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Vegans and vegetarians always seem to get the shaft on Thanksgiving, filling up their plates with starchy side dishes while everyone else attacks the turkey. The easy alternative is sliding one of those rubbery premade faux-turkey roasts out of a plastic wrapper and plunking it down on the table.
But we don't think that's good enough. Guests who don't want roasted turkey still deserve an impressive homemade main dish.
So the CHOW test kitchen set out to create a tofu "turkey" roast from scratch. After multiple tests with a variety of ingredients and techniques, we came up with a recipe that contains fresh tofu, herbs, and vegetables—stuff you can actually pronounce and find at any grocery store. We left out all the preservatives and stabilizers found in many commercial meat substitutes, loading our tofurkey up with flavorful ingredients like mushrooms, miso, and soy sauce.
And no, we did not stuff the whole thing into a turkey-shaped mold. We went the dignified route and made the tofurkey easier to bake by using a springform pan. Serve it with our vegan mushroom gravy for the full vegan holiday meal experience.
Here are our recipes for Homemade Tofurkey with Brown Rice Stuffing and Vegan Mushroom Gravy.
Marlynn, the recipe that I use for French bread is vegan (no animal products in it). In the bowl of your stand mixer, stir together 3 1/4 cups AP flour with 1 tsp salt. Fill a measuring cup with 1/3 cup warm water (approx 105F) and stir in 2 1/4 tsps of dry active yeast and 1 tsp sugar. Let that mixture proof for about 5 minutes. Add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture. With the machine...+READ
Marlynn, the recipe that I use for French bread is vegan (no animal products in it). In the bowl of your stand mixer, stir together 3 1/4 cups AP flour with 1 tsp salt. Fill a measuring cup with 1/3 cup warm water (approx 105F) and stir in 2 1/4 tsps of dry active yeast and 1 tsp sugar. Let that mixture proof for about 5 minutes. Add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture. With the machine running (using the kneading hook) add 3/4 to 1 cup of cold water. Allow the machine to knead this for approximately 3 minutes. (Note: I find that the amount of cold water that I add varies on the humidity and temp of my kitchen. Touch the dough for your prefered consistency prior to letting it mix for the 3 minutes.) Turn mixture out into oiled bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in size. Then proceed with the shaping/proofing/baking routine that you normally use.-COLLAPSE
I agree with Jay D. Also, what's wrong with regular bread stuffing. Having not made bread in a while, I'm asking if bread always has milk or eggs in it? If the answer is yes, does someone have a recipe for bread that is Vegan and can be used for stuffing? We love our very traditional and simple stuffing, Though it's usually made without mushrooms, perhaps we could try them for this special...+READ
I agree with Jay D. Also, what's wrong with regular bread stuffing. Having not made bread in a while, I'm asking if bread always has milk or eggs in it? If the answer is yes, does someone have a recipe for bread that is Vegan and can be used for stuffing? We love our very traditional and simple stuffing, Though it's usually made without mushrooms, perhaps we could try them for this special recipe.
And, to get back to JayD, any ideas for a yummy crust for the ToFaux Turkey & Stuffing? Is that better than Tofurkey, EWSflash? I think most of the vegans I know will be so delighted at your efforts if you make this, they won't care what it's called. Enjoy!-COLLAPSE
As long as we're snarking, I vote to call it something other than tofurkey, which doesn't sound appetizinga at all.
Looks good!
I eat all those things but that is not looking appetizing. Sorry but cant you pretty it up with a pie crust or some thing?
that's beautiful! i would be happy to eat it, and i'm no longer vegan or vegetarian.
Um....I want to eat that.