Swapping to a Vegan Dinner
Tonight’s dinner was kind of a disaster, but I managed to save it this time. We had roasted potatoes and broccoli. Our protein was supposed to be chicken. The potatoes got chopped up into quarter inch pieces and tossed with oil and garlic salt. Then I placed them on a baking sheet and put them in the oven at 450 degrees for 24 minutes. They were flipped halfway through. The broccoli was cut into bite-sized pieces and also tossed with oil. After being placed on a different baking sheet, they were sprinkled with salt and pepper. Unfortunately, the potatoes burnt a little on the bottoms. I think I may made a mistake by putting them on tin foil instead of parchment paper when roasting them. The chicken was supposed to be pat dry, sprinkled with garlic salt and pepper, then cooked in a frying pan over medium-high heat. This is the part that went downhill the most.
One piece of chicken was too thick to cook through at the temperature recommended. I also believe that putting it at a lower temperature would have been beneficial even if it took twice as long because the chicken completely burnt while I was trying to get it to cook. One of the chicken pieces turned out well though, which was my husband’s piece.
This is where my recipe became a vegan recipe. As my chicken turned out pretty bad, I decided to attempt fake meat. I already had some thankfully so it was just a matter of cooking it. I decided to start with sesame oil in my frying pan, which was over medium-ish heat then added my fake ground beef. I sprinkled garlic powder, salt, and pepper then added soy sauce and a little more sesame oil. I needed to use more sesame oil as the first bit was absorbed quickly.
Overall this mess up ended up going really well and I got a blog post out of it. The potatoes, although burnt, were very tasty and the broccoli turned out well. My husband says that his chicken was tasty and my ground be’f went really well and tasted great! I realized how happy of an accident it turned out to be and found a tried and true way to cook the fake meat that should fit with any recipe.
