Vegan Pecan Taco Meat
This easy vegan pecan taco meat will blow away even the carnivores! Just 8 ingredients needed! Quick vegan dinner recipe idea!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 411kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups pecans
- 1 red onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup sun dried tomatoes in oil (*See post if avoiding oil)
- 1 tablespoon avocado (or olive) oil
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce (*See post for soy free options)
- 1 juice of a lime
Instructions
- Soak pecans in a bowl, covered with boiling hot water for at least 30 minutes. *Soak overnight for softer texture.
- Drain pecans. Put them into a food processor and pulse until you have meat like crumbles. *Be careful not to over process or you will end up with pecan butter.
- Chop onions, garlic, and sun dried tomatoes very fine.
- Add oil to a skillet, and saute your onions until translucent (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add in the garlic for 1 more minute.
- Sprinkle the taco seasoning across and stir to combine.
- Add in sun-dried tomatoes. Cook for 1 more minute.
- Add in the crumbled pecans and stir very well.
- Pour in the soy sauce (or substitute) and the lime juice. Stir well.
- Cook for another 7-8 minutes.
- Take off the stove and serve.
Notes
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
*Please see notes for tips and tricks
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 380mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 178IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg
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