Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Vegan Taco Meat Mix

I'm sure someone has come up with this before, but here is my version of this nice mix of faux meat mix for tacos:

1 8 oz package of tempeh (regular, three grain, rice, or your favorite kind)
1/3 cup of black beans
1 jalapeno pepper
1 sweet onion
1 can of black olives
1 pack of taco seasoning or hot mexican chili powder
cooking oil

I start by cooking the black beans for about an hour in boiling water.  When the beans are near done I take a large frying pan and crumble up the tempeh into it, slice up a whole jalapeno pepper and if you want it super hot try a habanero, slice up part of a sweet onion, not the entire thing unless you like a lot of onion in your mix, slice up some black olives again depends on how much you like, then add the beans, and a small amount of cooking oil enough to coat the frying pan.  Cook all this for about 10 minutes, making sure to mix/stir it thoroughly while cooking.  You can then add your taco seasoning mix, or in my case hot mexican chili powder, let it simmer on the stove as directed on the package, or with the hmcp I let it go another 5 minutes to really soak in.  Once this is done remove from the heat and spoon into your taco shells.  Add your favorite tacos and enjoy.  A very simple recipe everyone can enjoy, again you can always modify if to your level of spiciness you desire, this should make about 5 or 6 tacos, so increase size as needed for servings.  If you need to make it gluten free be sure to check the tempeh as all tempeh may not be gluten free, also for taco seasoning mix some have wheat, as well as your taco shells.

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