Almost any dish can be successfully made vegan if you know how to make the right swaps.
You might think that going without animal products means saying goodbye to your favorite recipes.
Good news:this could not be further from the truth.
Elise Bauer
Heres a guide to the MVP ingredients youll need for taking any recipe in a plant-based direction.
When coarsely mashed, they makea surprisingly good stand-in for tunain the classic tuna salad sandwich.
They also provide a convenient option for veganizing saucy chicken dishes.
Erin Alderson
For example, in thiscacciatore, start with step 2.
When you get to step 4, add two 16-ounce cans of chickpeas instead of the chicken.
As the water cooks out and they compress, mushrooms become flat, dense, and distinctly steak-like.
BBQ Pulled Jackfruit Tacos.Megan Gordon
Smaller mushrooms, like cremini and shiitake, can be minced and used to replace ground beef.
And a grilled or roasted portabella mushroom is the original stand-in for a beef patty in a burger.
Instead of Braised Beef, Try Braised Seitan
Seitan is the chewiest, meatiest plant-based protein.
Its made from wheat protein after all the starch has been rinsed away.
Youll typically find it in the refrigerated case in the form of chunks or slabs sealed in plastic.
Its the perfect substitute for beef in braises and stews.
Sliced thin, it makes a great replacement for lunch meat.
Bread and fry pieces to recreate fish tacos.Stir fry it with vegetablesand serve it over rice.
Crumble it up and cook it like scrambled eggs to recreate brunch classics.
It shreds like pork or chicken, making it a good choice for vegan barbecue.
It makes a good filling fortacosand barbecue sandwiches.
They can be a bit tough to track down.
I bulk order them online from Butler.
They have one ingredient: non-GMO soybeans.
When properly prepared, they bear an uncanny visual and textural resemblance to chicken.
Soy curls make outstanding vegan fajitas and stir-fries.
They can be coated with bread crumbs and fried like chicken fingers.
Pulse them in a food processor, and they make a perfect stand-in for ground chicken or pork.
I reach forHungry Planet,Lightlife, and Trader Joes versions.
They are terrific tasting ground meat subs with zero grams of saturated fat.
Instead of Sausage, Try Plant-Based Sausage
There is a lot of top-notch plant-based sausage out there.
Field Roast is my favorite–I have it in the freezer at all times.
These products make it easy to veganize dishes likesausage sandwichesandsausage and kale soup.
Its as simple as using a plant-based version instead.
Thanks to the vibrant spices,Soyrizois especially good at standing in for chorizo wherever its called for.
