Any favourite quorn recipes?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Is it me or are quorn chunks actually nicer than chicken? After trying them recently I've just made a sort of goulash with them too and it's better than the pork version.

Feeling inspired to try more. Does anyone have any really good quorn recipes they'd like to share? Particularly anything with Thai flavours.

[Inbound]

Try Linda McCartney's Chorizo sausage toad in the hole.

https://www.quorn.co.uk/recipes

[uncleglen]

I don't like Thai but I used the Old El Paso chili packet, onion, a carton of tomato and red pepper from sainsburys and quorn mince to do a chili- don't like kidney beans. It was lovely and quick

[Robert Poste's Child]

Thanks. Will give them a try.

[rendelharris]

They work nicely fried in a tempura batter and served with chili sauce.

[JoeLeg]

I know this isn't what you asked, but it kind of links. If you like Quorn, try something called Tempeh. SMBS stock it, it's a frozen product so you need to think ahead a day or so, but it's delicious.

I was introduced to it by an Australian cousin with a a medically restrictive diet (essentially vegan with a couple of oddities), who said it's widespread down under and very popular. Google it, see if SMBS still sell it, basically anything Asian you can do with meat, you can do with Tempeh. I tried it chargrilled with satay sauce, it was fantastic.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Thanks for that. Had a quick google and it looks like it has some similarities to quorn in that it's made via fermentation involving mycoprotein, but with 10% fat and 20% protein it's more comparable to meat nutritionally; also in calories at about 190 per 100g. Quorn has about 90 cals / 100g, with 14.5g protein and 2g fat, so good for me at the moment as trying to lose a few pounds, but tempeh sounds like it would be great for when you're cooking for a mixed group of vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

[bobbsy]

Forgive me, but what is SMBS?

[robbin]

It's the greengrocers almost opposite the Co-op on Lordship Lane.

[dirac]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Thanks for that. Had a quick google and it looks

> like it has some similarities to quorn in that

> it's made via fermentation involving mycoprotein,

> but with 10% fat and 20% protein it's more

> comparable to meat nutritionally; also in calories

> at about 190 per 100g. Quorn has about 90 cals /

> 100g, with 14.5g protein and 2g fat, so good for

> me at the moment as trying to lose a few pounds,

> but tempeh sounds like it would be great for when

> you're cooking for a mixed group of vegetarians

> and non-vegetarians.

Tempeh is so good, and absorbs flavors very well. My personal favorite is to marinate in soy sauce and use as a sort of 'meat' on bbq skewers.

[Robert Poste's Child]

First catch your tempeh, though. Looks like Planet Organic has it so Wholefoods probably does too.

[dirac]

pretty sure you can get tempeh in the chilled section (not frozen) of Organic Village Market near the East Dulwich Tavern; also holland and barrat on rye lane.

[pearl1]

Sweet chilli chicken enchiladas. Copied from a pub menu in Poole. We only ever make them with quorn!

[Robert Poste's Child]

Sounds nice. Yesterday I did a kind of Greek stew: loads of of onion, peppers, tomatoes and (slight anomaly) mushrooms, with quorn chunks, kalamata olives and a little of the olive vinegar, and a handful of spinach added at the end. It was delicious. Taking the leftovers to work for lunch tomorrow.

[kmoon249]

I think the beauty of the Quorn mince and chicken bites is you can simply substitute the product for their meat counterparts. I've never modified a meat recipe for the quorn counterpart. Just pay attention to the proper cooking times. And if we are recommending items, their fake bacon and chicken nuggets are worth trying. I eat meat but actual prefer these quorn products.

[JohnL]

Hear a lot about Seitan too these days

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/05/hail-seitan-how-vegan-food-got-downndirty

[edcam]

The best thing to do with Quorn is to chuck it in the bin.

[JoeLeg]

JohnL Wrote:

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> Hear a lot about Seitan too these days

>

> https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/

> 05/hail-seitan-how-vegan-food-got-downndirty

Every vegan and their organically-fed hamster has been bending my ear about that stuff...apparently it's going to make animals obsolete or some such.

[malumbu]

No. I don't have any favourite Quorn recipes, and I haven't eaten meat for 30 years.

It was likened to mushroom when it first came out in the 80s. Just as close to athlete's foot!

[rendelharris]

malumbu Wrote:

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> No. I don't have any favourite Quorn recipes, and

> I haven't eaten meat for 30 years.

>

> It was likened to mushroom when it first came out

> in the 80s. Just as close to athlete's foot!

I agree, it weren't so good back then, but some of their stuff now isn't at all bad - particularly the "fish" fingers, which go very well in sandwiches.

[Asset]

Seitan no good for the gluten free brigade.

I gave my dog a bit of a quorn sausage and she instantly threw it up :-)

[Asset]

All I do with the quorn chicken chunks is fajitas; sliced peppers, onions, garlic, quorn chunks, fajita seasoning. Wrapped in tortillas with guac and yoghurt.

Quick and easy meal.