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Easy Raw Walnut Chorizo Taco

March 2, 2014 by Rachel Carr 3 Comments

Mexican cuisine translates so well into raw vegan preparations-the flavors are bright, spicy, bold and make great use of fresh fruits and vegetables.  Here a “chorizo” taco meat is created by using walnuts and pumpkinseeds and home made guajillo chili paste.  Instead of a taco shell, a super healthy alternative is cabbage, collard or romaine.  And of course everyone loves salsa…

For the picture I layered chorizo first, fresh corn, guacamole, raw sour cream, cilantro and pea sprouts!

Raw vegan tacos are a great way to eat your veggies! Full of protein and bursting with flavor, these delicious, healthy tacos make a fun week-night dinner!

Raw vegan tacos are a great way to eat your veggies! Full of protein and bursting with flavor, these delicious, healthy tacos make a fun week-night dinner!

Raw vegan tacos are a great way to eat your veggies! Full of protein and bursting with flavor, these delicious, healthy tacos make a fun week-night dinner!

Easy raw vegan walnut chorizo taco
 
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Prep time
45 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
Author: Rachel Carr
Recipe type: Raw Vegan
Ingredients
For the Taco Shells:
  • one green or red cabbage
For the Guajillo Paste
  • 5 dry guajillo Chili Pods, soaked one hour, seeded and stems removed
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic
  • 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 2 teaspoons Coriander
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed
For the Chorizo “meat:”
  • ¼ cup Walnuts
  • ¼ cup Pecans
  • ¼ cup Pumpkin Seeds
  • 1½ Tablespoons guajillo chili paste (if you don't want to make the chili pasta, you can use store bought chili paste instead)
  • ⅛ teaspoon Cloves
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • ¼ Tablespoon Chili Powder
  • ¼ Tablespoon fresh Oregano
For the Raw Vegan Sour Cream
  • 1 cup cashews, soaked 2 hours
  • ½ cup water or more
  • ¼ cup lemon juice or more to taste
  • pinch salt
For the Kiwi Salsa
  • 2 kiwis, peeled and chopped
  • 1 Heirloom tomato
  • juice of one lime
  • salt to taste
  • ¼ red onion, minced
  • ½ bunch cilantro, chopped
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced
For the guacamole:
  • 2 avocados
  • juice of ½ lime
  • ¼ red onion minced
  • salt to taste
  • chopped cilantro to taste
Instructions
For the guajillo paste
  1. Blend ingredients well in the blender.
For the walnut chorizo
  1. Pulse the walnuts and pumpkinseeds together in the for processor until they are crumbly but not powdery. Put nut/ seed mixture into a mixing bowl and mix the rest of the ingredients by hand until well incorporated.
For the raw vegan sour cream:
  1. Puree all ingredients well until smooth.
For the kiwi salsa
  1. Chop and mix all ingredients together by hand, or pulse a few times in the food processor.
For the guacamole
  1. Mash everything together until smooth.
To assemble
  1. To assemble the taco, carefully remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and discard. Then start to remove leaves carefully to use as the shells. I like to chop off the stem of the cabbage as this helps the leaves separate from the cabbage without tearing. Expect to lose a few leaves in this process as it can be tricky at first.
  2. Place some of the chorizo inside the shell and top with the cashew sour cream, guacamole and kiwi salsa. Enjoy!
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Filed Under: Entrees, Gluten Free, Raw Vegan Tagged With: raw, raw-vegan, taco

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Comments

  1. anushka

    August 15, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    it was delicious! i had lenty guajillo paste left though, any ideas on how to use it?

    Reply
    • Rachel Carr

      August 16, 2014 at 9:28 pm

      You can keep it refrigerated or frozen and use it in soups, and dressings, or you can use it as a hot sauce! It can be mixed into curries as well instead of chili paste.

      Reply
  2. coloadvert.info

    March 17, 2018 at 5:03 pm

    This vegan meat substitute made with California walnuts is a perfect complement to a breakfast scramble, frittata or breakfast burrito.

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