Spinach Tacos Baked Or Air Fried

Crispy Baked or Air-Fried Spinach Tacos

How pretty are these oven baked green tacos? I just love the natural green color, which is so vibrant and rich! The secret? Spinach! I made my favorite Spinach Tortillas which are seriously my go-to recipe for healthy tortillas! These spinach tortillas are much healthier than any tortillas from the store. Why? Not only are they gluten-free, but they are also plant-based (dairy-free) and protein-rich. No wheat, no corn, just two different flours (chickpea flour and tapioca flour), water, spinach, and salt! That’s it! No artificial colors, no preservatives or other questionable ingredients. However, if you are too busy, stressed or not in the mood to make your own tortillas, don’t worry! You can, of course, also use store-bought tortillas (I sometimes do too, but I prefer my homemade tortillas). Flour tortillas, corn tortillas, soft or hard shell tortillas are fine too!

Mexican-inspired Taco Filling

So, let’s talk about the filling. These baked tacos are stuffed with Mexican-inspired pantry ingredients. I wanted to keep it really simple and therefore only used kidney beans (you can use black beans or chickpeas), bell pepper (you can use red, orange, yellow or green pepper), mushrooms (canned or fresh are fine), onion, garlic, rice, and different condiments. And that’s it! If you want to keep this recipe grain-free, simply use quinoa instead of rice. If you don’t like pepper or mushrooms, just use different ingredients of choice. Some examples would be zucchini, eggplant, sweet potato, tomatoes, corn, etc. Of course, I couldn’t resist adding my easy vegan cheese sauce. Because vegan cheese is a must for crispy baked tacos, don’t you agree?! However, you can always use store-bought cheese instead of the homemade vegan cheese sauce.

How To Make Baked Spinach Tacos?

It’s seriously super easy to make these vegan baked tacos. All you need is tortillas (either homemade, store-bought flour tortillas or corn tortillas, soft ones or tortillas with hard shells) and the savory filling. The filling is done in 10 minutes in a skillet. You just have to fry all ingredients in the pan and add about 2 tablespoons of the filling onto a tortilla. Top it with vegan cheese (either homemade or store-bought) and fold the other side of the tortilla over the filling (if you use soft tortillas). Check the pics above to see how easy it is! You can reheat leftovers of the filling in a pan/skillet the next day. The rice mixture keeps well in the refrigerator (covered) for up to 3-4 days or in the freezer for a couple of months. You can also store the tortillas (covered with a bag) in the fridge or even freeze them (in freezer bags). The tortillas will become a bit dry in the fridge. Simply put them individually into a hot skillet (20 seconds from each side) until they are warm and pliable again.

Air Fryer Spinach Tacos

Gently spray the basket with cooking oil, then spread a single layer of tacos into the basket with space in-between and air fry at 400F/200C for 4-6 minutes, until crispy. Flip halfway.

Perfect For Kids

These oven baked spinach tacos are perfect for kids! Why? Kids normally don’t like to eat spinach (well, at least I didn’t really like eating lots of spinach when I was little). You can add lots of fresh spinach to these homemade tortillas, and the great thing is that it’s pretty much tasteless! I am not kidding! I really love these spinach tortillas so much, to me, they actually taste better than my regular homemade tortillas (without spinach)!

Great Side Dish Or Dinner

You can serve these vegan tacos for dinner or as a side dish. I normally eat a huge buddha bowl for lunch, but sometimes I am starving and make these baked tacos in addition. You can make big ones or small ones (depending on the size of the tortillas). This time I made the tortillas pretty small in a 12.5 cm (5-inch) skillet and in my opinion they turned out super cute!

These Spinach Tacos Are:

Meat-free (no chicken, no beef, etc.) Vegan (egg-free, dairy-free) Gluten-free Can be made grain-free Protein-rich Flavorful Hearty Healthy Easy to make A delicious dinner or side dish

Should you recreate these baked or air-fried Mexican-inspired spinach tacos, please leave a comment below and don’t forget to tag me in your Instagram or Facebook post with @elavegan #elavegan because I would love to see how your vegan baked tacos turned out!