Saturday, August 9, 2008

Very High Protein Soy Burgers

Add
--1 cup hot water(or broth of choice)
to
--1 cup TVP
then add a few tablespoons BBQ sauce or vegan worchestershire or whatever flavor you'd like to try. Maybe some garlic and/or onion powder.

Stir and then allow enough time for the TVP to absorb most of the liquid. When that has happened, stir in
--1/2 cup wheat gluten flour
and
--1/2 cup soy protein powder

Stir until as much dry ingredient clumps/sticks to the tvp granules as possible. Work this mixture with your hands and form into patties and steam for 2-3 hours. (the longer the better)

These are not finished until they are barbecued, baked or fried and you have the option of adding whatever sauce or marinade.

You can choose to add some oil of choice to the TVP in the first step, fry in oil(until lightly browned) or baste with a little oil before baking or BBQing. If you choose to make your burgers fat free, you'll need to use generous amounts of sauce or marinade to keep them moist or they will be rubbery. Ground beef is high in fat so a grain and vegetable burger is probably a better idea than a mock meat burger if you don't want to use even a little fat in your recipe.

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