Carne de Soya

I just discovered a new brand of veggie meat! It’s manufactured by a Los Angeles Mexican food company called El Guapo. (I found it at my local Food Maxx, which only amplifies my intense loyalty to the cheapest supermarket EVER.)

It’s basically just dried seitan and doesn’t have any seasonings, so you can cook it however you want.

In its dried form

If I want to fry it, I reconstitute it hot water until it’s JUST moist before adding it to the pan. If you’re adding it dry to a dish, remember that it soaks up quite a bit of water.

So far I’ve used it in my pseudo pozole (Mexican stew) and Japanese dashi-vegetable soup. So much better than those canned salty things!

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Linda said: March 29, 201112:36 pm

I found this at a local Hispanic market. Being curious about different alternatives for protein, I looked it up on the internet and since then have used it for a Chili Cook off and it got raves. I use it spaghetti sauces and soups. It is inexpensive, healthy and goes a long way.

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