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The Czars Own StroganoffIngredients (use vegan versions): Enough seitan (gluten steaks) for 4 people (about 16 oz), marinated in soy sauce and
garlic, and cut into cubes
1 onion, sliced thin
3 or 4 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup water mixed with 3 tablespoon soy sauce, or vegetable stock
1 cup vegan sour cream (see recipe below)
1 tablespoon sweet basil or tarragon
2 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (white vinegar will do in a pinch)
1 tomato, cubed
Directions:Marinate the seitan for several hours or overnight (if it isn't already seasoned). Cut into cubes. Heat the oil in a large skillet and sautee the seitan, onions, mushrooms and garlic until the onions are transparent.
Add the water or stock, sour cream and seasonings, along with the lemon juice or vinegar, and cook several minutes on medium heat until its thickened up quite a bit. At this point, stir in the cubed tomato.
Serve over noodles of your choice (I love angel hair pasta), and garnish with a sprinkling of dried parsley, or a few sprigs of fresh parsley.
For the vegan sour cream simply process 1 box (about 400 grams, give or take a few) of medium-firm tofu with 3 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar, 1 tbsp vegan sugar, 2 tsp of sea salt and 1/4 cup oil until smooth. Taste it and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 1/2 hour
This is the BEST, most satisfying recipe I have tried from all the recipes on this site!!!!
Archived comment by: linda
Aw, shucks, thanks linda.
Archived comment by: christa
Very good! Omni parents enjoyed it, too. My mom thought it was even better than the mushroom & seitan stroganoff at Sublime in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Archived comment by: chuckie
This recipie turned out great, thanks for posting it!
Archived comment by: abralyn
Never thought I'd be able to say this, but this is even better than the real stroganoff my mom made for us growing up!
Archived comment by: greenpixie89
I made this using the pre-flavored seitan and the soy sauce instead of veg stock. Followed it to the T and it was fantastic! Anyone looking for a nice creamy recipe should definitely try this one out. My fiance is the real chef of the house but she was amazed when I made this for us
I served it over garlic mashed potatoes, but it would have been good over a nice pasta as well. Thanks!!
Archived comment by: stingray-fl
As an alternative to the herbs, spices, lemon juice and the tomato added at the end, pickle relish gives a great fermented taste and is a key flavor in many traditional stroganoffs. 2 tablespoons would suffice in this recipe. Also, a few kalamata olives chopped fine or just a couple teaspoons of the juice will blend texturally with the mushrooms and add even MORE of a fermented taste to convince you of the sour cream taste.
Archived comment by: twindelborn
This is definitely really good if you have all the ingredients I assume. But I didn't, and yet I was able to find pre-made Tofutti Better than Sourcream. It does need some lemon or lime, but texture-wise its impeccable. For the seitan fried garlic is an excellent seasoning if you're cooking short notice and can't marinate it. My god, this is an outstanding and filling dish. Thank you!
Archived comment by: bedofviolets
I'm sure its very tasty for a lot of people here...but for some reason the whole soy sauce in a Stroganoff mixed with tomato and tarragon made this really icky for my husband and myself. I was SOOOOOO looking forward to this recipe, too! It got so many good reviews. I wish I could give it a great one, but I can't. The sour cream was really grainy. I should have used the Tofutti like someone else said. Anyway, in Vegan w/ A Vengeance, there's a great looking Stroganoff recipe. I think I might try that instead. Sorry to whomever wrote this one...its definitely not for me!
Archived comment by: dressingWhatever
http://vegweb.com/recipes/misc/1582.shtml this link is to the most realistic and easy vegan sour cream i have tasted, looks gray in colour but is amazing , its called sunflower seed sour cream, and no, it isn't my recipe, its just awesome
Archived comment by: dodo
