Where can I find this 'fake meat'?

Question

When I was travelling around asia I found restaurants selling tasty meat substitutes. I've found something similar at a vegan chinese takeaway near me which sells THE nicest 'fake meat' like sweet and sour pork and aromatic duck. It tastes just like the real thing!

It's pretty expensive though so i'd like to make it myself. Does anyone know where I can find or how I can make it? I've never seen anything similar sold in shops so is there anywhere online I can buy/find recipes for it?

Thanks for the answers. I've tasted Quorn though and it isn't the same thing. Also, the quorn I used to eat wasn't vegan so I stopped eating it when I turned... is this the case for all quorn?

F OFF ASHLEY!!!

How dare you try and patronise me! I've had this fake meat from VEGAN restaurants! The one near me is owned by a buddhist chinese couple who are vegan and we have discussed such on many occasions.

Do you really think I would eat something without asking what it is? And to think, I just wasted a good 5 minutes of my life trying to get through to you on another question of yours. You are a vile human being!

Answer 1

I'm quite sure you're talking about seitan, (wheat gluten) also known as vegan mock meat.

The traditional way of making it is to make a dough out of wheat flour and water, knead with a small amount of oil till it's elastic, about 15mins.
Then knead the dough in water, changing the water when it turns cloudy, until the water runs clear. About 15mins.
You'll be left with about 1/4 of the dough you started with.

The short way of making it is, if you can buy gluten flour.
250g gluten flour
1 ¼ cups water
1 tbsp sesame or olive oil

Mix and form a dough, knead for 10 minutes
Put the dough in a covered container and refrigerate overnight

If you use either method, add spices and knead into the dough and leave to season refridgerated overnight.

If you want to make mock chinese braised duck for example;
add tumeric for colour, soy sauce, pepper, salt, sugar, tamarind, sasame oil, veg broth

after it's well seasoned, slice the dough.
stir fry onions, carrots & garlic, add the marinade sauce, cloves and boil till the vegies are cooked. pan-fry the gluten slices till nice and golden. add the sauce and thicken if desired.

and viola, it's ready to serve.

using this dough you can make stews, stir-frys, soups, roasts etc.

the trick is to season it over night with the seasoning of the type of food you are trying to recreate.

it will work braised, basted, roasted, baked, grilled pan fried & deep fried. if you are going to stew it, it would be best to pan fry it first and add to a lightly simmering stew, try not to boil it or it becomes quite chewy & rubbery.

Answer 2

In Supermarkets you can get Burger Mix or Sausage Mix made out of Tvp ,Textured Vegetable Protein Which is made out of Soya Bean the same thing as Tofu. I have not seen this now for awhile, so you will probably have to go to Health Food or Vegetarian Shops. It was very nice tasting, I tried Vegetarianism for two Years and then gave it up but I can eat an all Veggie Meal if I want to it is no bother.

Answer 3

The website www.vegieworld.com has lots of faux meats. I think they stock many vegetarian restaurants. The prices seem rather reasonable.

If you go to www.veganessentials.com or www.veganstore.com, you can get awesome analogues from a German company called Viana. They make "chickin" cutlets and nuggets, "steaks," "sausages," and "gyro." They also have lots of other analogues. Food Fight Grocery also has all sorts of cool analogues.

You can easily make seitan from a box of Vital Wheat Gluten. The instructions are on the box, but do have a flavored broth. And I never use my seitan the same day I make it. I make two one-pound lumps, freeze one and refrigerate the other for use within the week.

Good luck! And do contact me if you have further questions.

Answer 4

Los Angeles

Answer 5

I'm confused. How do you know that it tastes like the real thing?? Anyway, i've only ever heard of Quorn. You can add all sorts of flavours to it to make it taste like absolutely anything. Good luck with your search!!

Answer 6

i went to my local asian supermarket the other day (called 99 ranch market) and was excited to see vege duck and vege chicken (both vegan). the loaf, which was about 16 oz., cost around $4. if you have an asian market near you, you may find some there.

you can order soy protein mixes, seitan, gluten, tempeh, etc. from this link:
http://healthy-eating.com/
i bought the unflavored beef chunks, and they've acted well as a meat sub... in stir fries, chilis, etc.

you can make seitan from home with this recipe:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=11687.0
i have a recipe that uses actual vital wheat gluten... email me if you want me to send it to you.

also... i find that lightlife makes the best tasting meat subs, but they can be quite expensive. the orange sesame chick'n is pretty good, but each container costs around $3.
http://lightlife.com/products.html

hope i helped :)

Answer 7

Its mostly Soy and Wheat gluten that has been made to resemble the texture of real meat.

Absolutely delicious, but only the Asians seem to know how to cook it correctly.

PS Cheers jellbz, going to try that recipe.

Answer 8

something could properly be risky in case you consume too a brilliant number of it, meat could properly be risky additionally, yet genuine meat from an animal: cow, pig, poultry, is plenty extra perfect than faux meat that's processed much extra and loaded with nutrients coloring and preservatives and chemical components to simulate genuine meat. genuine meat is plenty extra sparkling and that i could say, plenty fit and not peppered with chemical components and colors.

Answer 9

i'm not sure which fake meat you are referring to, but there is a very good book by the chef of native foods in california, a vegan restaurant. the recipes are awesome... you should check it out.

Answer 10

I have never heard about fake duck e.t.c,but there is something called quorn also like fake mince that i find nice,i will keep an eye on this one as i am intrigued.