I’m going to show you how to make vegan minced meat in under 15 minutes! This vegan meat replacement is packed with protein and flavour, but completely plant-based! Using a delicious combination of seasonings, as well as using both walnuts and mushrooms for texture, you can get an amazing vegan minced beef alternative to use in recipes for a nutrient-rich and delicious meal!
If you’re looking for a homemade minced meat recipe that’s vegan, you’re going to love this one! This recipe is also gluten-free!
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Vegan Minced Meat
Vegan Minced MeatThis recipe is an updated version of my previous take on vegan ground beef from a few years ago. Through some different attempts, I’ve found that incorporating mushrooms in this recipe really adds a great texture to the final product! I love the way the mushrooms and walnuts in combination make the texture, as well as soak up all of the flavours from the seasoning mix!
I am amazed by the potential of walnuts in vegan cooking and I feel like they are not often the first choice for many vegans. Cashews are amazing in their own ways but can be expensive and walnuts can be not only useful in this recipe, but also in my Walnut Pasta Sauce. Their possibilities are so amazing!
If you’re looking for ways to use this vegan minced meat, you can try it in my High Protein Taco Salad Meal Prep, Vegan Beef Wellington, chilli, tacos, nachos or anything else that would use ground beef or veggie ground round.
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INGREDIENTS FOR MINCED MEAT (VEGAN + GLUTEN-FREE):
INGREDIENTS FOR MINCED MEAT (VEGAN + GLUTEN-FREE):- Raw Walnuts
- Mushrooms of choice
- Olive Oil
- Gluten-Free Tamari or Soy Sauce
- Cumin
- Coriander
- Sea Salt
- White Pepper or pepper
- Smoked Paprika or paprika
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Chili Powder
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT:
- Food Processor
- Large Pan
- Measuring Utensils
- Stove
- 1 cup raw walnuts, soaked
- 16 oz mushrooms of choice
- 3 tbsp olive oil+ extra as needed
- 2 tbsp Gluten-Free Tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tspground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp sea salt+ extra to taste
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp chilli powder
- Add mushrooms to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large pan over medium heat and cook mushrooms for 6-8 mins, stirring. They should begin to release their liquid and begin to brown.
- In the food processor, add walnuts and pulse a few times to break the nuts into smaller pieces.
- Add 1 tbsp olive oil, cumin, coriander, tamari or soy sauce, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder; and pulse until mixed. You want the consistency to be that of ground beef.
- Add the seasoned walnut mixture to the mushrooms and cook for another couple of minutes until combined, and heated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Use in tacos, burritos, or anywhere you love to use taco meat!
Don't have a ton of seasonings at home? No problem! Try using a taco seasoning packet!
Hey I’m Candice aka The Edgy Veg – I veganize popular food recipes for vegans, plant-based diets, eco-conscious eaters & people who are trying to eat more plants over… y’know animals or their by-products. I hope you enjoy this tasty vegan recipe!
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Tracy says:
You really have an outstanding palate. This recipe was so easy and fast. Made my own tortillas which are so simple, sweet potato and flour. I don’t find the walnuts to be too expensive, I started buying them by the pound direct from the farmer/producer. The price is fair and the quality is just so superior to what you can find in the grocery store plus its not old product shipped from from a far away country AND it supports a farmer….so bring on the walnut/almond/pepita/pecan recipes!