Fake Egg Salad (”Egg” bean salad)
I finally did it! I made fake egg salad. Vegg salad, Fegg salad, we decided Vegg sounded better. Realistically its just a bean salad. But really, tastes just like egg salad, same texture, the whole shabang. I made a pretty big tub of it (for pickathon weekend!) so I’ll try and scale down the measurements.
Ingredients:
Chickpeas(one can is probably perfect, I cooked mine from bulk, turns out it takes forever to cook chickpeas, also they need to be soaked, easier to just do canned I think)
Extra firm tofu (one tub should be enough)
Vegan mayo
Yellow mustard
Tumeric
Kala Namak black salt (tastes like egg, sulfur babyyyy)
Dill
Celery
Pickles
Red onion
Salt
Pepper
The Process:
If you’re starting with raw chickpeas, soak for at least an hour before cooking them...
Here’s probably a better way of describing this: http://thewimpyvegetarian.com/my-pantry/cooking-chickpeas-from-a-dried-form/
While the chickpeas are cooking, cut tofu into skinny pieces and place on cutting board with a paper towel layer on it. Tofu is usually pretty watery, even if its firm, we don’t want a watery egg salad so let the paper towel soak up the extra tofu water. Chop up whatever veg you would like to add to the salad. I chopped up probably half a red onion because I love red onion, but into tiny tiny little pieces. I also chopped up a couple tiny pickles and celery, both into teeny tiny pieces. I like crunch in my egg salad but I like it to be mushy at the same time. Anyway, do what you like the most.
Once the chickpeas are done cooking, place in a mixing bowl or a blender. I used my mixing wand for this, I’m sure a blender would work great too. This part I eyeballed, add mayo and a bit of mustard into the chickpeas. Whip them up until they have a bit of a yolk like texture. Doesn’t take very long. I also added a couple drops of pickle juice for taste and so it was easier to blend. Add dill for taste as well as tumeric. Add the Kala Namak black salt as well, this only needs probably half a tea spoons worth, not very much, its for the hint of egg taste. Mix this all together. Once it is mixed, add the tofu. I chopped my tofu into pretty small pieces so it would resemble cooked egg white. Mix this into the “yolk” until it resembles your version of egg salad. Add normal salt and pepper for taste. Next, feed to all your roommates and friends! It seriously tastes like egg salad, blow everyone’s mind. YUM!