Vegan Breakfast Tacos

Name: Vegan Breakfast Tacos
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 1 package firm tofu; 1 tsp each turmeric and garlic powder; 1/2 tsp each sea salt and black pepper; 2 tbsp water; tortillas; refried beans, black beans or pinto beans; avocado; salsa; optional: fresh cilantro, red onion

posted: 06/19/19 — updated: 01/12/23 by Deryn Macey Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links.

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These vegan breakfast tacos feature tofu scramble, refried beans, avocado and salsa for a healthy, filling plant-based breakfast that’s quick and easy to make.

Two vegan breakfast tacos on a plate with lime slices and cilantro.

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Breakfast Taco Ingredients
Tofu Scramble Tips
Related Recipes
Vegan Breakfast Tacos

Breakfast Taco Ingredients

Corn tortillas. You can use any corn or wheat tortilla you enjoy. I like 100% corn tortillas best for tacos.
Medium tofu. We’ll be scrambling up firm tofu with turmeric, salt, pepper and garlic powder. This takes just minutes!
Beans. I used refried black beans but you can also use plain black beans, pinto beans or my lentil taco mixture. If you’re using store-bought beans, just double to check to make sure they’re vegan.
Avocado. I think all savoury breakfasts need avocado, don’t you? Avocado adds some wonderful, satiating healthy fats to the recipe and the cool, creamy texture is perfect with the beans and tofu scramble.
Salsa. There are plenty of delicious store-bought salsas available so choose your favourite or make my easy pico de gallo or corn salsa.

That’s it! Optional toppings include diced red onion, cilantro and a sauce like my chimmichurri sauce, chipotle sauce or avocado cilantro sauce.

A hand holding a breakfast taco with tofu scramble, refried beans, cilantro and salsa in it.

Tofu Scramble Tips

Tofu scramble is so easy to make. You only need a few ingredients and a few minutes. I usually use firm tofu for scrambles but medium and extra-firm work just fine as well.

To make it, just crumble tofu into a pan, add spices and a splash of water, heat and enjoy. The best spices and flavourings to use are:

cumin, chili powder and/or paprika
turmeric for colour
black pepper
kala namak (black salt) if you can find it, it has an eggy taste to it…if not, regular sea salt is fine
garlic powder
a dash of soy sauce
nutritional yeast

I usually keep it simple and just use turmeric, salt and pepper and garlic powder. Sometimes I’ll add nutritional yeast for some extra flavour.

Crumbled tofu in a skillet with turmeric, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

Cooked tofu scramble in a black skillet.

Two tofu scramble tacos with refried beans, lime, salsa and cilantro.

Two vegan breakfast tacos stuffed with tofu scramble, avocado and refried beans.

These vegan breakfast tacos are quick, easy, fun and healthy. You can customize by:

using black beans or pinto beans instead of refried beans
using chickpea scramble instead of tofu scramble
add cilantro, red onion, green onion, grated carrot or diced bell peppers
further flavouring the tofu scramble with nutritional yeast and extra spices like paprika
using this Black Bean Corn Salad as a topping
adding tofu sour cream or chipotle mayo
adding queso or slaw

You’ll need to just minutes to whip these up. Simply heat the tofu scramble, load everything into tortillas and dig in!

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