15 Minute Easy Vegan Tacos (Using Veggie Burgers)

Are you sick of cooking yet? Yeah, me too. This year has set some crazy records when it comes to home cooking for a lot of us. It was in a fit of frustration (and a serious “hangry” moment) that I decided to see if I could make tacos out of veggie burger patties. And to my pleasant surprise, it worked AND took only about 15 minutes. These easy meatless tacos are vegan, but can easily be vegetarian or swapped for meat as well.

I used these organic taco shells with toppings such as tomatoes, onions, cilantro, avocado and whatever else I had on hand.

While you can use just about any veggie burger patty, but I really like Dr. Praegers’ line of burgers because of the clean ingredients.

The goal when using the patties is to make separate the patty to resemble ground meat like a takeout taco from a Tex Mex restaurant.

This recipe makes 2-3 tacos.

What You Need For This Recipe:

3 Taco Shells (Soft or Hard)

2 Veggie Patties of Choice

Toppings of choice (Diced Tomatoes, onions, cilantro, diced greens)

Taco Seasoning Blend (Check this one out)

Here’s the deets:

1. Over medium high heat, place 1 tablespoon vegetable oil of choice in your skillet. I like using cast iron skillets like this one.

2. Once warmed, place two frozen veggie patties in the pan.

3. After 5 minutes, the patty should be softer. Take a spatula and separate the patty into half and quarters. “Chop” up the rest of the patty into smaller pieces in the pan.

4. Add desired seasonings. I use about 1/4-1/2 a teaspoon at first then taste. If more is needed, add a bit of a time until satisfied.

5. Continue to separate and fold the veggie patty over itself as it starts to get crispy.

6. Once the patty is a bit browned and crispy, it’s done.

7. Add “veggie grounds” to taco with desired toppings and enjoy!

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