
Brush each tortilla with oil until lightly coated. Arrange corn tortillas on a baking sheet, ensuring that none of the tortillas are overlapping. Preheat your oven to 350☏ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. You could totally buy a pack of tostadas from the store, but it’s pretty simple to make your own tostadas at home if you already have tortillas on hand! You’ll definitely want to use corn tortillas over flour tortillas as flour tortillas won’t crisp up quite the same. Flip the tempeh and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Cook tempeh on the first side for 4-5 minutes, until browned. Heat oil in a medium skillet, then arrange tempeh in the skillet without overcrowding the pan.
Pour the marinade over the tempeh, stir to coat and set aside for 5-10 minutes. Whisk the marinade together to combine and adjust the seasoning as needed. Make the marinade by combining soy sauce, chili powder, hot sauce, cumin, liquid smoke, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper in a small bowl. If you don’t have liquid smoke, you could also use smoked paprika for a similar effect in these vegan tostadas. The liquid smoke makes the tempeh taste like it was grilled in the backyard, which is one of my favorite summer flavors. We’re making a spicy, smoky marinade for the tempeh made with soy sauce, lots of spices and the secret ingredient (although I guess it’s not so secret if I’m telling you) – liquid smoke. You could cut it into strips if you prefer, but I find these vegan tostadas easier to eat when the tempeh is cubed. I cut my tempeh into bite-sized cubes for this vegan tostada recipe. I’m a tempeh > tofu gal any day, so that’s what we’re going with today for this vegan tostada recipe! Tempeh is pretty “meaty” and satisfying, making it the perfect food to turn any carnivore into a #1 plant fan. #VEGAN TOSTADA COOKING DASH HOW TO#
How to Make Smoky Tempeh for Vegan Tostadas I hope I got the point across that you need to make these ASAP for dinner, lunch, breakfast…heck, they’re good enough to have for dessert. But the best thing about these vegan tostadas? They’re done in 30 minutes.
Then let everyone build their own tostadas for a one-way ticket to mealtime bliss. One of the cool things this vegan tostada recipe is that most of it is build-your-own, which is great for entertaining or just picky eaters at the dinner table! All you have to do is lay out the ingredients and toppings. I loved Dana’s tostadas so much that I wanted to do something similar with my leftover corn tortillas.
Both the tostadas and the cookbook are amazeballs, so I highly recommend checking them out for recipes that will knock your socks off. I had some leftover corn tortillas after making the Spicy Braised Tofu Tostadas from the Everyday Cooking book by the team at Minimalist Baker. I actually made this recipe randomly with no plan to post it, but it turned out so delicious that I couldn’t wait to share it with you guys! Vegan Tostadas with Smoky Tempeh and Mango Slawįunny story about these vegan tostadas.