Everything Vegan at Pollo Tropical (2023)

Pollo Tropical is a pretty standard Latin-American Chain Restaurant, and they have numerous vegan options. Maybe they are not at the level of Slutty Vegan, but you definitely won’t struggle to eat vegan at Pollo Tropical.

The South Florida-based restaurant chain introduced its alternative meat option in cooperation with Beyond Meat which is called Vegan Picadillo. In addition to this, you will find tons of Latin-American inspired vegan items, such as beans/rice, plantains, corn, and various types of cooked potatoes.

Vegan Main Courses at Pollo Tropical:

Build-Your-Own Tropichop Bowl (See Below)
Beyond Meat Picadillo Wrap
Other Vegan items (Varies by location, but they specify vegan so it’s obvious)

While you can get a Full-size Caesar Salad without cheese, croutons, or meat, it becomes literally just lettuce, so I wouldn’t consider that a real vegan main dish. Just get the Burrito-bowl “Tropichop.”

For the Tropichop bowl, you can put basically any of the sides in it, namely: White Rice, Yellow Rice & Veg, Brown Rice, Romaine Lettuce, Black Beans, Diced Tomatoes, Kernel Corn (without butter), Sauteed Onions, and Sauteed Peppers. There are also some sauces you can put on/in it listed below that I’d definitely recommend checking out and adding onto/into your TropiChop bowl. Now you top it with Vegan Picadillo which is 100 percent plant-based Beyond Beef.

Pollo Tropical’s New Vegan wrap also comes with Vegan Picadillo, peppers, onions in a tomato-based sauce, and white or brown rice – which is your choice – in a tasty flour tortilla wrap.

Vegan Side Dishes at Pollo Tropical:

Flour Tortilla
Dinner Roll
French Fries
Green Beans
Sweet Plantains
Boiled Yuca with Garlic Sauce
Fried Yuca chunks
Balsamic Tomatoes
Kernel Corn (No Butter)
Brown Rice & Black Beans
Yellow Rice W/ Veg & Black Beans
White Rice and Black Beans
Black Beans
Brown Rice
Yellow Rice with Vegetables
White Rice
Caesar Side Salad (No Cheese/Croutons/Meat — Basically just plain lettuce)

It’s nice that not only are the basics us vegans need to make a good meal here are vegan, such as the black beans and rice, but they also have vegan potato side-dishes and even vegan bread!

Vegan Dressings, Toppings, and Sauces at Pollo Tropical:

Fresh Salsa
Garlic Sauce (Mojo)
BBQ Sauce
Guava BBQ Sauce
Spicy Po-Po Sauce
Ketchup
Pineapple Rum Sauce
Diced Onions & Jalapeno Slices
Sauteed Onions & Jalapenos
Diced Tomatoes
Kernel Corn (Specify no butter)

I’d treat these things more as things to put in your “TropiChop” bowl rather than in a salad, as the salad option is basically just lettuce and a few of these add-ins don’t really fix that issue too well. The sauces at Pollo Tropical are really unique and it’s nice that so many of them are 100% Vegan.