Vegan Fried Egg With Vegan "Egg Yolk"
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If you're interested in a vegan fried egg or egg yolk substitute, you're going to love my vegan egg recipe! It looks exactly like a fried egg, just without the cholesterol or animal cruelty! In this recipe, I turned tomatoes into a vegan egg yolks using new techniques, some food science, and algae!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
For the Yolk:
- 700ml (3 cups) distilled water
- 5 tsp sodium alginate
- 1 orange tomato
- ¼ cupsilken tofu
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ tsp mustard powder
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- ½ tbsp calcium lactate/chloride
- 1- 1½ tsp black salt (kala namak)
- 1 tbsp soy milk + extra for texture
For the Egg White:
- ¼ cup silken tofu
- 3 tbsp rice flour
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- ¼ tsp black salt, kala namak
For Frying:
- A drizzle of oil (olive oil, coconut oil or vegan butter is preferred)
Instructions
The Night Before:
- Mix together distilled water and socium alginate in a blender on high, and place into an airtight container. Place in the fridge overnight.
On the Day of Serving:
- Preheat oven 300F
- Drizzle tomato with olive oil, and cook for 45 mins, flipping at 30 mins.
- Meanwhile, remove the alginate gel from the fridge to come to room temp.
- While the tomato is roasting, make the egg white.
- Blend all egg white ingredients until smooth.
- Blend tomato, ¼ cup silken tofu, 3 tbsp olive oil, mustard powder, yeast, white pepper, calcium lactate, black salt and soy milk, as needed until smooth.
- Place a scoop (I use a coffee scoop) of the mixture into the gel and quickly but carefully push the alginate over the mixture to create a sphere. Let it sit for 30 seconds.
- Remove with a slotted spoon & wipe of excess gel and place in a cold water bath until ready to use.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add a drizzle of oil into the pan to heat.
- Add 2 tbsp of the ‘egg white’ mix to the centre of the pan and cover for 10 seconds. Remove lid and fry until the ‘egg white’ starts to get a bit crispy on the edges.
- Add egg yolk and carefully remove from the pan.
- Serve
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2020/03/03/vegan-fried-egg-with-vegan-egg-yolk/