili sauce
  • Coriander sauce
  • Guaccamole
  • ‘Cheese’ (smoked)
  • Pickled Jalapeño (quick pickling in hot 1:1 vinegar:water, sugar, salt) works well
  • Red onion sliced — (quick pickling in hot 1:1 vinegar:water, sugar, salt)
  • Chopped coriander
  • Chopped lettuce, cucumber, radishes
  • Sweet corn (burnt over open flame)

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