Still drooling over the tacos I made few weeks ago, I thought I'd prepare a lighter version by making it into a salad bowl, and then adding some corn into the salsa as corn is just so delicious and what's Mexican food without some corn! I found some chilli lime tortilla chips in the grocery store, or you can use plain corn ones as well, or omit them altogether and just enjoy the fillings and sides.
Vegan Taco Bean Salad
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Salad/Taco 9 romaine lettuce leaves small bag of corn/tortilla chips (I got lime & chilli ones) Bean Filling 1 can refried beans 1/2 large red onion 1/2 red capsicum 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper Guacamole 2 large avocado 1 bunch coriander juice of 1 lime 1/2 large red onion 1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt |
Tomato Corn Salsa 2 large tomatoes 1/2 large red onion 1 cup corn kernels 1/2 red capsicum 2 TBS tomato paste 1 TBS apple cider vinegar 1 tsp minced garlic juice of 1 lime 1 red/green chilli 1 bunch coriander pinch of salt, pepper, cumin Cashew Sour Cream 1 cup cashews (soaked 6hrs) 1/2 cup water 1 TBS nutritional yeast 2 tsp lemon juice 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt 1/2 tsp onion powder |
Bean Filling
1. Dice the onion into small pieces
2. Heat oil on skillet, add all the spices and garlic with the onions and cook for a few mins until they soften
3. Dice the capsicum into small pieces and add into the onions, stir for another 2-3 mins
4. Add in the refried beans and stir for another 2-3 mins until it's all thoroughly mixed together and the onions and capsicum are soft and cooked
5. Put into a serving bowl to let cool down
Tomato Salsa
6. Chop the tomato into small chunk, dice the onion, capsicum, chilli and coriander into small pieces and combine in a large bowl with the rest of the ingredients, set aside
Guacamole
7. Mash up the avocados in a bowl
8. Dice the onion, chop the coriander and chilli and combine with the rest of the ingredients with the avocado, mix thoroughly
Cashew Sour Cream
9. Combine all the ingredients together and blend on high until it's a smooth consistency, add more water if you want a slightly thinner 'cream'
Assemble Salad
10. Chop the romaine lettuce into big pieces and full the bottom of a salad bowl. Then you can either layer or scoop a strip each of the bean, salsa and guacamole on top. Add a dollop of sour cream, grab a handful of tortilla chips and away you go! This will serve 3 decent size salads so enjoy!
