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vegan fajita recipe
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Vegan Fajitas

These vegan fajitas are so simple to make and easy to sub the main "meat" out for what you want.
Prep Time11 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Marinate1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 114kcal

Ingredients

Fajitas Marinade

  • 1 TB cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 TB oil
  • 2 TB lemon juice
  • 1 TB soy sauce
  • 1 TB white vinegar

Vegan Fajita filling

  • 2 cups soy curls + water to hydrate
  • 2 bell peppers, sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced

Extras

  • guacamole
  • corn tortillas
  • salsa

Instructions

  • Start by soaking your soy curls. Take a medium sized bowl and place your 2 cups of dried soy curls and cover them completly with warm water. Let this sit for about 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes is up go ahead and strain them, you want to hand squuze the water out and place in a bowl or large ziplock bag.
  • While your soy curls are soaking make your marinade. Take a small bowl and combine your marinade ingedients, stir until combind well.
  • Pour the marinade over the soy curls making sure they are all coated. Place in the fridge for preferably an hour up to 24 hours.
  • After the hour is up cut your onions and peppers into slices. If you prefer your onions and peppers to be softer you can take a skillet place a little bit of oil in it and cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes and then add the marinated soy curls, cooking on medium heat until they start to crisp up. If you prefer a harder vegetables you can add the vegetables and soy curls at the same time.
  • To serve use corn or flour tortillas. You can add extras life guacamole, salsa, black beans or whatever you like to have on your fajitas.

Notes

See blog post for recipe substitutions and Q&A.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 736mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 602IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 3mg