Medium

Eggplant Tacos

Total Time
1h
22m prep · 38m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This is a fun, healthy recipe to change up your Mexican meals. Bet you almost can't tell that there isn't meat! Use as substitute for meat in tacos, enchiladas, or your favorite Mexican meals. Fill taco shells with eggplant mixture and top with your favorite fixings!

Ingredients

  • 0.25 cups olive oil , divided
  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic , minced
  • ¼ jalapeño pepper , minced
  • 1 eggplant , cut into cubes
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1.5 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 0.5 teaspoons seasoned salt , such as Johnny's Seasoning Salt
  • 4 tacos shells

Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, lemon juice, garlic, and jalapeño; bring to a simmer and cook until onion softens, about 3 minutes.

  2. 2

    Stir in eggplant, cumin, paprika, chili powder, black pepper, and seasoned salt; drizzle remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil over top. Cook, stirring occasionally, until eggplant softens and reduces in size, about 15 minutes. Serve in taco shells.

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