WHAT DOES TEMPEH TASTE LIKE? Tempeh is formed through a diverse group of microorganisms such as fungi, yeasts, lactic acid bacteria and the rhizopus molds. This is how various posts online describes it: 🔹The aroma should be mushroom-like (or yeast-like). A very slight smell of ammonia is normal. 🔹Just a mild, nutty, slightly yeasty flavor. 🔹It should have a smell that many people compare to yeast or mushrooms. I guess I’ve grown up with eating tempeh for such a long time I’m so used to the taste and smell. Also, if you’re used to eating store-bought tempeh in the US or Europe - this is usually pasteurised. That’s why you might find the taste of homemade tempeh different from the ones in the store. But if it’s something that bothers you, here are 4 suggestions which may help you: 1. Steam tempeh for 10-15 minutes may help remove some of the smell. 2. Marinate your tempeh in a flavoursome marinade for 24 hours in the fridge before cooking it. (The Tempeh Making course comes with a Teriyaki Tempeh recipe - try that, the marinade should mask the yeasty taste) 3. This is what a lot of people do in Malaysia - deep fry the tempeh. This is something I don’t advocate though as I doubt you’d get much nutrients left after deep frying. 4. Grill or pan-fry thinly sliced tempeh. Would you like one of my favourite tempeh recipes? Perhaps this would help making tempeh taste better! International Publication Plant-based News wrote to me earlier this year asking me to contribute a recipe so I gave them my healthy, oil-free Sambal Goreng Recipe. Check it out here: https://plantbasednews.org/recipes/sambal-goreng-tempeh/ And big thank you to Joceyln who enrolled in the Tempeh Making course in July who said this: “I bought the online class Last week and I succeeded in making tempeh. I cooked today and it taste differently from outside tempeh. NICE 👍👍Before that I followed video in YouTube and I failed several time, Chef Yin online class is proven work!!! Trust me.” If you’re looking to add more plant-based protein into your dishes, get access to the Tempeh Making Course here today: https://gumroad.com/l/tempeh #tempeh #rcytempeh #tempe #tempehclass (at Online) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYC312nsnJ/?igshid=6jdhtsj6y69c













