Any greens, all greens, are great.
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Actually, no beans. TVP masquerading as ground beef.
Somebody found the recipe for Kevin from the Office’s chili buried in the Peacock streaming terms of service:
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I used to eat that boxed vegie chili back when I wasn’t eating meat for 5 years or so (89-94) it stuff that simulated meat was a product know as Textured Soy Protein (TSP) on the package’s list of ingredients. It’s also known as TVP (texturized vegetable protein). And that vegie chili was good. I never pretended it was real chili. Just an ersatz facsimile.
I’ve made a reasonable facsimile from the Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger stuff.
That’s what I use. TVP to simulate ground beef, onions, bell peppers, jalapeños, tomatoes (crushed and diced), and a really good/simple/hot chili seasoning mix. Unsuspecting grown-ups have enjoyed it without realizing it’s vegan.
That’s a lot of simulation in one product
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My first actual 1099 job was at Hungry’s on Memorial in '91…they made a veggie (black bean based) burger that was pretty outstanding. I’m guessing they still do.
Stocking the 30’ wall of beer was one of the best tasks you could be given at closing as an employee (lunch delivery to corporate offices was the absolute best, big tips). “Hey, (owner guy) my dad wants a couple of these, that ok?” “Sure.”
That’s the first time I drank Chimay and other comparable-sized beers.
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I’m about to make a meatloaf for the first time in years, 2/3 ground beef and 1/3 italian sausage (both homemade). Other than an egg and breadcrumbs what should I throw in this?
The glaze will be some sort of hotsauce/ketchup mix.
You could always sauté bell pepper, onion, and carrot to go in. They go in anything.
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Oooooh, red bell pepper is a good call. Garlic/onion and shredded zucchini (her idea), I think that’ll do it.
Bell pepper and onion make everything better.
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The holy trinity.
Especially considering only one of those things actually needs to be simulated to make it vegan.
Isn’t that bell pepper/onion/celelry?
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I don’t think so. I think that in France, celery/onion/carrot sautéed in olive oil or butter is a mirepoix. In Louisiana, green bell pepper/onion/carrot sautéed in lard or butter is a mirepoix, or the holy trinity. When we have beans, we always start with one, or the other, or all of them, and usually use bacon fat, and jalapeños if we’ve got them.
No, Neil. No carrots.
“The “holy trinity” in Cajun cuisine and Louisiana Creole cuisine is the base for several dishes in the regional cuisines of Louisiana and consists of onions, bell peppers and celery . The preparation of Cajun/Creole dishes such as crawfish étouffée, gumbo, and jambalaya all start from this base.”
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I’ll be damned. Once again, I’ve been wrong for years.
He’s right about France and Italy, though.
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Plus I like carrots.