Chile-Lime Mushroom Carnitas Tacos

Shredded oyster mushrooms crisped like carnitas, folded into charred tortillas with pineapple salsa.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 18g

Black beans (10g)
Oyster mushrooms (5g)
Tortillas (3g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

✓Oyster mushrooms, 3 cups, shredded
✓Chili powder + cumin + oregano
✓Lime, 2
✓Corn tortillas, 4
✓Black beans, 3/4 cup, warmed
✓Pineapple, 1/2 cup, diced
✓Red onion + jalapeño + cilantro
✓Avocado, 1/4

Dotted ⓘ ingredients have photos and store locations in the field guide.

How to Prep

1Shred mushrooms by hand; roast at 450°F with spices until crisp-edged, 25 minutes.
2Mix pineapple, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime into salsa.
3Char tortillas over the flame or a dry pan.
4Build: beans, mushroom carnitas, salsa, avocado.

🔪 Starting from raw? The basics (1)

Beans: canned or from dry

Canned is fine everywhere — drain and rinse; one 15-oz can is about 1½ cups. From dry: soak overnight and simmer 60–90 minutes until fully tender.

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📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

Every ingredient above is stocked organic at these local spots:

Whole Foods Market — Lakeview
Fresh Thyme Market — Bucktown
Pete's Fresh Market — Bridgeport
Mariano's — Throughout Chicagoland
Dill Pickle Food Co-op — Logan Square
Sugar Beet Food Co-op — Oak Park

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26g protein

Chile-Lime Mushroom Carnitas Tacos

Ingredients (all organic)

How to Prep

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

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