Meaty Vegan Mexican Rice Casserole in 30 Minutes!

A ligth brown ceramic dish with colorful ingredients like black beans, corn, rice, melted cheese, bell pepper strips, chopped avocado, chopped green herbs.

Meaty Vegan Mexican Rice Casserole in 30 Minutes!

This vegan Mexican rice casserole recipe is how I realized just how tasty a vegan rice casserole dish can be. It tastes meaty enough for even meat lovers to enjoy. But the best part is that it is ready in just 30 minutes which has made it a go-to weeknight meal at our place!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Mexican, Nut-free, Soy-free, Tex-Mex, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword mexican casserole, mexican rice and beans, vegan mexican casserole, vegan rice casserole

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Baking time 10

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 606kcal

Author Nandor Barta

Equipment

Ingredients

Vegan taco meat

1 cup TVP (Soy) -> What is TVP?
1 cup Veggie broth
1 Tbsp Olive oil
1 + ½ Tbsp Taco seasoning mix
¼ tsp Onion powder
½ tsp Garlic powder

Other casserole ingredients

1 Tbsp Olive oil
½ Onion
1 cup Black beans canned or cooked
1 cup Sweet corn (canned)
½ Bell Pepper
2 cup Rice (cooked)
1 cup Salsa
2 Tbsp Taco seasoning mix

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Instructions

Pre-cook rice according to packaging instructions.
Boil water in a kettle and add veggie stock or boil veggie broth. Take a heat-resisting bowl and soak TVP for 10 minutes.
When the time is up, squeeze the liquid out with your hands. As a result, you need to have moist, soft “minced meat”.
Preheat your frying pan or skillet over medium to high heat.
Add olive oil, soaked TVP, taco seasoning mix, onion powder, and garlic powder. Mix well.
Fry the TVP for about 5 minutes to get them crispy on the edges.
Add chopped onion and bell pepper. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add store-bought chunky salsa sauce and veggie broth. Stir to combine.
Add canned sweet corn, canned black bean, pre-cooked white rice, and more taco seasoning mix. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil and it is ready for the oven. It should take you at most 10 minutes to get them done.
Preheat oven to 425 Fahrenheit (220 degrees Celsius). Choose an oven-safe baking dish and add the pre-cooked casserole ingredients. Top it with a generous amount of shredded cheese. You can even mix in some extra cheese if you like it cheezy and gooey. Bake in the oven for 6-8 minutes until the cheese has melted.

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Notes

Can you use different vegan meat?

Alternatively, you can add vegan shredded chicken (season it with taco or fajitas spice mix instead of buffalo sauce) or vegan shaved beefsteak we used in our vegan philly cheesesteak recipe. You can also add minced walnut-cauliflower instead, which we show you how to make in our vegan spaghetti bolognese recipe. Any store-bought plant-based meat alternatives can work as well.

What else can you add?

You can add anything you would add to your taco: other legumes (pinto beans, red kidney beans, white beans, chickpeas, lentils), or more chopped bell peppers and fresh tomatoes, or even hot chili peppers (jalapeno for example) if you like it hot.

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