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Veggie Ground "Meat" | High Protein Homemade Meat Alternative!

Crumbled high protein fava bean tofu with minced mushrooms, onion, pepper, carrot and spices
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8 cups
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Italian, Mexican
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz shiitake mushrooms
  • 8 oz oyster, maitake, or crimini mushrooms
  • 2 large carrot chopped
  • 1/2 white onion chopped
  • 3 mini red bell peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 2 boxes fava bean tofu or super firm, high protein organic tofu
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp coconut aminos
  • 2-3 tsp mushroom umami seasoning
  • 3 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1-2 tsp smoked paprika

Equipment

  • 2 large sheet pans
  • Food processor

Method
 

  1. 1. Wash and roughly chop all mushrooms and veggies. Using a food processor, process one veggie at a time until minced, then set aside in a large mixing bowl. Example- mince up mushrooms, set aside in bowl. Mince up carrots, set aside in bowl etc until all veggies are finely minced.
  2. 2. To the large mixing bowl of veggies, crumble up 2 blocks of tofu by hand.
  3. 3. Add in all of the seasonings- tomato sauce, spices, mushroom umami, and coconut aminos and stir to combine.
  4. 4. Spread out crumble mixture onto 2 sheet pans lightly brushed with oil or lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes at 375, flipping half way through, if its still too wet, keep it in for another 10 minutes.

Notes

This recipe is great for meal prep and freezes wonderfully. 
Use this veggie ground "meat" in tacos, lasagnas, as a pizza topping, in bolognese sauce or any recipe that calls for ground meat.