Tempeh Burgers

June 8, 2020 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces marinated 8 ounces = 227 grams
  • 2 cups onion
  • 4 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 1/2 cup mushrooms
  • 1 tsp each dried basil, rosemary, and marjoram
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 5 Tbsp flax meal
  • 2 Tab nutritional yeast
  • 5 Tab water
  • 1/4 cup sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Marinade the tempeh as per the recipe.
2. Crumble the marinated tempeh into a bowl.
3. Now mix in the flax meal, water, and herbs in with the tempeh.
4. Chop the onion finely and chop the mushrooms into small chunks.
5. Sauté the onions in a pan in coconut oil for 3 minutes.
6. Then add the mushrooms and sauté them for 3 more minutes.
7. Mix the onions and mushrooms in with the tempeh.
8. Form into patties using your hands. Will make approximately twelve patties.
9. Press each patty on both sides with few sesame seeds. Oil frypan or oven tray
10. Cook in preheated oven 400 degrees F. or else in a frying pan.

11. Bake for 10 minutes in oven, then flip and bake the other side another 10 minutes.

If frying them, cook for 5-7 minutes on each side. Enjoy!

Tempeh – How to Marinate

June 8, 2020 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

It is important to marinate tempeh for creating very tasty tempeh recipes. It is simple to do and this marinated tempeh is delicious. (alfoodforlife.com/marinate-tempeh/)

Ingredients

  • 1 Block Tempeh 8 oz – 250g
  • 1 Tbsp Umeboshi vinegar Or Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Braggs Seasoning
  • 1 Tbsp Coconut Liquid Aminos or 1/4 tsp stevia

Instructions

  • Steam the tempeh for 10 minutes. (this removes bitterness & opens texture for marinades)
  • Combine all of the marinate ingredients in a small bowl and whisk them together.
  • Choose a shape to cut the tempeh into.
  • Now place the tempeh in a dish with a lid or cover it.
  • Pour marinade over tempeh, cover with a lid, place in fridge to marinate for 2 to 8 hours.
  • When you’re ready to use it, drain marinade (if there is any to drain) and pat the tempeh dry.
  • Now use your marinate tempeh for a favourite recipe.

Notes

Optional Additions:

2 cloves of garlic minced 1 1/2 Tbsp of ginger root peeled and minced 1 tsp Turmeric
Stalk of one lemongrass white part only, finely chopped
Get some Bragg Seasoning or  Coconut Liquid Aminos and learn about stevia

Now you have a number of options and recipes to make with this tempeh now that it is flavoured.

Add the cooked marinated tempeh to a fresh salad, have it on the side with quinoa or another whole grain, make a stir fry or tempeh burgers. Yum!

 

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