Recipe: Cajun Pulled Mushroom Queso Taco

Mexican dishes seem made for foodservice, and Queso Tacos remain one of the very best warm streetfood dishes for the terrace: cheesy, chewy, crispy on the outside, warm and packed with flavour on the inside. And because you prepare it in mise en place with cheese sauce, this dish is perfectly scalable. That makes a taco like this ideal for sharing boards, as a bar snack or finger food during catering. With Fable’s Pulled Mushroom, you add a deep, warm, almost meat-like umami-rich filling. Combined with frijoles, it creates a flavour so good it even wins over meat lovers.

How to build the veggie Queso Taco

Follow the step-by-step preparation below:

1. Prepare the pulled mushroom: Pull the shiitake completely apart into a fine pulled texture.

2. Cook: Cook the pulled mushroom on a hot griddle until the moisture has evaporated.

3. Season: Add Fajita seasoning and briefly cook through.

4. Make it sticky: Add Spicy Chipotle and let it become sticky on the griddle.

5. Prepare the tortilla: Generously spread cheese sauce over the tortilla.

6. Fill: Add beans, corn and the pulled mushroom.

7. Fold: Fold the tortilla closed and set aside.

8. Finish to order: Place the taco in a contact grill until warm, cheesy and crispy.

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And the best part: this is incredibly easy to execute. The taco is already prepared in mise en place-you only need to finish it in the contact grill. Serve with Ancho Mayo, a little coriander and a lime wedge on the side.

A warm, cheesy, crispy Queso Taco with sticky Pulled Mushroom, frijoles and roasted corn. A bold, modern Mexican dish that fits perfectly on lunch menus, bar menus or festival menus, and is 100% foodservice-proof thanks to its mise-en-place preparation.

How do you prepare pulled shiitake for Queso Tacos?

Fable is made from shiitake mushrooms and is perfect for pulling or preparing in chunks. For this recipe, we pull the mushrooms first. Then we cook them on a griddle or in a pan, without oil. This works perfectly because they’re mushrooms-they won’t burn, they’ll only get better. When heated, Fable’s Pulled Mushroom develops a rich umami flavour, and with the addition of Fajita seasoning it becomes unmistakably Mexican. You can also add some Spicy Chipotle at this stage for a delicious sticky finish.

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