These roasted cauliflower tacos are really easy and so good! Tender cauliflower florets are tossed with a flavorful spice mix, roasted till completely tender, after which piled into heat tortillas for extremely scrumptious and satisfying vegetarian tacos.
My household loves taco evening, and these roasted cauliflower tacos are a implausible addition to our rotation. They’re vegetarian, budget-friendly, and full of taste! We fill heat tortillas with our chili lime roasted cauliflower (which we additionally use in our veggie burritos!).
These tacos are good for a fast and simple weeknight dinner. If I’ve time, I particularly love making them with selfmade tortillas, like these flour tortillas. For extra inspiration, see all of our taco recipes or these roasted veggie tacos with black beans.
Key Substances
- Tortillas: Use your favourite store-bought tortillas or make your individual! Listed here are our recipes for corn tortillas and gentle flour tortillas!
- Cauliflower: Search for agency, creamy white heads with tight florets. Move on any cauliflower that’s noticed or discolored. For extra suggestions, see easy methods to purchase and lower cauliflower.
- Oil: I like utilizing a impartial, high-heat oil like avocado or safflower for roasting veggies.
- Spices: I make my spice combine by combining salt with chili powder (selfmade chili powder is superb), smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne. Modify the cayenne to your liking: 1/8 teaspoon is gentle, and 1/2 teaspoon is fairly spicy. Chipotle powder can be a wonderful substitute for cayenne and has an analogous warmth stage.
- Lime: You’ll desire a bowl of lime wedges useful for this recipe. I really like squeezing some over the roasted cauliflower after which over my tacos after I’ve assembled them with all my favourite toppings. I additionally use it to make lime crema (a lime bitter cream) to drizzle over my tacos.
- Toppings: I’m positive you’ve got a number of favourite taco toppings. I’ve listed some choices within the recipe, however my favorites for these cauliflower tacos are mashed avocado (or guacamole), shredded cabbage, additional lime juice, and pickled purple onions.
The way to Make Cauliflower Tacos
I roast cauliflower tossed within the spice combination in a 425°F oven. The cauliflower florets will grow to be tender and properly caramelized in about half-hour at this temperature. The trick to roasting cauliflower is to unfold the florets out in your baking sheet so they aren’t touching one another. This fashion, the recent air surrounds them, and they’ll brown as an alternative of steam.
Whereas your cauliflower roasts, you may put together all the pieces else. Heat your tortillas, make the lime crema by mixing lime juice and salt into bitter cream (or crema), and put together some other favourite toppings.
To serve, I unfold mashed avocado on the underside of my tortilla (I do the identical with shrimp tacos), then prime with shredded cabbage, cauliflower, pickled onions, and eventually, an excellent drizzle of lime crema. So good!
Chili Lime Cauliflower Tacos
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These scrumptious roasted cauliflower tacos characteristic roasted cauliflower tossed with ancho chili powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. We love constructing our tacos with mashed avocado, shredded cabbage, and pickled onions. We additionally add a drizzle of lime crema, making the tacos additional particular.
Makes 8 tacos
You Will Want
1 medium cauliflower, lower into small florets, 1 ¼ kilos
2 tablespoons avocado oil
1/4 teaspoon high-quality sea salt
1 teaspoon ancho chili powder or use selfmade chili powder
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or extra to style
2 to three lime or lemon wedges
8 corn tortillas or flour tortillas
1 medium avocado, mashed
2 cups thinly shredded cabbage or lettuce
Lime crema, recipe beneath
Non-obligatory: pickled onions, pickled jalapeños, contemporary cilantro leaves, crumbled or shredded cheese
Lime Crema
1/2 cup crema or bitter cream
1 to 2 teaspoons contemporary lime juice
Pinch of salt
Instructions
1Preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat — lining the pan just isn’t solely needed, however this does assist with cleanup.
2In a big bowl, toss the cauliflower florets with 2 tablespoons of oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
3Add the seasoned florets to the baking sheet. Unfold them out, dealing with as many flatter edges onto the baking sheet so that they brown properly.
4Roast till the perimeters are crisp and brown and the insides are tender, 20 to 35 minutes. After 20 minutes, stir the cauliflower to advertise even browning.
5Take away the cauliflower from the oven and toss with a squeeze of contemporary lime juice.
6Make the lime crema. Mix 1/2 cup crema (or bitter cream) with a teaspoon of lime juice and a pinch of salt. Style, after which add extra lime juice as wanted.
7Heat the tortillas. Wrap the tortillas in two stacks with aluminum foil. Place into the oven for 10 to fifteen minutes or till heat.
8Unfold a tablespoon or so of mashed avocado onto every tortilla. Then add a handful of shredded cabbage, some roasted cauliflower, a drizzle of the lime crema, and any extra taco toppings.
Adam and Joanne’s Suggestions
- Crema is a thickened tangy cream (just like bitter cream). We purchase ours at a neighborhood Mexican market, however you would possibly discover that your native grocery retailer sells it. Should you can not discover it, use bitter cream instead.
- Any chili powder will work for this recipe, however we love utilizing ancho chili powder, which tastes candy, fruity, and gentle. We additionally love substituting our selfmade chili powder mix, which is full of taste.
- Smoked Paprika is created from dried and smoked pimiento peppers. It provides a deep smoky aroma and taste. Until famous on the packaging, it isn’t sometimes sizzling (spicy) and as an alternative is gentle and a bit candy.
- The vitamin information offered beneath are estimates.
Vitamin Per Serving
Serving Dimension
2 tacos
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Energy
333
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Whole Fats
17.2g
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Saturated Fats
3.9g
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Ldl cholesterol
6.7mg
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Sodium
302.2mg
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Carbohydrate
41.7g
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Dietary Fiber
10.3g
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Whole Sugars
5.4g
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Protein
9g
