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Chipotle's spicy tofu sofritas let me down, so I made my own

Chipotle's spicy tofu sofritas let me down, so I made my own

My most recent takeout experience at Chipotle — one of our teenager's favorite sources of quick food — didn't go so well.
I had ordered bowls for him and my husband, and for myself I wanted hard-shell tacos filled not with my usual beans but this time with sofritas, the tofu protein option the chain debuted more than a decade ago (to much gratitude from vegan customers).
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