On the way home from yesterday's misadventure (that actually turned out ok, but not quite how we wanted) we stopped at the Mustard Seed Natural Foods (the Solon store) to deliver some soap. When we're there, we always have to look around and see what's new and different... yesterday we found soy curls in bulk! You can bet I scooped them up. Literally. Yay, a treasure!
After googling for recipes, here's what I came up with: (this is where I demonstrate my google technique).
Butler, the company who makes them, offers some recipes here.
None of those really sounded too tempting though.
Don't Get Mad, Get Vegan made this recipe, but it has coconut milk. Ewww. It also has green curry paste and I don't.
Uncle Don's has a few recipes that sound pretty good.. and he thinks they are a great survival food. I'll keep that in mind.
Utopian Kitchen has a BBQ idea that sounds tasty, but didn't involve enough interaction.
Jess at Get Sconed has a yummy looking nacho pic with soy curls, but I wasn't in the mood for that.
I came really, really close to making this Bryanna recipe for Vegan Beef and Asparagus Stir Fry, ( I even went to the store to buy the asparagus!), but then decided to wing it.
I read up on the info over at Julie's and put on my thinking cap. She suggests squeezing as much liquid out after rehydrating and marinating, by the way. Here is the Soy Curl Surprise. It's got Italian goodness ingredients; the foods that can't go wrong. Capers, black olives, white wine, sundried tomatoes, red peppers, mushrooms and spices.
Would I use these again? Yeah, probably. They're pretty good, but every once in a while I got a hint of a cerealy kind of taste. Not sure how else to describe it. They seem like they should be in a 1970's casserole. I think I should have seasoned them more strongly. I tasted one after rehydrating it and browning it in seasoned flour and it made me think of fried clams. Scary!
You know, I'll definitely try these again...I just remembered that somebody's blog mentioned a delicious sounding chicken salad recipe using them. Now I just have to find it again.
They will never replace the place in my heart reserved for seitan.
3 comments:
I've been wondering about these- I don't have them at my co-op, but I've seen them online. They sound really versatile! Maybe it's time to try them...
If you try them, Liz, blog about it... I could use some help in how to use them better.
I have used Soy Curls to replace meat in Jambalaya, Bubble and Squeak and some other dishes. Soy Curl Salad (mock chicken salad). Then I learned about Seitan. I also use TVP to make Basic Vegan Ground Beef. Yuba for mock chicken, turkey, bacon,& Hagis
If you want recipes email Jim at bimjell@yahoo.com Subject line: Recipe Request
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