This Loaded Taco Salad is a fresh take on a Tex-Mex classic. Made with Hodo Adobo Mexican Crumbles, pickled red onions, and a cilantro-lime vinaigrette, even your non-vegan friends will love this dish.
Servings: 2-4
Ingredients
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt, divided
- 1 small-medium red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cups cilantro (1 bunch)
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 Tbsp champagne vinegar
- 1 ½ Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil, divided
- 1 bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 1 medium white onion, sliced into strips
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ package Hodo Adobo Mexican Crumbles
- 4-6 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 medium avocado, cut into chunks
- ½ cup grape tomatoes, cut into quarters
- 3 radishes, thinly sliced
- ½ cup fresh or thawed yellow sweet corn
- ½ cup black beans
- ½ cup fried tortilla strips
- 1 small jalapeno, thinly sliced (optional)
Directions
Pickled red onions:
- Add apple cider vinegar, sugar, and 1 tsp salt to a small bowl, and whisk until well combined.
- Add sliced red onions, and let sit for at least one hour.
Cilantro-lime vinaigrette:
- Blend cilantro, olive oil, champagne vinegar, fresh lime juice, 1 tsp salt, and 1 tsp pepper until smooth. Set aside.
Veggies and crumbles:
- Saute peppers and onions with vegetable oil until tender.
- Add smoked paprika, garlic powder, and salt (to taste) toward the end.
- Set aside to cool.
- Heat up a skillet with a small amount of vegetable oil, and brown your Hodo Adobo Mexican Crumbles to desired texture.
Salad assembly:
- Add lettuce to a bowl and carefully top with avocado chunks, tomatoes, radish slices, corn, beans, sauteed veggies, Hodo Adobo Mexican Crumbles, tortilla strips, and jalapeno.
- Top with pickled red onions and cilantro-lime vinaigrette.
This recipe is brought to you by Hodo Foods, a plant-based food brand that offers a variety of products in addition to Hodo Adobo Mexican Crumbles, including organic tofu, soy milk, pre-seasoned cubes, and more. To learn more and find a store near you that carries Hodo Foods products, visit HodoFoods.com.
Photo credit: Brittney Chung
