Everything That’s Vegan at Qdoba, Including What’s Not on the Menu

Qdoba ranks as one of the most reliable fast-casual lunch and dinner chains around. The Mexican-style restaurant allows for its customers to have complete personalization, making eating vegan easier than most fast-casual or fast-food restaurants. Above all else, Qdoba has enhanced its vegan offerings and ingredients over recent years to ensure that plant-based customers can enjoy the same meal personalization as any meat-eating customer. The company rolled out its Impossible Foods ground alternative to provide a plant-based protein that’s seasoned with tomatoes, garlic, chiles, and a variety of spices.

Beyond the Impossible Food partnership, Qdoba also features a wide variety of plant-based options for sides and toppings. Your customize burrito, bowl, or salad can also come without animal protein and contain solely veggies. The endless customization is what makes Qdoba a primary choice for anyone looking for an easy, delicious, and plant-based meal. Check out this guide to ordering at Qdoba, and see what all you can use at this fast-casual eatery the next time you need a bite to eat.

The featured plant-based staple offers an easy option for all vegan customers. The signature bowl comes complete with plant-based Impossible protein, fajita veggies, corn salsa, salsa, Verde, and black beans over cilantro lime rice. The vegan bowl is the perfect option for something quick and filling. The bowl can also be customized to include any other vegan sauces or ingredients that you want to add on. The Qdoba bowls work perfectly for leftovers as well. Pop the leftovers in the fridge and take the portable lunch with you the next day.

The impossible Fajita Bowl can be easily turned into a delicious burrito. Everyone loves the personalized fast-casual Mexican restaurants for the huge, affordable burrito options. The Impossible Fajita Burrito gives the customer everything they want from the plant-based protein to the delicious vegetable medley into a jam-packed, filling tortilla. Add whatever plant-based ingredient you desire into the burrito to make it delicious to your satisfaction.

The build-your-own potential at Qdoba is what keeps customers coming back. Beyond the Fajita options, it is possible to go choose to just add the Impossible protein. The fully customizable bowl or burrito can be topped with any of the plant-based ingredients listed below to make a tasty, filling meal to meet any craving. From salsa Roja to guacamole, the customer can complete either entree style with whatever they please. The customer can choose between cilantro lime rice or brown rice and black beans or pinto beans as their base. The same thing can be done with the Fajita veggies by ordering the Veggie Burrito Bowl or Veggie Fajita Burrito. If you want to just eat the veggie fajita instead of the Impossible protein, then opt for these vegetable-centric dishes.

Unlike its competitors like Moe’s and Chiptole, Qdoba offers a taco option. The three tacos can be ordered with Impossible protein, fajita veggies, or both depending on the customer’s preference. The tacos can be topped with any ingredients and made to fit any palette. The tacos come on corn or flour tortillas. When you need a less filling choice than the burrito or the bowl, the tacos will make the perfect lunch.

The Nachos No Queso is the perfect meal to share or snack on throughout the day. Cover the nachos with black beans or pinto beans instead of the cheese to make it fully vegan. Then customers can add whatever toppings they want to make the perfect loaded nacho dish. The best combination is to add some guacamole with one of Qdoba’s signature salsa to substitute the queso and bring the nachos together.

When it gets to be colder again, Qdoba offers the perfect winter dinner. The Loaded Tortilla Soup can come completely vegan. Choose between the crunchy tortilla shell or bowl and then load up the tortilla soup with beans, the Impossible protein, or the fajita veggies. The soup can contain anything on the menu, but personally, we suggest adding some of the cilantro-lime rice and the tortilla strips to complete the meal.

The Taco Salad can be served in either the signature crunchy tortilla shell or bowl. Although currently, the dressings are not vegan, Qdoba allows customers to top their taco salads with any of the plant-based salsa. Add your favorite type of rice, either pinto or black beans, and your choice of any ingredients including guacamole, fajita peppers, shredded lettuce, pickled jalapenos, and tortilla strips. The Taco Salad is the perfect option for a lighter meal but contains all of the delicious ingredients that bring customers back to Qdoba.

Fast-food restaurants have finally got the memo that their customer base isn’t just coming through for a burger, fried chicken, or a beef taco. Many now have plant-based foods and are coming up with creative, delicious ways to get more greens on the menu. Here are the 6 best fast-food chains with plant-based options on the menu.

Turns out there’s a lot more to rely on than a salad if you’re eating plant-based. Burger King has the Impossible Whopper featuring a meatless patty as well as a few secretly vegan options such as the French Toast Sticks and Hashbrowns.

Known for its mini square-shaped sliders, this hamburger chain jumped on the plant-based bandwagon at some participating locations. You can find an Impossible Slider on some White Castle menus.

This was the first national Mexican fast-food chain to offer Beyond Meat at the company’s 580 restaurants across the country. Del Taco has the Beyond Avocado Taco on the menu along with the Epic Beyond Original Mex Burrito and Avocado Veggie Bowl.

Another brand synonymous with beef burgers, Carl’s Jr. offers several plant-based options for veggie and plant lover such as Beyond Famous Star Burger and Guacamole Thickburger.

This fast-food restaurant may have been one of the first you frequented while transitioning to plant-based eating. That’s because Taco Bell has eight million vegetarian combinations and sells 350 million vegetarian items a year through menu substitutions or ordering off their vegetarian menu. In fact, they were the first quick-service restaurant to offer American Vegetarian Association (AVA) certified food options.

From the time it started offering breakfast sandwiches in 2006, the coffee conglomerate became a competitor in the fast-food space. You can get your favorite hot and cold beverages made with almond, coconut or oat milk but there are also plant-based food options available such as the Baja Black Bean Veggie Wrap, bagel with vegan cream cheese and Impossible Breakfast Sandwich.