I’m going to show you how to make an easy vegan tunacado recipe! The Tunacado went viral on TikTok and I wanted to make a vegan version using shredded tofu to make a tuna salad!
All you have to do is buy vegan tuna or grate tofu into flakey “tuna” chunks, mix together 5 tasty sauce ingredients that will flavour your tofu into “tuna” and add it to a sandwich with toppings!
Related Recipe: Vegan Tuna Salad Sandwich
How To Make A Vegan Tunacado
To make a tunacado, you’ll need to either make my easy tofu tuna recipe or find vegan tuna in a can (some specialty stores have it) and mix with the sauce ingredients. I discovered that shredded tofu is one of the best substitutes to get a vegan tuna lookalike & perfect for making a tunacado sandwich.
Once you have your vegan tuna or shredded tofu chunks, in a separate large bowl, mix together vegan mayo, lemon juice, soy sauce, and nori powder or kelp powder (for fishy flavour). You can also add some beet powder, but it’s optional, to get a pinkish tint to your tuna. I also love adding green onions to your vegan tuna salad.
TIP: To get the best results, I highly recommend putting your vegan tuna salad into the fridge for a bit for the tofu to absorb and marinate in the delicious sauce mixture to get the best taste for your tunacado sandwich.
To make a tunacado sandwich, add your “tuna” to a toasted bun, with toppings like sliced avocado, tomato and vegan pesto (store-bought or you can make one of my vegan pesto recipes here)!
Related Recipe:Â How To Make Vegan Pesto in 5 mins
INGREDIENTS FOR TUNACADO (VEGAN):
- Vegan Tuna or Shredded Tofu
- Vegan Mayonnaise
- Lemon (Juice)
- Soy Sauce
- Kelp Powder
- Green Onions
- Bread or Buns
- Toppings:
- Avocado
- Tomatoes
- Vegan Pesto
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT:
- Measuring Utensils
- Mixing Bowl
- Knife
- Toaster
Tips:
- For the best vegan tuna, marinate for a minimum of 30 mins – will last up to 5 days in fridge!
- Enjoy tofu tuna on salads, on tuna melts or tunacado sandwiches!
Full Recipe Down Below
- 4 buns or bread
- 1 cup vegan tuna (or grated tofu)
- ½ cup plant-based mayo
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1-2 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp kelp powder
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 12 tbsp vegan pesto
- 1 Avocado
- 12 tomato slices
- To make a vegan tunacado, you'll need to either make my easy tofu tuna recipe or find vegan tuna in a can (some specialty stores have it) and mix with the sauce ingredients. I discovered that shredded tofu is one of the best substitutes to get a vegan tuna lookalike & perfect for making a tunacado sandwich.
- Once you have your vegan tuna or shredded tofu chunks, in a separate large bowl, mix together vegan mayo, lemon juice, soy sauce, and nori powder or kelp powder (for fishy flavour). You can also add some beet powder, but it's optional, to get a pinkish tint to your tuna. I also love adding green onions to your vegan tuna salad.
- To get the best results, I highly recommend putting your vegan tuna salad into the fridge for a bit for the tofu to absorb and marinate in the delicious sauce mixture to get the best taste for your tunacado sandwich. Or you can just make the tunacado right away, but marinating is reccommended.
- To make a tunacado sandwich, add your vegan "tuna" to a toasted bun, with toppings like sliced avocado, tomato and vegan pesto (store-bought or you can make one of my vegan pesto recipes)
- And voila! A vegan tunacado sandwich!
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Josie says:
Oh my gods, YUM! Having made the vegan tuna and LOVING it, I thought I’d take it a step further and try the tunacado. Let me just say once again…YUM! This was pure perfection!