Potato Taco Recipe | Vegan (2024)

Delicious, healthy Taco Stuffed Baked Potatoes are filled with beans, fresh veggies, cheese sauce, and seasoned with your favorite taco toppings! It’s time for a fiesta with funwith this potatorecipe!

These fiesta potatoes really are so versatile. Endless topping possibilities and vegan potato taco style is most definitely a favorite for us. We even have an excellent homemade taco seasoning mix that is perfect to use in this recipe.

What you’ll love about these potato tacos is that they’re…

• Wonderfully versatile
• Hearty & filling
• Full of flavor
• Packed with healthy ingredients
• Fresh
• Crowd pleasers

How to make potato tacos

The recipe card at the bottom of the page has the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions.

You’ll want to begin by washing and baking your potatoes. I like to wrap mine in parchment paper and foil and then bake them in the oven at 400°F for approximately 1 hour, depending on the size of the potato.

Another quicker option is to microwave the potatoes on high for around 5-6 minutes, again depending on the size of the potato. You’ll want to poke a few holes in the potatoes and wrap them in a damp paper towel before cooking so there won’t be an explosion in your microwave.

While the potatoes are cooking, go ahead and prepare the taco bean filling.

How to make the vegan taco meat

Begin by making thevegan taco meat mixture. This is another great versatile part of the recipe because you can really useany type of beanyou like best.

Taco-flavored beans mixture

I tend to make a blend of black beans and red kidney beans. Sometimes I also like to add pintos. Make your own fresh beans in anInstant Potor buy canned.

If using canned beans, I always recommend dumping them in acolanderandrinsing to remove some of the salt and preservatives.

Add the cooked beans, fire-roasted tomatoes, bulgur (if using), and taco seasoning to amicrowavable bowlor pot and heat until warm.

What is bulgur?

Bulgur used in this recipe is a whole wheat grain that is cooked exactly like rice in about 15 minutes. (Follow package directions).

I like to make a big batch of it and store in the freezer to use in recipes like tacos, stews, chili beans, etc. because bulgur adds a ground beef texture and soaks up the flavors of the dish you’re preparing.

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Normally, I have my bulgur already cooked and stored in the freezer for recipes like this, but it is super easy to add uncooked bulgur if you prefer.

Simply add the uncooked bulgur to the mixture of beans, fire-roasted tomatoes, and taco seasoning. There will already be some liquid from the fire-roasted tomatoes, but you’ll need to mix inan extra 1/2 cup of waterand allow it to heat on the stovetop or microwave until the bulgur is cooked.

While this is heating up or cooking (if usingrawbulgur), go ahead and chop up the veggies you want to use. I love to include lettuce, tomato, onions, and cilantro.

I am often asked which knives I use personally, and I have to say that it is Victorinox. They are the same company that makes Swiss Army Knives and the quality is excellent.

Stuffing a potato taco

Once everything is ready, it’s time to slice and stuff those potatoes.

Best way to cut open a baked potato

An old friend of mine used to work at a restaurant when she was a teenager, and she showed me years ago the best way to soften a potato when you are about to load it up. Simply cut baked potatoes open and press on sides like this.

Press a little firmer and it breaks up the potato flesh inside to create a softer bed for a toppings landing.

Next, begin stuffing the potatoes with the taco bean mix and other fixings.

Delicious, healthy baked potatoes can be stuffed and seasoned with your favorite taco toppings like salsa, vegan sour cream, green chives, and Cheese’ Sauce! It’s time for a fiesta!

Check out the video below to see me demonstrating how easy it is to make this tofu sour cream and serve it on our taco potatoes while we were on vacation recently at a lake house.

*Original publish date April 2016.

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