Vegan taco salad with spicy black beans
This taco salad is filled with spicy black beans, green leaf lettuce, tomatoes, red bell peppers, and guacamole. Crack some shell into the salad as you eat for added crunch in every bite.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 272kcal
Ingredients
- 4 large wheat tortillas
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil or your preferred neutral-flavored cooking oil
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ¾ cup onion chopped small
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans drained and rinsed (1 ½ cups)
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon coriander
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- ¼ cup water
- Salt to taste
- 4 cups chopped romaine or green leaf lettuce
- 1 large tomato chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 batch guacamole or 2 avocados
- Creamy cashew dressing optional, or your preferred salad dressing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place each tortilla in a metal tortilla shell pan or glass oven safe bowl. Put them into the oven for 10 minutes or until crisp. (If you're using smaller tortillas, they may require less time in the oven. Check on them after 5 minutes.)
- While the tortilla is cooking, heat skillet to a medium heat and add oil to the heated pan. Sauté garlic and onions in pan until fragrant and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add drained black beans, cumin, ancho chili powder, oregano, coriander, paprika, lime juice, water, and salt to the pan. Use a spatula to fully combine the beans and spices. Once the bean mixture has warmed and any excess liquid has cooked off, remove from heat.
- Remove the bowls from the oven. Fill tortilla bowls with a scoop of spicy black beans, lettuce, tomato, red bell pepper, and guacamole. If you like, drizzle creamy cashew dressing (or your preferred dressing) on each salad and serve.
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Notes
For a gluten-free option, put tortilla chips into the salad instead of serving it with a tortilla bowl.
Nutrition
Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 308mg | Potassium: 528mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1820IU | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 3.6mg
