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Butternut squash adds an unexpected but delicious earthy sweetness to this flavorful breakfast hash, which also features green bell pepper, jalapeño, corn, black beans and warming spices to evoke some favorite flavors of Mexican cuisine. The luscious Lime Crema uses silken tofu to achieve a drizzly, sour cream–like texture that perfectly complements the cooked veggies. Enjoy this breakfast hash on its own or spoon the delicious jumble into warm corn tortillas for a morning twist on tacos that will leave you satisfied and nourished.
Tip: A package of prepared squash cubes shaves off prep time, but if you have a fresh whole butternut squash, you can halve, seed, peel, and cube it.
Ingredients
- ½ 12-oz. package extra-firm lite silken tofu
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- ½ teaspoon lime zest
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 to 4 tablespoons unsweetened, unflavored plant-based milk
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 fresh jalapeño chile, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 12-oz. package chopped fresh butternut squash (3 cups)
- 4 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 1 15-oz. can no-salt-added black beans, rinsed and drained (1½ cups)
- Sea salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 8 6-inch corn tortillas, warmed
Instructions
- For Lime Crema, place the tofu, lime juice, lime zest, and garlic powder in a food processor. Cover and process until smooth, gradually adding 3 to 4 tablespoons of plant-based milk until crema is the consistency of sour cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- In an extra-large skillet cook onion, bell pepper, jalapeño, and garlic over medium 5 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding vegetable broth, 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, as needed to prevent sticking. Add remaining broth, the squash, chili powder, and cumin. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until squash is almost tender.
- Stir in corn and black beans; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until hot. Season with salt and black pepper. Sprinkle with cilantro. Drizzle with Lime Crema and serve with tortillas.
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Comments (21)
(5 from 7 votes)Wow! This was amazing! I used roasted Yukon gold potatoes instead of squash. The potatoes make it so filling and satisfying. The sauce was incredible! I've never used tofu to make a cream sauce. I will keep this recipe in my meal rotation. Thank you!
Delicious thank you. I love silken tofu sour cream.
White beans or soaked cashews with extra water. Might be best to look up a vegan sour cream recipe that sounds good to you.
It was soo good!
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If you make cashew cream as a regular part of your vegan life, as I do, use a couple of tablespoons or more, of it thinned with the lime juice etc. It makes excellent mock sour cream or crema. And honestly tastes better than even the creamiest silk tofu.
Everything about this recipe looked great except the tofu based lime crema. How do you make your cashew cream?? TIA
I disagree. Cashew cream is naturally sweet. In my opinion it is not a good substitute for sour cream. This tofu based sauce is the closest thing I've found to sour cream. But I try not to look at it as "sour cream". I like to look at it as a lime cream sauce. No sauce will ever be JUST like sour cream.
Please describe the texture of the terms “Extra-firm” . . “Lite silken” tofu - they sound totally opposite, an oxymoron! - and maybe in USA there is such a label. But in Australia and maybe other countries “extra firm” tofu is just that: very firm - whereas “lite silken” would be soft, like the expression “soft as silk”. So if one lives outside the USA I guess one can just try and choose the tofu that probably fits the recipe, ie. firm, or silken, or in between. Thx for delicious recipes and very encouraging amazing health information!!
Hi, silken tofu is different than the tofu to which you are referring. It is normally found in the asian food aisle and is NOT refrigerated. It comes in soft, firm, extra firm. Maybe this link will work for you? The only brand I have ever seen this product in is Mori-Nu. https://thrivemarket.com/p/mori-nu-extra-firm-silken-tofu?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla_smart&utm_campaign=Shopping_Engagement_Smart_Members&utm_content=085696608051&utm_term=na&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuMuRBhCJARIsAHXdnqNrvL7z10dPeqWrNpQrSjlg5194aE135fVIu-RbkzTk4olS6L_0Z6saAhhhEALw_wcB
What can you use to substitute the tofu?
Not a thing...
I want to be able to print recipues
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I’m surprised you put corn in this Mexican Breakfast Hash with lime Crema. I love corn but have been told corn does little for you and may do more harm than good. Is the corn just for the looks & taste?
I thought it was pretty bland as written. I needed to add a lot more spice and feel potato would have been better texture-wise than the squash.
A great dish . Very tasty !!
Need to know serving amount and how many
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How long will the lime crema keep in he fridge?
You can also make an avacado lime crema that tastes just as amazing. Avacado Lime juice cilantro and some vegan sour cream or yogurt garlic salt