Spicy tofu fajitas are great for a quick vegan meal. These are deliciously flavorful and hardly takes 30 minutes. This plant-based recipe is packed with healthy vegetables and protein-rich tofu. Makes a great vegan dinner.
These vegan fajitas with tofu are an easy and quick meal. You can make them on the stovetop, bake them, or use your air fryer. Air fryers are a great savior when you want to bake something in hot summers. It's also quick and easy to make this recipe in an air fryer.
Fajitas are quite a popular Mexican recipe. This is a vegan version of fajitas with tofu and colorful vegetables. You can also add mushrooms to your vegetarian fajitas. This is a great addition to my easy vegan recipes, in fact, for dinner.
How to make tofu fajitas?
This tofu fajitas is an easy recipe with few ingredients. These vegetarian fajitas are loaded with veggies.
Instructions -
Tofu - extra firm tofu. Press hard the tofu to remove the excess liquid.
Vegetables - red bell peppers, yellow peppers, green peppers, yellow onions, tomatoes, mushrooms.
Spices - cumin powder, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper powder, lime juice
Instructions -
Press tofu using a tofu press or any heavy objects. Then, cut the tofu into stripes.
In a plate or bowl, take ยผ cup cornstarch and add a little salt to it. Then, roll the tofu stripes on corn flour to coat it nicely. This will make the tofu crispy. However, this step is optional if you don't want the tofu to have a crispy texture.
Heat oil in a pan and pan-fry the coated tofu. Flip and make sure all sides are cooked nicely. Remove once the tofu is done.
In the same pan, add oil if required. Add all the vegetables and cook for 3 - 4 minutes. Then add the tomatoes and sautรฉ. Add spices, followed by a little water, so that the veggies and tofu will get nicely coated with the spices.
Cook the veggies and tofu for 3 - 4 minutes or till the veggies are cooked tender and soaked up all flavors of the spices.
Bake Fajita Veggies in an Oven
Preheat the oven to 400F (200 C).
Slice the vegetables and tofu into stripes. Prepare the marinade by mixing the spices with ยผ cup water. Place the veggies and tofu on a baking sheet and pour in the spice mixture. Mix them all nicely.
Bake at 400F for 30 minutes or at 425F for 20 minutes. Once done perfectly, remove from the oven. If necessary, flip in the midways. Now assemble and serve on the tortilla along with other toppings.
Air Fry Fajita Veggies
Preheat the air fryer. If your air fryer brand specifies preheating, you may skip it. Mix the fajita sauce (spices + water) with the sliced veggies. Set aside for the veggies to marinate for 10 - 15 minutes. However, this is optional.
Spread the veggies inside the air fryer basket. Spray the veggies with a bit of oil. Start the air fryer at 400 F for 15 minutes. Toss them the halfway mark at around the 7-minute mark. Remove once done, and veggies turn tender and have little charred edges. Serve with tortillas, extra toppings, and vegan crema.
Recipe card for Tofu Fajitas
Spicy Tofu Fajita (Vegan Fajita)
Ingredients
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- ยฝ green bell pepper
- 1 block tofu extra firm
- 2 - 3 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Fajita Spices
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ยฝ tsp salt (as per taste)
- ยผ tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp lime juice substitute - lemon juice equal quantity
- ยผ cup water
Serving
- 4 flour tortillas
- 1 red onion sliced
- 1 cup cabbage slaw
- ยฝ cup chopped tomatoes, jalapeno
- 1 small bunch cilantro leaves
- vegan sour cream or cilantro crema or any sauce of choice
Instructions
- Press the tofu hard extracting the excess water.1 block tofu
- Cut the tofu into stripes.
- Now heat oil in a skillet.
- Now place the corn flour on a plate and season with a pinch of salt.
- Now dip the tofu stripe into the flour so that it's coated with flour.
- Repeat for all stripes.
- Place the coated tofu in hot oil.
- Remove from pan when cooked well for 3 - 5 minutes.
- In the same pan, add a little oil if required.
- Now add sliced veggies to the pan.
- Stir fry for 4 - 5 minutes.
- Now add the tofu followed by fajita spices mentioned above in the ingredients list under fajita seasonings (along with water).
- Mix them gently and cook for 3 minutes on low flame till flavor is soaked by veggies.
- Cook until veggies are soft and tender.
- Turn off heat once done.
Assemble the tofu fajitas
- Heat the tortillas in a skillet or in microwave.
- Or using a tong heat the tortillas on direct flame.
- Place the tofu fajitas and top the extra toppings mentioned above in the ingredients list.
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