Sausage Crumbles

[odveg]

This recipe is so easy and good!  I put the crumbles on pizza and thought it tasted alot like meat sausage but without the creepy crunches you would occasionally find in the meat version that indicated you hit a mysterious chunk of cartilage, bone, etc (ick).
Does anyone know of a good way to make it stick together in bigger clumps, i.e egg replacer?

[jessjones1972]

So I'm in the 10 minute waiting period pre-frying and I'm already imagining how I'd use this if I could take the crumbles and turn them into a patty...

Anyone have any ideas?!?  I don't want to buy fake sausage for those delish sounding non-egg mcvegans :-)

One more thing, I'm hoping these crumbles really add some ooomph to my quiche tonight!

Thanks for the recipe :-)

[Opal Moon]

So I'm in the 10 minute waiting period pre-frying and I'm already imagining how I'd use this if I could take the crumbles and turn them into a patty...

Anyone have any ideas?!?  I don't want to buy fake sausage for those delish sounding non-egg mcvegans :-)

I would suggest adding just enough gluten flour so that the crumbles stick together.

[hoopy~d]

I just made this without the fennel seeds. I sprinkled a little marjoram on the mixture instead. I used a little to make gravy with and my gravy was great. I plan on using the rest in a shepard's pie maybe. Thanks for the recipe. Very good and much cheaper that prepackaged crumbles.

[gypsipixi]

Ok so I am making my first vegan, gluten free, pizza for my kidos and my son (6) says," hey mom, I  we can't but I kinda was wanting some, you know, "meat" on the pizza", I found this thinking  of just telling him, "not tonight", but read how easy it is so I am going to have to try it!
 I am making it now and will post how it turns out!

[gypsipixi]

  I made this last night and WOW. I will never use anything else. This. Is. It!!! My vegan,  but meat missing, hubby loved it, as did my hungry for sausage son! My dogs and cat were begging at the stove too. So all in all it was fab! thank you so much! I did add some hot pepper (dried) to make it spicy and it was so good.

[caleb]

I kind of forgot I had never liked real sausage in the first place, but this is really good for what it is. =)

[furrysgirl]

Mmm! This recipe is so simple and so good. It was really tasty with some rice and beans in enchiladas. I am going to try it in stuffed mushrooms next. Thanks for this. I haven't used tvp in years since I discovered boca crumbles and then started making my own seitan crumbles. This is way easier.

[wayneshep!]

anyone think it would be possible to bake the crumbles instead of frying them?

[furrysgirl]

anyone think it would be possible to bake the crumbles instead of frying them?

You could certainly bake them. The question is, are you trying to avoid the oil? I would still drizzle oil on them when baking because it makes them more sausage-y. I think I gave up on tvp crumbles in the past because I never thought to fry them in oil (or probably anything in oil) then. Now that I am full-fledged vegan, I do not fear the oil. It makes the hair shiny and the skin so soft. Make food yummy!!

[wayneshep!]

yeah I'm trying to avoid the oil.... I figured if I bake them a quick spray of nonstick spray could do the trick...

[furrysgirl]

yeah I'm trying to avoid the oil.... I figured if I bake them a quick spray of nonstick spray could do the trick...

In that case, I would bake them low and slow.

[VeganRun]

This recipe is really creative! It's pretty tasty, too. My boyfriend walked in and said "Smells like we're having something yummy tonight!" The spices smell amazing. This sounds silly, but it smelled like I remember Pizza Hut smelling like when I went there as a kid. I'm serious!

I didn't have sage, so I used half teaspoon marjoram, half teaspoon oregano. I also didn't add any extra salt. Instead of the cayenne, I added a half teaspoon of crushed red peppers. We were going to put it on pizza, then we switched it added it to a black bean/mushroom/rice/salsa concoction. Very yummy. My bf has also put extra crumbles on top of tofutti on top of his bagel.

[bronsontm]

A great, easy way to make "sausage."  Our kids never knew the difference!