Meatless Chicken Fried Steak

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 ounces light life beef veggie crumbles (vegetarian ground beef)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 8 ounces mushrooms, sauteed
• 2 teaspoons braggs liquid aminos or 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 3 teaspoons black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon steak seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast (or other thickening agent)
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 mix"beef" crumbles with eggs, 1/4 cup bread crumbs, red onion, mushrooms, bragg's (or soy sauce), 1 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1 tbs steak seasoning.
• 2 form into meatballs, only slightly flattened.
• 3 brown in a pan with about 2 tbs oil (3-4 minutes).
• 4 allow to cool (a plate with a paper towel on top works best).
• 5 for batter/breading mix water, flour, 1/4 cup bread crumbs, thyme, cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1 1/2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp salt, yeast (or thinkening agent).
• 6 allow batter to chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
• 7 heat 1/2 cup oil in a pan (do"drip test" of batter into hot oil to be sure if it's hot enough/too hot, ect) on medium heat.
• 8 dredge"meatballs" in batter and shake off any excess.
• 9 fry 3-4 minutes, or until golden brown on both sides.
• 10 place on paper towels to drain.
• 11 goes great with mashed potatoes and gravy.
• 12 hope you enjoy!