If you still miss the texture of meat then, Soy chunks are an ideal substitute for chunks of “meat” in dishes.
Soy chunks are low in fat but high in protein and gram for gram exceed eggs, meat, and milk.
This post shows how to prepared them ready to use in recipes such as curries, casseroles and even pizza toppings.
Put the hot water into a large mixing bowl and add all the ingredients except the soy chunks and dissolve.
Now add the soy chunks making sure they are soaking in the broth.
Cover with cling film and allow to rehydrate for 10mins.
Pour the content of the bowl into a non stick frying and fry until any spare liquid has evaporated and the chunks begin to char.
Sprinkle with more of the spices to taste and continue to char.
Once brown and charred remove form the heat and allow to cool.
The soy chunks are now ready to use in recipes where you would normally use chunks of chicken or beef.
soy chunks and spices 
disolve the spices boiling water 
put in the soy chunks in the broth to rehydrate 
cover to allow them to steam 
fry off the excess liquid 
add some more spices and fry untilcharred. 
Now they are ready to use in any meal
I used the above method for spicy meat chunks in a spaghetti bolognese and on a plant based pizza.
soy chunkcs in a spaghetti bolognese 
spicy soy chunks on a vegan pizza
Spicy soy chunks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 150 g soy chunks
- 200 ml hot water
- 2 tbsp vegan no chicken/beef stock
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
Method
- Put the hot water into a large mixing bowl and add all the ingredients except the soy chunks and dissolve
- Now add the soy chunks making sure they are soaking on the broth. Cover with cling film and allow to rehydrate for 10mins
- Pour the content of the bowl into a non stick frying and fry until any spare liquid has evaporated and the chunks begin to char
- sprinkle with more of the spices to taste and continue to char. Once brown and charred remove form the heat and allow to cool.
- The soy chunks are now ready to use in recipes where you would normally use chunks of chicken or beef.
Nutrition
(All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more).
2 thoughts on “How I cook Soya Chunks”
Oh, I’ve never thought about using soya chunks on a pizza, but I guess that makes sense as a kind of meatball replacement!
Made a soy chunk Bolognese which if I may say so myself was rather lovely, had it three days on the trot! Thinking how proud I was to have discovered something new I gave a meal to my partner (a fellow vegetarian). Hated it never wants to see or eat it again said it was vile! Oh well more for me I suppose.