Description
Easy vegan taquito recipe filled with pumpkin cashew queso cheese and spicy pulled jackfruit! This is the perfect snack for football games or a quick weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
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Cashew Pumpkin Queso:
- 2 3/4 cup soaked raw cashews*
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic
- 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon water
Pulled Jackfruit:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup onions
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon Hungarian hot paprika or cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground cummin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 tablespoon liquid smoke
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 cup of corn
- 1 tablespoon chili onion crunch (from trader joes-optional)
Taquitos:
- 30 medium corn tortillas
- 1 bag of nondairy shredded cheddar or pepper jack cheese
- 2 avocados
- 2 limes
- fresh cilantro
Lime Crema:
- 1/4 cup of nondairy yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic
Instructions
Cashew Pumpkin Queso:
- Soak raw unsalted cashews in a bowl of water for 24 hrs or boil water and pour over the cashews and allow them to soak for 4 hours until soft.
- Drain the water from the cashews and pour them into a food processor or blender.
- Add the pumpkin, garlic, nutritional yeast, smoked paprika, salt, and water to the blender.
- Blend until smooth and creamy, stirring the sides as needed.
- Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate while jackfruit finishes cooking.
Pulled Jackfruit:
- Slice onions into small pieces and turn the crockpot on sautee/brown. Pour the olive oil in the crockpot and cook down the onions until translucent and fragrant.
- Add pumpkin, water, liquid smoke, chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, hot paprika, and salt to the crockpot and stir.
- Drain the water or brine from two cans of jackfruit and add the jackfruit to the crockpot.
- Stir well and cover the jackfruit in the pumpkin puree mix.
- Close the lid and cook on slow cook for 2 1/2 hours.
- Open the crockpot and using a fork shred the jackfruit into small pieces that will resemble pulled chicken.
- Add maple syrup, chili onion crunch, and corn to the jackfruit and stir well.
- Turn the crockpot back on to the simmer/brown setting and leave the lid off so some of the moisture can escape.
- Cook for an additional 15 min, stirring occasionally.
Making homemade taquitos:
- Heat a small amount of oil in a pan. Place one corn tortilla face down and cook for a minute and flip the corn tortilla to the other side and cook again until the tortilla becomes soft and slightly brown. Alternatively, you can wrap the tortillas in a damp paper towel and microwave for 30 seconds.
- Next, take one tortilla and spread a layer of pumpkin queso cheese, near the middle or on one side of the tortilla.
- Add a small layer of the pulled jackfruit and sprinkle with cheese.
- Roll the tortilla up tightly and place the taquito seam side down.
- Repeat until the mixture is gone or until the desired number of taquitos is made.
- Transfer the taquitos to the air fryer and place them seam-side down.
- Cook in the air fryer at 370 for 15 minutes or you can bake them in the oven at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
- Once they are baked fully the outside should be nice and crispy.
- Transfer to a plate and garnish with toppings.
Lime Crema and toppings:
- Mix the nondairy yogurt with lime juice and garlic in a small bowl.
- Slice the avocado and lime into small pieces and wedges.
- Chop the fresh cilantro
- Drizzle the taquitos with the lime crema and garnish with avocado, fresh cilantro, and lime wedges.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
* to soak the raw cashews leave them in a bowl of water for 24 hours or boil water and pour over the cashews and allow to soak for 2-4 hours. The softer the cashews are the more creamy and smooth the queso will be!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 taquitos
- Calories: 390
Keywords: taquitos, vegan cheese, pumpkin, crockpot meals, jackfruit, meatless meals, vegan, gluten-free,