Vegan Meatballs
Meatballs are delicious and satisfying. Vegans and meat eaters will enjoy these meatballs. Vegan meatballs are great in a variety of dishes: spaghetti with meatballs, meatball stroganoff, sweet and sour meatballs, and more.
Servings: 20 meatballs
Ingredients
Rehydrated Soy Mince
- 3/4 cup Dehydrated soy mince Also called textured vegetable protein or TVP
- 2/3 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp vegan chicken soup mix optional
Dry ingredients
- 1/2 cup chickpea flour
- 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp garlic powder
Wet ingredients
- 1/3 cup Water
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
Additional ingredients
- 1/4 cup Minced onion Red onion chopped very fine works well.
Instructions
- Rehydrate soy mince (TVP) by adding boiling broth and letting the mixture sit for a few minutes. Or add broth and microwave for 1 minute.
- Mix dry ingredients together thoroughly. Add rehydrated soy mince and mix well.
- Add 1/3 cup water and 2 tsp soy sauce. Mix together well, knead for 1- 2 minutes.
- Add diced onions and knead for one more minute.
- Roll into small balls (about 1 -2 tsp of the mixture per ball). Makes about 25 meatballs.
- Arrange the meatballs in a single layer in a steamer basket. Steam for 45 minutes.
- The meatballs can be refrigerated for later use or used in recipes immediately. Brown the meatballs on all sides in a frying pan with a little olive oil, then add sauces or other ingredients as desired, and serve.
Notes
The meatballs expand when cooking, so make them about half the size of the intended finished meatballs.