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Ack.. Cinco De mayo is coming up too soon. so lets make some Tacos!
These super easy Shredded Butternut Squash Tacos. Shred the squash or use a spiralizer to make noodles. Cook it up with Chipotle sauce or roasted pasilla chile or guajillo chile sauce. Serve it up on soft tacos with greens, red cabbage, jalapenos, salsa, cilantro and all the fix ins. The squash does not get all mushy and stays shredded. It takes 10+ minutes to go from crunchy to soft. Cook to preference for texture.
Add some black beans or chickpeas or corn to the butternut, add the squash to burritos or make skinny taquitos.
More Tacos and Mexican dishes.
Chickpea Cauliflower Tacos with lentil bean tortillas. GF
White Bean Quesadilla.
Nacho Mac Casserole
Refried Bean Pizza
Stuffed Avocados GF
Steps:
Shred the Butternut or Spaghetti or other squash. Or use shredded jackfruit.
Add to a pan with oil and roast for 2 minutes. Add the sauce and spices and mix well.
Cook until tender. Prepare the toppings. Load up the Tortillas with greens, cabbage, squash, salsa, sour cream, avocado and more.
Serve warm.
Pulled Butternut Squash Tacos
Ingredients
For Pulled Butternut
- 1/2 butternut squash, 3 loaded cups shredded
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp traditional Chipotle sauce , or use bbq sauce + taco spice
- Or use my Chipotle Garlic Sauce , (use less water)
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- generous dash of black pepper
- a generous dash of chipotle pepper powder
- 2 Tbsp water
For Tacos
- Corn chia Tortillas or regular tortillas
- pickled Jalapenos
- pico de gallo
- Red cabbage slaw or shredded cabbage, toss the cabbage in salt, pepper and lemon juice, add crunchy shredded veggies like carrot for added texture.
- Avocado or guacamole
- Vegan sour cream or vegan chipotle ranch
- Cilantro & lemon juice
Instructions
- In a large pan, add oil and heat at medium heat.
- Add the squash and salt and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add Chipotle sauce, cumin, oregano, garlic, black pepper and chipotle pepper powder and water. Mix well.
- Cover and cook for 10-12 minutes until the squash is tender. do not overcook or overstir. Stir 2-3 times in between. Taste and adjust sauce, salt, spice.
- Layer greens and cabbage on the tortillas, add the squash, a drizzle of lemon juice, sour cream or chipotle ranch, guacamole, jalapenos and chopped cilantro. Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this tonight, and we really enjoyed it, BUT
I made one slip—the only chipolte sauce I could find at the market happened to be a chipolte “barbeque” sauce!!! so my squash was a little sweet and overpowered the tacos which we filled with black beans, a seasoned red cabbage slaw, and avocado.
Richa, is there another type of chipolte sauce out there that I could have used?