Sunday, March 6, 2011

Soy Curls

While visiting Portland, Oregon this weekend we discovered something completely new to us, Soy Curls.
On Friday we had a late lunch at a marvelous cafe called the Blossoming Lotus.  One of the items on their menu is Soy Curls and it was just delicious.
We found them in bulk at Whole Foods Market and bought enough to play around with and came up with this recipe.  It is similar to what was served to us, but it isn't an exact duplicate.  (Theirs are better but who wants to drive four hours when that craving hits?)


Ingredients:

For marinade solution place the following ingredients into a 4 cup pyrex:

1 1/2 cup water
1 tsp. vegetarian chicken-flavored bouillon
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 tsp. granulated garlic powder
1/2 tsp. Bragg 24 Herb Mix
2 tsp white miso paste, or soy sauce

Bring to boil in microwave, remove measuring cup and put 4 oz. of dry soy curls into the brine to soak for 20 minutes.
Drain excess marinade by turning the rehydrated soy curls into a colander, then turn them onto a pad of two paper towels.  Dredge soy curls in coating mixture:

1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes
1/4 cup garbanzo bean flour
1/2 tsp. ground thyme
1/2 tsp. dry mustard powder
1/4 tsp. curry powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
dash salt

Place on parchment lined baking sheet.  Bake at 300 degrees F. for 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and say, "Wa-La" even if no one else is in the room.

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