The Spicy Spatula

Happy Hump Day, friends & fellow Vegans!

I hope your week has been fabulous this far and if it hasn’t, well let’s see what we can do to fix that, yeah?

So today’s vegan recipe is a twist on one of the dishes I used to eat a lot as a kid. I’m not sure if I loved this recipe back then but recently I got a hankering for it and decided to do a remix version.

One of the ways to stretch a meal is by adding bits and bobs to it, if you know what I mean. My grandmother used to take chicken scraps, mix it with onions, bell peppers and canned mushrooms (they were mad cheap at Aldi) and whip up a gravy, and BAM you’ve got a dish that tastes like it’s been simmering for hours. Add potatoes–roasted or mashed–and you’ve got an easy meal on the table in 30 minutes or less.

I guess we’re about to see if I really liked this dish or if I was just missing my granny.

Kitchen Tools:

*Cutting board
*Kitchen knife
*Skillet
*Baking mat
*Tongs

Ingredients:

*Oyster mushrooms
*Vegan chicken
*Bell peppers
*Onion
*Garlic
*Soy sauce or vegan Worcestershire
*Cornstarch & water/broth

Directions:

*Preheat oven o 180C/375F

*Chop potatoes and add seasoning. Toss well and place on a baking mat, cooking 20 to 25 minutes.

*Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. If you’re making an oil free vegan recipe, use water or broth.

*Add in chopped mushrooms and onions. This will take some time to cook down because you want to get a lot of the water out of the shrooms, about 7 to 10 minutes, stirring regularly.

*When you notice the mushrooms starting to stick, you’re good. Add in bell peppers and vegan chicken. I used TVP so you’ll need to rehydrate it in waste free broth before you start chopping veggies.

*Cook for another 5 to 7 minutes and then add garlic.

*Cook another 3 to 5 minutes. Taste check for seasoning here, adding more as needed.

*Mix water (or broth) with soy sauce or vegan Worcestershire and add in 10 to 20 grams of cornstarch and stir until combined.

*Add slurry to skillet and stir in until it starts to bubble. Reduce to a simmer for about 5 minutes. Taste again and add whatever needs adding.

*Serve along side the potatoes and ENJOY!!!

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