I don't even bother with the small bags anymore, I just buy the 12 lbs. bulk box. Break them down into smaller quart-sized zip bags, and store them in the freezer. When I want some soy curls, I just grab a bag, perfect portion! Thanks for the great video!
I do! But mainly because I buy the Bulk Box and the value is incredible. I break them into freezer-friendly quart-sized zip bags. Perfect portion control!
I enjoyed your video on the soy curls. I agree; these are delicious! One of the things I like to make with these Butler soy curls is a vegan orange “chick-un” dish w/ an orange sauce. So good over rice w/ chopped green onions sprinkled over the top. Keep the videos coming, please. Thank you!
I bought some of these a few years ago but didn't know what to do with them. Now I do!! This looks like such a handy product. I have wanted a long time to quit eating meat; this is my way to do it. I am just now finding your channel and love it. The Waffle Extravaganza was my first one and now this one. Keep up the great videos!
That 1 ingredient philosophy is a slam dunk. The Vegan grocer/cafe I go to makes an AWESOME chilled Creamy Vegan Chicken Salad with this, I want to recreate it but add halved grapes to it.
Thanks guys for turning me on to these soy curls, I've been vegan for years but had not heard of these until your video. I'm now experimenting with all kind of flavors mostly from vegan bullion. Would love to see what other ideas you might have coming up, bug big shout out to your channel for telling us all about this wonderful product !
Found soy curls a few months and have been loving them and trying new recipes. Recently, I started thinking about how the water used to replenish them changes color ... and started wondering if there was any nutrient loss happening. Do you know if I can use the water/broth used to replenish soy curls for cooking something else?
What is Melody's last name? She mentioned the hot dog in her new book but I'm having a challenge finding a cook book by "Melody" Lots of music books though on my search lol.
Tonight I cooked my curls by soaking first in beef flavored broth. After they soaked for 10 minutes, I steamed cooked them with diced onion15 minutes. I added nutmeg and pepper to recreate my go to comfort food. My biggest struggle with goi g plant based is my problem with emotional eating. This way of cooking the curls resulted in both the taste and texture of my grandmas Christmas Eve poached meatballs.
I watch 2 other vegan channels and they both say boiling hot water and soaking for 10-30 minutes. One adds a bit of flavoring while soaking, the other doesn’t. Hope this helps. I’m learning, too
Eating some Butler curls at the moment. I totally forgot these things existed and I had a bag on hand. Made some awesome asian-inspired chick'n in a vegetable stir-fry over some sticky Thai rice. Just put an order through for 6 more bags lol
her name is Melody Caviness. Was Melody Prettyman. She is working on a website, and social networking. She has done a lot of work on 3ABN.org. And a lot of her recipes are there.
I would. Because they are not "defatted" they have all the natural soybean oil content from the whole bean, and fats go rancid pretty quickly at room temperature. I bought a 3-pack of these curls about a year ago, forgot about them, and tried them tonight in a batch of vegan chili. A hint of rancidness but not too bad. Expiration date on the package was about 6 months after I bought them. Keeping them in the freezer slows down the chemical changes whereby the soybean oil turns rancid, so they last longer.
I love the idea of wearing the gloves to squeeze out the moisture / juices. Keeps the pieces intact and no mess, Thanks for that! PS 4th week of "lockdown" so I happen to have a stash of gloves available :)
I couldn't agree with you more about some of the worrying ingredients in vegan ' fast food'..It might take 20 mins longer but I' d rather use a tvp type product o r seitain.& Infuse them with my favourite spices..Here in the UK Butler's soya curls are being sold by Amazon UK.for £58.. that folks is 80 DOLLARS!! I did my homework yesterday and ' think' I' he found an identical.soya curl in a British/ Chinese online supermarket yesterday for u see £3 a bag!!.Cannot wait to make a pulled pork type dish with normally in the UK.we can only get soya my d's & chunks that look.like cat fod..lol
@rainydaze9318 - I strongly believe, and admit I am only guessing, but she is making her hotdog recipe by first taking the dried soy curls and whizzing them along with some dry spices in a blender or food processor until they are a fairly fine texture, then removes this dry mix from the processor, then adds a bit of gluten flour for binder, and then finally for the hot dog color the unflavored beet juice or dried beet (purchase or make your own) or flavored broth to hold them together. At this point, she will have a flavored lump of product to shape into little hotdogs. Now they will be first wrapped in parchment paper pieces that have been cut out to wrap the dogs in, then next pieces of aluminum foil to go around the parchment, and Finally, they will be steamed in a steamer basket until done. After this point, the dogs will be ready for your frying pan or grill to give them the desired finish! Now, I haven't made these yet with the soy curl method but I know without having an official recipe from anyone, if I were to tackle this one, this is the method I would use, and as for seasonings, a person would add those those of their liking. Your welcome ❤
Eh, yeah I tend to agree with you. You don't need that oil at all, he's using a non-stick any way (or you can use water or vegetable broth to un-stick things). It makes the flavor a little bit better IMO, I used a tablespoon of toasted sesame oil for the entire bag (inside of a sauce) so it's at least negligible, but pouring it over the top there, yikes! Pointless calories.
