Vegan Curry Beef Crumbles Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is vegan beef crumbles made of? ›

The Beef Crumbles are made from plant-based ingredients, like peas, faba beans, and brown rice, with no added hormones or antibiotics (like all plant-based foods ), as well as no GMOs, no soy and no gluten.

Tip in the tomatoes, stock and sugar and bring to the simmer. Add the beef, put a lid on top of the curry and cook over a low heat for 1 ½ – 2 hrs or until the meat is tender and falling apart. Remove the lid for the last 20 minutes of cooking.

These crumbles mimic traditional ground beef in every way. However, this non-meat option is perfect for vegetarian crowds and diners looking to limit their intake of red meat. It's made using a revolutionary ingredient called mycoprotein^*, a protein that 's derived from fungus and boasts a meaty texture and flavor.

Plant-based meat cooked to medium-rare (125 degrees) is mushy and pasty. On the flip side, cooking plant-based meat until well done (160 degrees) yields meat with an unpleasantly bouncy, chewy texture. We found medium doneness (130 to 135 degrees) to be the sweet spot for tender, juicy meat.

Because of their processed nature, plant-based meats don't provide a plethora (or sometimes any) of the nutrients that make whole plant foods so good for you, such as significant amounts of fiber, vitamins, minerals, monounsaturated fats, and polyphenols.

Some manufacturers will use what you might call an “umami bomb” to give plant-based applications the hearty, meaty taste consumers want from traditional meat. However, they're just adding a high level of non-declarable MSG source to the product to give it more intense flavour, versus an authentic taste experience.

Cooking tough chewy meat fast at a high temp gives you tough chewy meat. That might not be bad in very thin slices or small pieces. To tenderize tough meat cook it ta a slow simmer to melt the connective tissue without driving off all the moisture.

While there are several ways to velvet, a pound of meat needs about two teaspoons of cornstarch and two teaspoons of oil, says Leung. You may also include two to three tablespoons of water. For beef, add a 1/4-teaspoon of baking soda for tenderizing. Additional seasonings are optional and vary from recipe to recipe.

A high internal temperature results in dry, gray meat (especially for lean cuts that also have very little fat to keep them moist). To keep these cuts tender you need to stop cooking them when they reach (at most) a medium doneness, which corresponds to a core temperature of around 60°C.

Ingredients: Ground Beef (Not More Than 20% Fat), Water Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color), Soy Protein Concentrate, and Less than 1% of the Following: Spice, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavors.

Are Beyond beef crumbles healthy? ›

Made with clean and simple plant-based ingredients, Beyond Crumbles have 12g of protein per serving with less than 1g of saturated fat and no cholesterol – nutritionals that make it a heart-healthy¹ food.

Ingredients: Water, Pea Protein,* Expeller- Pressed Canola Oil, Natural Flavors, Spices, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid. *Peas are legumes. People with severe allergies to legumes like peanuts should be cautious when introducing pea protein into their diet because of the possibility of a pea allergy.

Add some herbs & spices.

Play around with different fresh herb and spice combinations. Dried herbs work, too. Follow a recipe, use pre-mixed seasoning blends, or be creative and add your own. Bonus tip: restock your spices every once in a while for an extra kick (they do expire eventually!)

Veggie Proteins (Beyond Meat, Tofu, Tempeh, Seitan): Marinate for at least 30 minutes and up to several hours. If marinating overnight, cut tofu into larger slices so it doesn't fall apart when you cook it.

The plant-based burgers and sausages found on supermarket shelves are made by extracting the protein from plant foods, often pea, soy, wheat protein, and mushrooms. But a myriad of additives are needed to make these products look and taste like traditional meat.