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Chicharrones de Tempeh, Delicious Tempeh Strips

{ July 23, 2009 @ 8:20 pm } · { Recipes }
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Vegan eating isn’t hard, but wow does it involve a LOT of planning.

Anyways, I’d been really starting to miss some of my old recipes, one of my favorites being Dominican style fried chicken akaChicharrones de Pollo. Well the flavor is phenomenal, chicken definitely isn’t what makes the recipe good. So I picked one of my favorite “fake meats” tempah and decided to use it as a replacement for the chicken.

This was my first time trying this and let me tell you, the resutls were FANTASTIC. Even my BF who isn’t vegan agreed it was tasty. “Crispy delicious flavor” is what he called it. He missed the texture of the meat but certainly didn’t mind the tempeh strips!

Here’s what you need:

1 (8-ounce) package tempeh
Oil for sauteeing

Marinade:
1 cup lime juice
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tsp rum (imitation rum is fine)
liquid smoke to taste

Seasoning:
1/4 cup Wheat Flower (or any kind you prefer)
2/3 teaspoons of the following seasonings:
garlic powder, onion powder, seasoning salt, curry, coriander, tumeric, pepper, (feel free to play around with these and add various seasoning to taste, i do this all the time)

Making something delicious:

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients together. Do so in a bowl or a zip lock bag.
  2. Rinse the tempeh in cool water (I hear this takes away a bitter taste it may have occassionally, I may just do this as a leftover habit from cooking meat, lol)
  3. Slice the tempeh into thin 1/8th to 1/4th inch strips
  4. Add tempeh strips and allow to marinate for a minimum of four hours (overnight is best if possible)
  5. In a large seperate bag (a gallon zip lock bag is fine) mix all the spices together with the flour
  6. Heat a  small amount of oil in the pan (I used Grapeseed Oil)
  7. Coat the tempeh strips in the seasoning and saute lightly for about 2-3 minutes on each side or until brown
  8. While the strips are cooking, get a plate and coat with paper towel (to drain the extra oil from the strips once done)
  9. Remove strips and sit on paper towels until ready to eat

Serve with a side of veggies, rice and peas for something more authentic or potatoes.

ENJOY!

From the kitchen of a vegan Dominican :)


Delicious, Vegan Friendly and Low in Cals..

{ March 30, 2009 @ 1:28 pm } · { Recipes, Vegan }
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Random Recipe I make all the time.

Low in cals, delicious and relatively fast to make. It’s also vegetarian friendly if you’re watching your meat intake.

Learn to love Caribbean food. :)

Recipe for Rice and Beans in Coconut Milk

Ingredients:

1 tbsp of oil (I use expeller pressed grapeseed because of the health benefits)

¼ cup of organic onion.. diced

2 cloves of fresh organic minced garlic

1 ½ cups of organic rice (I used brown, feel free to use what works best for you! including wild rice or even Quinoa!)

1 ½ cups of filtered water

1 can of organic coconut milk

1/8 tsp organic ground thyme

1 packet of Sazon without annatto

2/3 cup of dry beans or 1 can of beans (The original recipe calls for red beans, but my favorite is pink, so I use those instead)

Seasoning to taste (I used Adobo w/ pepper, but season salt, or just salt and pepper should do the trick as well)

Cooking:

1. In a large pan (I use a wok) heat the oil on medium heat. Once oil is warm, stir in onion and garlic. Let it cook for roughly 2-3 minutes. Add seasoning and let it cook for about another minute

2. Add rice and cook for about 2 minutes stirring frequently. Stir in water slowly, making sure everything is mixed well. Stir in coconut milk. Stir in thyme, a bit more seasoning and the Sazon. Bring to a boil. Stir in cooked beans and return to a boil. Cover and lower heat. Simmer for roughly 30 minutes, check and stir frequently to avoid sticking. (Note: cook time is longer for brown rice, you may want to “pre cook” the brown rice until it is tender outside and firm instead before adding to the recipe to lower the total cooking time)

3. When rice is tender, remove from heat, fluff, cover and let sit for about 3 minutes.

Serve and enjoy! J

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