Vegan red bean Steak (Bife de feijão vegano)

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Yes, you are right, this is a recipe of a vegan steak. They are beyond delicious and much much better than the ones made of dead animals, these ones are vegan and cruelty-free.

Hope you give these vegan steaks a go, you’ll not regret, I promise.

  • 3 cups of red beans cooked (2 cans)
  • 1 cup of mashed potatoes (~3 medium potatoes)
  • 1 cup potato starch
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 onion chopped
  • Olive oil  2tbsp + 1tbsp
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Herbs and spices to taste (eg. smoked paprika, thyme, cumin, nutmeg)

Cook the potatoes with salt and water, when they are soft, drain the water, and mash them with a fork, season with nutmeg and pepper. Set aside.

Fry the onion until caramelized in 2 tbs of olive oil, with salt and thyme.

In the food processor, add all the ingredients together less the potato starch, and process until is well combined and homogenous. Try a little bit and adjust the seasonings.

Slowly add the potato starch until you have a semi mouldable pasta dough. This pasta is soft that’s normal, the ‘steaks’ will get their shape when you cook them.

Heat 2 tbsp of  olive oil in a large frying pan. Take ~1-2 tbsp of pasta dough and place it in the frying pan; with a spatula press the dough until it gets to the thickness you like and  lightly fry them,  for ~2-3 minutes on each side.

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PT:

  • 3 canecas de feijão vermelho cozido (2 latas de feijão)
  • 1 caneca de purê de batata
  • 1 caneca de fécula de batata
  • 3 colheres de sopa de molho de soja
  • 1 cebola picada
  • 2c.sopa + 1c. sopa de azeite  
  • 3 dentes de alho picado
  • Sal e pimenta a gosto
  • ervas e especiarias a gosto (ex. pimentão fumado, cominhos, tomilho, noz moscada)

Cozer as batas em água e sal; quando estiverem cozidas escorrer a água e esmagar com um garfo, temperar com pimenta e noz moscada.

Fritar a cebola picada em 2 colheres de azeite até dourar, com sal e tomilho.

Num processador de alimentos adicionar todos os ingredientes com excepção da fécula de batata e triturar tudo. Provar a massa e ratificar os temperos se necessário.

Com cuidado envolver a fécula de batata. A massa fica mole, é normal, os ‘bifes’ vão ganhar a forma certa quando estiverem a ser cozinhados.

Colocar uma colher de sopa de azeite numa frigideira e colocar colheradas de massa. Com uma espátula apertar os bifes até ficarem com a espessura desejada. cozinhar ~2-3 minutos de cada lado.

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