23 Oyster Mushroom Recipes with Authentic Mexican Flavors

ByNancy Lopez Posted on22/July/202530/July/2025 Updated on30/July/2025

This ingredient is one of my favorite plant-based meat substitutes. And I just know that this collection of oyster mushroom recipes will have you loving them too!

A collage of four Mexican dishes using oyster mushrooms, including tacos, tamales with green sauce, a saucy stew, and a slice of casserole. Center text reads: "23 Oyster Mushroom Recipes With Mexican Flavor.

Oyster mushrooms have a naturally meaty texture that shreds like meat, can crisp up like asada, and soaks up all the delicious flavors in a dish.

One oyster mushroom sticking out of a small wooden basket. — Oyster Mushrooms

They are a perfect ingredient for authentic flavor in traditional Mexican dishes made plant-based!

If you’ve been around here a while, you’ve already know I love cooking with oyster mushrooms. This collection of 23 recipes shows off just how versatile they are. You can shred, sauté, fry them, and use them to make tacos, fajitas, hearty stews, and even tamales!

Vegan Oyster Mushroom Recipes

Remember that you don’t have to give up authentic Mexican flavor just because you don’t eat meat. This collection of recipes is going to prove that to you!

Vegan Birria Tacos (Quesabirria)

Two vegan birria tacos filled with shredded mushrooms and vegan cheese. On the side is a bowl of hearty birria broth and another small plate with chopped fresh cilantro, white onion and two lime wedges.

The BEST Mushroom Birria

This plant-based birria is bursting with authentic flavors and made with oyster mushrooms. You can make quesabirria tacos with it too.

Birria Tamales

One vegan birria tamal on a Mexican talavera plate. On the side is a bowl of vegan birria and two lime wedges.

Birria Tamales

Birria tamales are such a treat and are perfect for weekend meals of during the Christmas season.

Cochinita Pibil

A blue plate with a piece of banana leaf and two cochinita pibil tacos with chopped pickled onion.

Cochinita Pibil

The famous dish from Yucatan gets a vegan make-over to create this incredibly flavorful plant-based version. Trust me, you won't miss the meat in these tacos.

Banana Leaf Tamales

A banana leaf with masa dough spread on it and then topped with cochinita pibil filling.

Banana Leaf Tamales Filled with Cochinita Pibil

Banana leaf tamales have a unique and delicious flavor that's different from corn husk tamales. These are filled with Yucatan-style cochinita pibil made with oyster mushrooms.

How to Shred Oyster Mushrooms

Shredded oyster mushrooms to make vegan tamales.

How to Shred Oyster Mushrooms

Watch this video to learn the best and quickest way to shred mushrooms. Master the technique and use it in all of my recipes.

Pozole Verde

A woman's hand dipping a spoon into a bowl of Mexican green pozole.

Vegan Pozole Verde

Pozole verde is made with a green salsa and pepitas. It's a must try after pozole rojo!

Delectable Vegan Tinga

A white plate with one tinga tostada that's topped with refried beans, vegan tinga, avocado slices, sour cream, crumble cheese, and two radish slices.

Vegan Tinga Tostadas

Tinga is a chicken stew cooked in a tomato and chipotle pepper sauce. My recipe replaces the chicken with shredded oyster to create a finger-licking plant-based version!

Tamales Verdes

A tamale, filled with tender jackfruit and topped with salsa verde, rests on a corn husk, garnished with cilantro and a green chili pepper. A fork cuts into it, revealing the flavorful filling inside.

Vegan Tamales Verdes

These meaty green salsa tamales are made with jackfruit and oyster mushrooms. They taste just like the ones I grew up eating.

Tamales Rojos

One vegan tamale on top of a corn husk drizzled with salsa verde.

Vegan Tamales Rojos

Another classic Mexican tamale, these tamales rojos or red tamales are made vegan using oyster mushrooms as the filling.

Instant Pot Menudo

A vibrant bowl Mexican menudo made in the instant. A spoon rests inside the bowl, and the soup is garnished with fresh cilantro.

Instant Pot Menudo

This plant-based version of Mexican menudo tastes like the traditional flavors. Make it in the Instant Pot to save time in the kitchen.

Vegan Menudo with Oyster Mushrooms

A bowl of Mexican tripe soup called Menudo but made with mushrooms instead.

Vegan Menudo Recipe

Menudo is such a classic Mexican dish and in this vegan version I promise you're cravings will be fully satisfied.

Mushroom and Poblano Fajitas

A colorful Mexican-style plate with sautéed rajas—strips of poblano peppers and onions—garnished with chopped cilantro, served alongside a stack of corn tortillas, perfect for oyster mushroom and poblano pepper fajitas on a rustic wooden table.

Mushroom and Poblano Pepper Fajitas

These fajitas are so easy to make and perfect for when you don't feel like cooking.

Vegan Tortilla Soup

A white bowl on top of a blue plate that's filled with Mexican tortilla soup and garnishes.

Vegan Tortilla Soup

Tortilla soup is a light tomato broth soup topped with crispy tortilla strips and it's scrumptious!

Mexican-style Steak

Vegan bistec a la mexicana served with refried beans on a white plate.

Vegan Bistec a la Mexicana

Mexican-style steak is cooked in a tomato salsa and served as a main dish. This vegan version uses hearty and meaty oyster mushrooms as the steak.

Enmoladas or Mole Enchiladas

White plate with 3 red mole enchiladas, or enmoladas, and a side of steamed green beans.

Plant-Based Enmoladas

Enmoladas are enchiladas covered in mole sauce. This mole is based on my mom's recipe and the enmoladas are filled with a savory oyster mushroom mixture.

Tacos de Bistec

Two tacos de bistec made with oyster mushrooms sit on a round wooden tray, garnished with cilantro and guacamole, served alongside grilled green onions and lime wedges. Fresh ingredients are arranged around the tray on a rustic wooden table.

Vegan Tacos de Bistec

Oyster mushrooms make a great substitute for Mexican steak tacos. My meat-eating partner devours these when I make them. Serve with your favorite taco garnishes.

Caldo Tlapeño (chicken and chickpea stew)

A spoon inside a bowl of vibrant Caldo Tlalpeño, a traditional Mexican soup, made with vegetables like carrots, avocado, and chickpeas. The colorful bowl rests on a decorative blue and white patterned surface.

Caldo Tlalpeno with Chipotle Peppers

This hearty stew is traditionally made with shredded chicken, garbanzo beans, and vegetables. But in this vegan recipe the chicken is replaced with shredded and oyster mushrooms.

Braised Oyster Mushrooms and Potatoes in Red Salsa

Braised Oyster Mushrooms and Potatoes in Red Salsa.

Braised Oyster Mushrooms and Potatoes in Red Salsa

Quick and easy red salsa stew with meaty oyster mushrooms and potatoes. Makes a great meal served with rice or refried beans and corn tortillas.

Birria Pozole

A spoon coming out of a bowl of birria pozole garnished with sliced radishes, chopped onions, cilantro, and lime wedges. This vegan birria pozole is served in a blue and white bowl placed on a wooden board with a side of tortilla chips and more garnishes.

Birria Pozole

Two classical Mexican dishes come together to create a scrumptious dish that's good for the soul!

Vegan Milanesa

A vegan fried chicken fillet up close,

Air Fried Oyster Mushroom Cutlets

These oyster mushrooms are battered and fried to make cutlets. They make a great substitute for Mexican milanesa and to use in tortas too.

Vegan Tortas de Milanesa

One Mexican torta de milanesa or chicken cutlet torta made vegan served on a brown plate.

Crispy Torta de Milanesa

Use oyster mushrooms to make a crispy milanesa then use them to make these delicious tortas de milanesa.

Birriamen Recipe

A hand uses chopsticks to lift birria ramen noodles from a patterned blue bowl filled with Mexican ramen soup, placed on a white and colorful embroidered napkin. Nearby are a plate with uncooked noodles, a bowl with diced onions, and a lime wedge.

Birria Ramen

A truly magical fusion of Mexican and Asian flavors in this plant-based birria ramen recipe. Don't miss it!

Bistec con Papas

A Mexican terracotta plate with a white plate on top of it that's filled with arroz Mexicano and vegan bistec con papas.

Bistec con Papas

Traditionally a steak and potatoes stew cooked in a mild red salsa, this vegan version replaces the meat with oyster mushrooms. This flavorful meal is budget friendly.

BONUS Non-Mexican Oyster Mushroom Recipes Not To Miss

The following are not Mexican recipes, but they are still full of flavor and fantastic ways to cook oyster mushrooms.

Mushroom Shawarma

Easy Vegan Mushroom Shawarma Recipe

Mushroom Shawarma

Shawarma is Middle Eastern street food and you can make a scrumptious mushroom version with oyster mushrooms. I give my shawarma small Mexican touches.

Mushroom Po’ Boys

Two mushroom po'boy sandwiches on a white plate, filled with fried mushrooms, shredded lettuce, and sliced tomatoes, on a white wooden surface.

Holly This Wife Cooks

Mushroom Po’ Boys

Classic Louisiana Style Po'boy sandwiches made with oyster mushrooms and all the traditional garnishes.

Curried Oyster Mushrooms

A black bowl filled with curried oyster mushrooms and fresh green snow peas, set against a dark background. The vegetables appear cooked but still vibrant and glossy.

Spicie Foodie

Curried Oyster Mushrooms

This simple oyster mushroom recipe is spiced with curry powder and cooked with snap peas. Serve as a side dish or main dish with steamed white rice.

King Oyster Mushroom Cioppino

Plant-based mushroom cioppino served on a bed of chickpeas in a tomato-based sauce, garnished with chopped fresh herbs, in a white bowl.

Holly This Wife Cooks

King Oyster Scallop Cioppino

A plant-based version of Cioppino Italian stew made with king oyster mushrooms.

Nancy Lopez is a Mexican-born food writer and author of Mexican Tamales Made Meatless. Raised in the U.S. and now living in Southern Mexico, she creates authentic vegan and vegetarian Mexican recipes rooted in tradition and tested for real home kitchens.Read more…

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