The Vegan Mole Cookbook: 50 Plant-Based Mexican Recipes Featuring Mole Poblano, Tacos, Enchiladas, Tamales, Bowls, Salsas & Creative Mole Dishes

Mole combines layers of chiles, spices, nuts or seeds, aromatics and other deeply savory ingredients to create a sauce unlike anything else in Mexican cooking. While mole is often associated with meat and poultry, its complex flavors pair remarkably well with beans, lentils, mushrooms, jackfruit, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, peppers and other plant-based ingredients.

This collection gives you dozens of ways to enjoy those flavors without meat or dairy.

Start with Mole Black Bean Chili, Vegan Mole Rice, Mole Roasted Brussels Sprouts or Mole-Spiced Cauliflower Tostadas. Make Vegan Mole Jackfruit Tacos, Mole-Spiced Lentil Tacos, Vegan Mole Fajitas, Vegan Mole Enchiladas or Vegan Mole Quesadillas.

For classic Mexican-inspired favorites, try Vegan Mole Pozole, Vegan Mole Chilaquiles, Vegan Mole Burritos, Vegan Mole Tortilla Soup, Vegan Mole Tamales, Vegan Mole Sopes and Vegan Mole Chiles Rellenos.

You'll also find creative ways to use mole beyond traditional Mexican dishes:

• Vegan Mole Pasta Bake

• Vegan Mole Pizza

• Vegan Mole Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

• Vegan Mole Stuffed Acorn Squash

• Vegan Mole Burrito Bowl with Plantains

• Mole-Glazed Portobello Steaks

• Mole-Spiced Mushroom and Walnut Picadillo

• Mole-Spiced Chickpea Bowls

• Mole Glazed Eggplant

• Mole-Roasted Cauliflower

• Mole-Spiced Butternut Squash

• Mole Pumpkin Seed Dip

• Mole-Spiced Green Beans

• Vegan Mole Street Corn

• Mole Black Bean Tostadas

The cookbook also explores familiar Mexican ingredients through a plant-based lens. Black beans, pinto beans, lentils, chickpeas, jackfruit, mushrooms, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, eggplant, seitan and tempeh all become foundations for richly flavored mole dishes.

If you love Mexican food but want more plant-based options, this collection makes it easy to bring the deep, smoky, spicy and subtly sweet character of mole into everyday meals.

Inside you'll find recipes for:

• Mole poblano

• Vegan Mexican tacos

• Mole enchiladas

• Mole tamales

• Mole pozole

• Mole chilaquiles

• Mole tostadas

• Mole sopes

• Mole quesadillas

• Mole burrito bowls

• Mole-stuffed vegetables

• Mole-roasted vegetables

• Mole bean and lentil dishes

• Mushroom, jackfruit, seitan and tempeh mole recipes

• Creative plant-based dishes featuring Mexican-inspired mole flavors

Whether you're looking for an easy weeknight taco filling, a hearty bowl, a satisfying enchilada dinner, a flavorful vegetable dish or a new way to use mole poblano, these 50 recipes provide plenty of options.

Explore the versatility of mole with plant-based Mexican cooking and discover tacos, enchiladas, tamales, bowls, soups, tostadas, roasted vegetables and more—all built around the unforgettable flavors of mole.