These incredible veggie tacos combine deep umami tastes of portabella mushrooms, Middle Eastern spices and luscious tahini guacamole.
Take Taco Tuesday up a notch with our delicious and wonderfully exotic shawarma veggie tacos! Using a simple blend of fresh ingredients and spices, we should show you how to put together a meal that will please Mexican, Middle Eastern, and clean-eating foodies alike.
Vegetarian Shawarma
The shawarma filling is made from meaty portabella mushrooms. We prepare our own shawarma spice blend combining paprika, allspice, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, garlic and onion, but you can use a pre-made mix if you have it in hand. If making your own, you can change the ratio of the spices to fit your own taste! The spice mix gives the mushrooms an intense punch of flavor that makes these veggie tacos incredibly satisfying.
Add a touch of decadence to your tacos with Mighty Sesame Squeezable Tahini in a tube. This award-winning gourmet tahini uses the highest-quality organic, slow-roasted sesame seeds, providing a rich flavor and healthy smooth consistency. The squeeze tube application makes use so easy, and one taste will have you adding Mighty Sesame Tahini to everything from salads, mashed potatoes, sandwiches, and more. For our veggie tacos, we prepared a rich, decadent tahini guacamole to (generously) coat the bottom of our tortillas
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Saute, spiced mushrooms
Spread tahini guacamole on a tortilla
Add veggies and fold and enjoy!
Freshly chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and cilantro add the right amount of freshness and bring out the flavor of the tahini and shawarma spices, You can also chop red onions, cucumbers, red and green peppers, or other vegetables.
Serve these shawarma veggie tacos with a big bowl of Light Mexican No-chicken Soup for a full meal.
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PrintVeggie Shawarma Tacos
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 tacos 1x
Description
These incredible veggie tacos combine deep umami tastes of portabella mushrooms, Middle Eastern spices and a luscious tahini guacamole. Perfect for your Big Game celebration!
Ingredients
- For the shawarma spice mix:
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- ½ tsp allspice
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp ginger powder
- For the tahini guacamole:
- 2 ripe avocados
- 2 tbsp Mighty Sesame Co. Tahini
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt
- For the tacos:
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 16oz portabella mushrooms, sliced thick (about ¾ inch slices )
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 3 cucumbers, peeled and diced
- ½ pint grape tomatoes, cut into quarters
- 6 corn or flour tortillas (taco size)
- Fresh cilantro for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients of the spice mix in a small bowl and set aside
- To prepare the tahini guacamole, cut the avocados in half, remove the pit and scoop the flesh out using a spoon. Place it in a medium size bowl and mash it with a fork. Add the tahini, lemon juice and salt and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use
- Heat the olive oil over medium-high in a large nonstick skillet. Add the mushrooms and spice mix and toss well. Cook for about 5 minutes, tossing frequently (the mushrooms will shrink considerably). Add the salt and set aside until ready to use
- To assemble the tacos, spread a heaping tablespoon of tahini guacamole on the tortilla. Arrange the mushrooms, cucumbers and tomatoes on top and garnish with cilantro (if using)
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Entree
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 taco
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 4.6
- Sodium: 535
- Fat: 17
- Saturated Fat: 2.3
- Unsaturated Fat: 12.8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 29.7
- Fiber: 5.5
- Protein: 7.5
- Cholesterol: 0
Zahava says
Wow, These look amazing! I'm going to make them for dinner tonight! And then bring some to my card game next week. My mouth is watering just looking at the pictures...lol.. they look great on that teal wood plank!!
Dee says
Just for that spice mix! Massively awesome. It turns mushrooms into heaven....
Vicky & Ruth says
Thank you!
Vera says
These were amazing! I am going to make them at least once a week!
Diann McBee says
Cannot wait to make this! Printed for my use -- please think about redesigning PRINT down to one page.
Thanks!
Vicky & Ruth says
Hi Diann, thank you for your feedback we will ask the plugin developer if there is anything they can do about that. Thank you for letting us know.
SHARYN says
when regular Mexican tacos are made the taco shell (tortilla) is cooked. Is your version cooked or eaten raw?
Vicky & Ruth says
Sometimes we cook the tortillas, sometimes we just charr the edges and sometimes we just eat them as-is out of the package.