Vegan tortilla soup with black beans & seitan
This spicy soup is full of all the good stuff - corn, black beans, chewy seitan, and a flavorful tomato broth. Load it up with your favorite toppings like avocado, cilantro, and crisp tortilla strips for a full meal in a bowl. Make the tortilla strips in the air fryer or use bagged tortilla chips to save time.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 363kcal
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil or your preferred cooking oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- ½ cup chopped red bell peppers
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced fire roasted tomatoes with juices
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans drained and rinsed (1 ½ cups)
- ½ cup corn frozen or fresh
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon no chicken base or vegan bouillon cube
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup seitan chicken chopped
- 2 batches air fryer tortilla strips or handfuls of tortilla chips
- ¼ cup shredded non-dairy cheese
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1 lime cut into wedges
Instructions
- Bring a soup pot to a medium heat with oil. Add chopped onions, bell peppers, and garlic to the pot. Saute a few minutes, until fragrant and softened.
- Add the following to the soup pot: diced fire roasted tomatoes with juices, drained & rinsed black beans, corn, water, Better Than Bouillon no chicken base (or bouillon cube), tomato paste, cumin, paprika, ancho chili powder, salt, and chopped seitan chicken. Stir.
- Bring the pot to a low simmer. Allow it to cook for 15 minutes, so that the flavors can develop & intertwine.
- While the soup is simmering, make 2 batches of air fryer tortilla strips using 2 corn tortillas. The link to the recipe is in the ingredient list. (Or if you'd prefer, you can use store-bought tortilla chips.)
- Ladle soup into four bowls. Top each one with shredded non-dairy cheese, cilantro, avocado, air fryer tortilla strips or crushed store-bought tortilla chips, and a couple of lime wedges. Have each guest squeeze lime onto soup right before eating.
Notes
For the seitan, I recommend a chicken-style seitan. You can make your own homemade seitan chicken or store-bought, like the traditional variety of Upton's Naturals. Then cut it thinly. Feel free to use the seitan of your choice, including vegan turkey or chorizo-style seitan for extra spice.
For a gluten-free option, replace the seitan with 1 cup hydrated Soy Curls or a second variety of beans like chickpeas, Great Northern beans, or pinto.
Instead of cooking the tortilla strips in the air fryer or using store-bought chips, you can also fry corn tortilla strips in oil. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes, until crisp. Then drain on paper towels or a clean kitchen towel.
Nutrition
Calories: 363kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 440mg | Potassium: 1030mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1153IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 5mg
