TOFU TURKEY RECIPE BY TASTY
You won't miss the turkey at your holiday dinner this year with this 100% vegan tofu turkey. With a stuffing-filled center and homemade drumsticks, this dish will satisfy every vegan at your dinner table and is sure to impress even the stalwart meat-eaters.
Provided by Rachel Gaewski
Categories Dinner
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Soak the wooden skewers in water to prevent them from burning when baking.
- Crumble the tofu into a medium bowl lined with a dish towel. Gather the sides of the dish towel and squeeze out as much liquid as possible from the tofu.
- To a food processor, add the pinto beans, drained tofu, nutritional yeast, soy sauce, poultry seasoning, garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder, and vegetable broth and puree until smooth. With the processor running, pour in the olive oil and continue blending until incorporated.
- Add the vital wheat gluten to a large bowl, add the mixture from the food processor, and stir until the dough comes together enough that it can be kneaded. Knead for 1-2 minutes, until most of the cracks have disappeared, then turn out onto a clean surface and shape into a ball. Cut off about ¼ of the dough with a bench scraper and set aside.
- Transfer the remaining dough to a small glass bowl. Using your hands, form a hole in the center and evenly stretch the edges to help it expand to about 3-4 inches (8 cm) in diameter.
- Scoop the stuffing into the well, then stretch the sides of the dough over the stuffing to encase completely.
- Wrap the tofu turkey in parchment paper, then in foil.
- Divide the reserved dough in half and shape into 2 drumsticks. Insert a wooden skewer in each one. Wrap the drumsticks in parchment paper, then foil.
- Set the tofu turkey and drumsticks on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, flipping every 20 minutes. Remove the drumsticks after 40 minutes.
- Serve with gravy.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 471 calories, Carbohydrate 26 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 47 grams, Sugar 3 grams
TOFU TURKEY I
A vegan alternative especially good for Thanksgiving dinner! Serve with a vegetarian gravy and all the fixings. Enjoy!
Provided by Becky
Categories Everyday Cooking Vegetarian Protein Tofu
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Line a medium sized, round colander with a cheese cloth or a clean dish towel. Place the crumbled tofu in the colander. Place another cheese cloth over the top of the tofu. Place the colander over the top of a bowl to catch the liquid. Place a heavy weight on top of tofu. Refrigerate the colander, tofu and weight for 2 to 3 hours.
- Make the stuffing: In a large frying pan saute onion, celery and mushrooms in 2 tablespoons of the sesame oil until tender. Add the garlic, sage, thyme, salt and pepper, rosemary and 1/4 cup of the tamari. Stir well; cook for 5 minutes. Add prepared herb stuffing and mix well. Remove from heat.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
- Combine 1/2 cup sesame oil, 1/4 cup tamari, miso, orange juice, mustard and orange zest in a small bowl; mix well.
- Remove the weight from the tofu. Hollow out the tofu so that there is one inch of tofu still lining the colander. Place the scooped out tofu in a separate bowl. Brush the tofu lining with a small amount of the miso seasoning. Scoop the stuffing into the center of the tofu shell. Place the leftover tofu on top of the stuffing and press down firmly. Turn the stuffed tofu onto the prepared cookie sheet. Putting the leftover tofu side of the "turkey" (the flat side) down. Gently press on the sides of the "turkey" to form a more oval shape. Brush the tofu turkey with 1/2 of the oil-tamari mixture. Place the sprigs of rosemary on top of the tofu. Cover the "turkey" with foil.
- Bake for one hour. After one hour, remove "turkey" from the oven and remove the foil. Baste the "turkey" with the remaining tamari-oil sauce (reserving 4 tablespoons of sauce). Return "turkey" to oven and bake another hour or until the tofu turkey is golden brown. Place the tofu turkey on a serving platter, brush with the remaining tamari-oil mixture and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 469.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22.4 g, Fat 32.4 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 26.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 1294.9 mg, Sugar 5.2 g
TOFU "TURKEY" WITH STUFFING
Make and share this Tofu "Turkey" with Stuffing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ziggy
Categories Soy/Tofu
Yield 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Mash tofu or mix well with hands. Be sure that all of the lumps are out.
- Line a 12" colander with wet cheesecloth over lapping the sides. Add the mashed tofu to the cloth covered colander, press down and cover with the overlapping sides. Place the whole thing in a large bowl. Cover the cheesecloth with a plate that fits inside the colander and place a 5 pound weight on the plate. Refrigerate and let sit for 2 to 3 hours. When time is up, start the stuffing.
- Saute' the onions, celery and mushrooms in the 2 tablespoons sesame oil.
- When soft, add the garlic and all the rest of the stuffing ingredients, except stuffing, mixing well. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add herb stuffing and mix well.
- Remove tofu from refrigerator and take off weight, plate and top of cheesecloth. Hollow out tofu to within 1 inch of the sides and bottom, placing the tofu in a bowl. Place the stuffing inside the shell and pack in firmly. Cover with the remaining tofu and pat down firmly. Turn stuffed tofu onto a greased baking sheet, flat side down.
- Gently press on sides of "turkey" to achieve a more oval shape. If desired at this point, you may mold "drumsticks" out of one pound of tofu, and place on each side of the "turkey".
- Mix up the basting mixture and baste tofu "turkey" with half of it. Cover the "turkey" with foil, and bake at 400 degrees for about 1 hour.
- Remove foil, baste with all the remaining mixture except a few tablespoons and return to oven for 1 hour more, or until the "turkey" is golden.
- Remove from oven and use rest of basting mix.
- Using at least 2 large spatulas, move to a large plate. Serve with the gravy of your choice, if you wish, and cranberry sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3122.1, Fat 236.1, SaturatedFat 40.2, Sodium 9728.6, Carbohydrate 91.6, Fiber 33.8, Sugar 31.1, Protein 212.2
TOFU "TURKEY" WITH STUFFING
Steps:
- Mash tofu or mix well with hands. Be sure that all the lumps are out. Line a 12" colander with wet cheesecloth overlapping the sides. Add the mashed tofu to the colander, press down to center and close cheesecloth over top the tofu. Transfer the whole thing, including colander to a large bowl. Place plate overtop the tofu ball, and put a 5 pd weight on top of the plate to compress the tofu and initiate draining of liquid through the colander into the bowl. Let sit in fridge for 2-3 hrs so water can drain from the tofu. Begin stuffing: saute the onions, celery, mushrooms and 2 Tbsp. of the sesame oil in a large pot. When soft, add the garlic and remaining stuffing ingredients, except the stuffing mix, combine well. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add herb stuffing and mix well. Remove tofu from fridge and take off weight. Uncover tofu. Hollow out tofu to within 1" of the sides and bottom, placing the tofu in a bowl. Place the stuffing inside the shell and pack in firmly. cover with the remaining tofu and pat down firmly. Turn stuffed tofu onto a greased baking sheet, flat side down. Gently press on sides of "turkey" to achieve a more oval shape. If desired at this point, you may mold drumsticks out of the 1 pd of tofu, and place on each side as mock legs. Mix up the basting mixture and baste "bird" with half of it. Cover with foil, and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour. Afterward, remove foil, baste with remaining basting mixture except for a few Tbsp. of it. Return to oven for 1 hour more, or until the "turkey" is golden. Remove from oven and use rest of basting mix on top. Gently transfer to large plate. Serve with the gravy of your choice, and, if you wish, cranberry sauce.
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