This Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat is delicious! A meatless filling cauliflower, cremini mushrooms, walnuts and onion is tossed with homemade taco seasoning and roasted.

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

Vegan taco meat isn’t a new concept or anything. I’m sure, like me, you’ve seen it all over Pinterest. But back in 2015 when I wrote my cookbook, I created a recipe where I mixed ground turkey with finely chopped veggies and made a meatloaf. If you have my book, you may be familiar with the recipe. That sparked an idea recently to do the same but for taco filling. SO good.

Now if you’ve ever had a beef taco, you’ll most likely notice a slight difference in texture and possibly flavor between the two. However, vegan cauliflower taco meet is still deliciously satisfying and versatile.

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

It’s perfect in tacos, bowls, salads or nachos and this recipe makes a TON so you can freeze half for another time. Bonus!

ingredients for Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

To make this vegan cauliflower taco meat you will need:

  • cauliflower
  • walnuts
  • cremini mushrooms
  • yellow onion
  • extra light olive oil
  • taco seasoning

Typically I make a quadruple batch of homemade taco seasoning so I always have it on hand. But if you don’t already have it in your cupboard, double this recipe to be sure you will have enough.

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

Preheat your oven to 425℉ (220℃).

Meanwhile, in the bowl of your food processor fitted with the blade attachment, work in batches, adding half of 1 medium cauliflower (broken down into large florets) and pulse until coarse crumbles form.

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

Then transfer the cauliflower to a rimmed metal baking sheet and repeat.

mushrooms and walnuts in food processor

Next you’ll want to repeat the same process with the all 8 ounces mushrooms and 2 cups walnuts.

pulse until crumbly

Then pulse a few times until fine crumbs form, and then transfer to the pan with the cauliflower.

onion pulsed in food processor

Add 1 small chopped yellow onion and pulse until finely minced.

sheet pan with mushroom and walnut mixture, cauliflower rice and minced onion

Add that to the pan with the cauliflower and mushroom mixture.

drizzle with olive oil and season with taco seasoning

Drizzle with 1 teaspoon extra light olive oil and season with 1/4 cup taco seasoning.

toss to combine.

Stir well to combine.

combine and roast

Next, divide the mixture among two pans and roast both on the lower two racks of your preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove, stir and spread the mixture evenly. Swap and rotate the pans before continue roasting for another 10 to 15 minutes.

roasted Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat

This recipe makes a lot, 5 whole cups worth of vegan taco meat. Which means, you can meal prep and still have leftovers to freeze and use later.

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat in tacos

It’s as easy as that my friends.

I load up soft taco shells with the filling and top it with charred corn, black beans, pico and guac!

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat in soft tacos

Enjoy! And if you give this Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat l SimplyScratch.com

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Yield: 26 servings

Vegan Taco Meat

This Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat is delicious! A meatless filling cauliflower, cremini mushrooms, walnuts and onion is tossed with homemade taco seasoning and roasted.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium cauliflower, cut into florets
  • 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, cleaned
  • 2 cups walnuts
  • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil, extra light
  • 1/4 cup taco seasoning

Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 425℉ (220℃).
  • In the bowl of your food processor fitted with the blade attachments, work in batches of 2 and pulse the cauliflower florets until coarsely crumbled. Then transfer the cauliflower to a rimmed, metal baking sheet.
  • Next add in all of the mushrooms and walnuts and pulse until coarsely crumbled. Then transfer to the baking sheet.
  • Lastly add in the small, roughly chopped onion and pulse until finely minced. Add the onion to the pan, drizzle with olive oil and season with homemade taco seasoning. Toss well until combined.
  • Divide the vegan taco mixture in half and transfer one half to the second rimmed, metal baking sheet.
  • Slide both pans onto the lower two racks of your preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove, stir, swap and rotate the pans on the oven racks. Continue baking for another 10 to 15 minutes.
Serving: 3tablespoons, Calories: 74kcal, Carbohydrates: 4g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 191mg, Potassium: 151mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 215IU, Vitamin C: 12mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg

Vegan Cauliflower Taco Meat