Asian Market FAKE MEAT Taste Test - Vegan Bacon, Shrimp & Wings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- I've always been so curious about the Asian Market Vegan Meats!!! I keep hearing about the Vegan bacon that is made in Taiwan and I finally picked some up! SO lets do a taste test of the Vegan Bacon, Vegan Shrimp/Prawns and the Vegan Smoked Chicken Wings!!!
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Those vegan shrimp are GREAT when you marinate them overnight! I make my marinade with crushed up nori and spirulina powder, a bit of olive oil, soy, white pepper and some garlic powder. You just fry 'em up in the pan as normal after the marinade, though I also add some herb butter and lemon juice to them.
Sounds so yummy. I'll try this. Thanks!
Where do you buy spirulina powder and crushed nori?
@@karensullivan6445 Not sure about spirulina, but you can buy regular old nori sheets pretty much everywhere and crush them yourself. Asian grocers might sell it pre crushed.
What brand is the shrimp???
Karen Sullivan - You can find spirulina powder online and I’m sure health food stores may have it.... ☺️
Asian veganism usually including the absence of any kind of garlic/onion/any other related alium, this explain your curiosity about vegan seasoning.
it is so because they're vegan due to their religion, which is Buddhism.
some of the Buddhist commit to become vegan to control the animal side of human, and as garlic is aphrodisiac, they tend to raise human libido.
regardless the absence of garlic & onion, I think the taste of those food are quite surprisingly good.
hope this help
Nataline Gloriana that is super interesting, thank you for sharing
It's actually Jainism!!
They don't eat anything growing below the ground since they don't want to harm the insects down there
@@harshgharlute9524 in Buddhism they don't want to offend the gods with the odors of garlic and onions. It's still from Buddhism
Dear friend,
If you want to replace oinion, use reddish, use ginger instead of garlic.
You must experiment because each recipe is different. Namh shivay.
I've been vegan for 5 years now and you're the first channel I've found that isn't "vegan" but trying the vegan alternatives from a non biased POV and actually putting the effort in to making them taste good! And also being positive about it and not ripping on them just because its vegan. I am so happy with what you are doing and you have gained a new subscriber! Please keep up the amazing work you do. Much love from Vancouver Island, Canada
Aww thank you so much!!!!! I love cooking plant based foods! Its soo wild what can be done and how much farther we can go with it.. its just exciting! Thanks again, you honestly made my day
@@SauceStache Yes, exactly! Thank you!
I thought he was vegan.
Yea love his genuity
You should do a round 2 with these. Dress them up and give them a second chance just to see. Also, yes, a DEFINITE on chicken wings
Thats a goooood idea!!! I can't stop thinking about making a chicken wing hahaha That is going to happen!
@@SauceStache did the baked one mush in the mouth as well? I want to try the smoked drumsticks so bad but I would like to consider texture before I try cooking methods. I like a crisp firm texture. Thanks for your videos🤗
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I've had ALOT of Asian mock meats living in Malaysia. I can assure you the "vegan seasoning" is definitely MSG. Which I personally don't have a problem with. It makes the products taste very meaty.
Yeah the stigma around msg comes from racism anyway and msg tastes great
Totally agree msg rocks besides American jerky n chips is msg who is whitey talking about.
The Drumsticks and Shrimp in this video are MSG-free, and still taste amazing!
The last time I tried the faux shrimp, the texture was so accurate it felt odd as I chewed.
Also, the vegan wings are amazing when prepared correctly. I have no idea what the correct way of preparing them is, but if you visit Oakland, I bet the folks at Aburaya could fill you in. (Hint, hint. Come visit.)
lexica510 can you find the shrimp off of Broadway?
Happen to know if the sugarcane bone is edible?
Alex Starks Hey, I'm sorry I didn't see this before now. If you're referring to Layonna Market, yes, that's exactly where I bought them. 😄
with a couple good seafood replacements now, are we going to get a vegan paella video? bc I would lose my got dam mind
Vegan asian food is 👌👌
It really is! hahah
Thats where I get most of my faux meats
Also, using a little sesame oil to fry up the "vacon" will help with the flavor and crisping.
So smart!! Thank you for the tip!!!
@@SauceStache you're welcome!
Yep a bit of toasted sesame oil and braggs aminos or soy sauce mixed actually taste like bacon and a bit of liquid smoke
@@dianew7058 thanks
@@str8jenn.nochaser so welcome
omg i love that brand. i have made scampi angel hair pasta with garlic and sauteed tomatoes on top and shrimp and yellow rice. and ive put them in alfredo pastas. love love love./. for shrimp po boys though, there's another brand found at sprouts that's breaded and i use them for that recipe all the time. look for sophie's kitchen. (they also have breaded crab cakes and filets althought my fav is the gardein fish filets for fish tacos yumm
i love your reviews! so thorough :)
Great review! Imo nothing beats Sauce Stache's from-scratch epic vegan preparations! NADA! xooo
wow! after seeing this I went back to my local Asian market. Had been there before but didn't recall seeing all that much. This time they had a whole vegan section. OMG there was so much to try. picked up the shrimp, the bacon, some lemon chicken, vegetarian wontons and a bunch of other stuff. TY for that. I now have a whole bunch of new products to try. am excited. tried the bacon and it's good. very similar to the Lightlife brand. Oh and I also picked up a bag of the Asian MSG. am looking fw to trying it. I agree that you should do another video where you use these in a meal.. with sauce, rice and veggies or something and see how they do.
The bacon definitely is better deep fried we use it at the restaurant I work at and it is much better that way , we often put it in soups and on burgers
I just found your channel and I’m lovin it! Thanks!
This is awesome. Thanks for making an incredible video 🤙🏽
There's a different brand of drumstick similar to those that have a sugarcane bone and "skin" and are my new favorite thing currently. I discovered them at my local Asian market a few months back.
My first experience with them I used the air fryer, once crispy transfer to a pan and tossed with a barbecue sauce and cooked till the sauce was reduced and they were fully glazed, all sticky and delicious. I can't get over how good it is! 😋🍗❤
Hey man, thanks for giving these alternative meats an objective look. Its nice to hear someone who doesn't have a horse in the race.
How funny! I was just taking to my husband about wanting to pick up the ingredients for making boba tea, and this popped up in my feed.
Surprised you didn't try the vegan duck. That's pretty dang good. (Btw I'm not a vegan). I would have just pan fried the chicken in some oil. I think it's a tofu like product and the steaming is what would have given it that mushy texture.
Also not sure why you evaluated the smell before cooking them. I don't know of one real raw meat product I would say smells good. In any case I like your content. Keep em coming.
I saw a few videos of people steaming them first... but like you said I do wish I would have just fried them or baked them right away! I only evaluated the smell because they all had a pretty bad/odd odor. Nothing like I’ve smelled in a meat product honestly! And thank you!!
Just made lobster mushroom in my kitchen minus the vegan mayonaise. It is so tasty!!!
YES!!! Its so good right!!
I just ordered lobster mushrooms. I can’t wait for them to arrive. I am doing a lobster roll, lobster Mac and cheese, lobster bisque and lobster mashed potatoes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sauce Stache dude I made some too and it was sooooo tasty ❤️
The Lobster mushroom, Hypomyces lactifluorum, contrary to its common name, is not a mushroom, but rather a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster
tanisha stevenson omg lobster bisque was one of my favorite things! though I only had it once, maybe twice. it would be a dream come true to have a vegan version of that. 😍 do you mind sharing the recipe? or a link to it 😃❤
I drive 135 miles to get to the closest asian market. My favorite frozen vegan "meat" is a Kung Pow Chicken that is BOMB! I also tried the vegan shrimp but I wasn't impressed at all. ALSO....plain old yellow mustard works the best for burns. No blisters, no pain....just goes away. Squirt some on the burn, let it dry on there. I used to get gnarly burns from blowing glass. Mustard is a miracle. Thanks for your videos.....love them!
Great video my dude!!
Was eating tofu from the Asian store that my brother brought home about an hour ago hahah.
I love those wings! I cook them at 350 in the air fryer for ~13 minutes then toss them in a sauce and put them back in for 10 minutes. SO GOOD.
Those Asian vegan chicken drumsticks (made out of wheat or soy protein or something?) are the best. They're a little sweet. (Not sure if you got that kind, but something close to it.) I don't think they're too accurate, but they're my favorite kind of seitan out there.
I'm a chef of 20 years, and have been using these for my vegan clients....I make the sticky honey sesame shrimp and they are awesome! :)
We put seaweed powder on the shrimp at my spot and some old bay after we batter and fry it, it’s spot on 🤙
Just discovered your channel. Awesome stuff!
This store is by my job. I love All Vegetarian Inc. His products are legit. And they are so cool
Oh I've never been to All Vegetarian Inc! I purchased these in Orlando! They are that brand though
Really like the vegan meat replacement videos. Thank you!
The same brand has meat pieces that are about 1 in. Marinate in a Filipino pork sauce and fry for 10 minutes or until crispy on a cast iron and thank me afterwards 😎
Your reviews are honest and spot on, I felt the same way about those drum sticks, I’ve tried seasoning and marinating them in different ways, the best one was marinated in BBQ sauce and another with a garlic butter balsamic glaze (it actually disguised the sweet flavor of the drumstick and turned out a lot better than I thought. The idea to do a balsamic glaze came out of desperation trying EVERYTHING to season these drumsticks after spending an arm and a leg on them). Sorry this comment is long but years ago I tried this same wing) from a certain place that did a Buffalo style wing style with the vegan drumstick and it was VERY good. Sigh, I’m just trying to find different ways to make this drumstick taste better and feed the fam vegan style, any tips or advice would be GREATLY appreciated, thank you!! And thank you for all you do 💕
My local one has something they call "vegetarian meat replacement lotus ham" and then flavours ham, chicken and bacon. It's vegan and one of my favourite things ever!
In my local grocery store (Publix) in the freezer section, I was introduced to a product called Quorn. Oh my goodness it's delicious. Being a past meat eater, I am always looking for that flavor. This has it.
The shrimp looked like a wet cheese doodle. Thank you for trying these things :)
The shrimp are awesome, I always make a gumbo whenever I can find them!
Awesome video! And drumsticks are excellent but I think they either bake them or deep fry them and not steam them. I look forward to trying that bacon alternative and you're diakon radish alternative! That vegan shrimp that they sell, that particular one is probably the best kind of get texture wise! The Loving Hut restaurants use those same drumsticks and Veggie prawns.
There’s a company in Austin TX called PLOW distribution and they distribute all of the all vegetarian inc products like these. The vegan market in this area is saturated with these! It’s so cool going to different restaurants and seeing how they use the products.
Thanks for sharing your vegan food trys🤗 it helps to get an honest opinion on some of these products. I'd like to see how the shrimp would hold up in a nice stir fry or fried rice with the Just egg?
I’m definitely trying the imitation shrimp 🍤 and bacan lol 🥓. Thanks for trying these.
i follow that company on IG and there you can see more prep instructions. he said to boil it before you fry. i would boil, then grill and then sauté! yum
Hi! My local vegan restaurant does spicy cha cha with that shrimp! Spicy breaded shrimp and it's sooooooo good!
Loved the video! Those shrimp look pretty good.i would add some kinda dried sea kelp or nori as a spice though. I wanna see you do a vegan chicken wing though.
I need to look for some of these, we have a large Asian market here
1900's: Food Purity act to combat counterfeiting meat.
2019: "Give me all your finest counterfeit meats please!"
If you're near LAX ever, go to Equelecua vegan cuban restaurant. The BEST vegan cubans and fire agave wings. SO GOOD
I use the unseasoned Asian frozen faux drumsticks to make fried chicken legs. I don’t steam them. I use flax egg and seasoned gluten free flour , and fry in rice bran oil. I season my flour with, paprika, garlic, black pepper, summer savory, cumin, and accent.
Yes- Try them all
I’ve tasted those vegan shrimps at a vegan Asian restaurant in Boston and they taste pretty good. I had it in a pho soup.
I would highly suggest breading the "shrimp.' Shrinp and clams were the last meats I gave up 30 years ago. Caramelised barbecue sauce on both the shrimp and drumsticks would be great. I really hate maple syrup on savoury foods. I'd love to grind it up and make a ham salad type sandwich spread with the one you used.
Pepperoni n sausage n mushroom n bellpepper New York style pizza with awesome cheese gotta get A pizza haven't seen one yet also Philly cheese steaks n lamb gyros some badass street food there with off the chain seasoned fries.
What section do you get these from? I’ve never seen them at my local international market
Lamyong is the gold standard for asian meat substitutes in Australia. Not sure if they sell outside. They have like 4-5 sub brands so even if it doesn't say Lamyong, it might be. But yeah, give your asian grocery a try, you might be shocked by the variety of stuff.
I’d definitely like to see you try more meat substitutes, I’m always curious to try them myself but I’ve never found very good ones, all the ones I’ve tried are mushy and end up going to waste because i don’t like them.
I'll tell ya the chicken was that mushy kinda feeling... but the bacon and shrimp were honestly pretty good! I think I will do more of these!!! There is so much out there to try!! Thank you
The shrimp i sauté in butter. Or i make a wet batter of vegan sour cream and almond milk. Then dry batter of seasoned cornmeal and fry
Vsauce! Micheal here- oh wait.
Ah heck. Staying to watch this.
There’s a kosher brand that makes mock seafood. They have the typical mock crab, but also mock lobster, shrimp and scallops. The scallops are by far the best especially cooked scampi style.
It’s not vegan but it was interesting to see.
Cant hardly wait to be near a decent Asain market when we move back to Ohio. .. several in Columbus i LOVE. I will def look up some of these foods. Eap the bacon 🥓 😂. Stillll. I def want to get Diakon Radish and give that a go. Personally i really liked the egg plant bacon. But. Def need to soak in salty water firter to remove the bitterness... great show. Thanks for sharing and reviewing ✌️😊👍
🎤Making pancakes making bacon pancakes🎶
Take some bacon and now put it in a pancake 😗
Vegan bacon pancaaaaaakes.
Great video as always pal, that chicken didn’t look great but that shrimp and bacon 🥓 mmmmm
Do you have video about making the vegan shrimp like that? Please give me the link, if not I hope you will do it soon. Thank you.
Also, yeah, the bacon is good to finish it with maple syrup.
I think the maple syrup would have really put this over the top!!
Could you make shrimp from lychee or rambutans?
I always thought they had a texture that could go that way.. A bit meatier than a grape
I m not vegan, nor vegetarian. I love meat and fish, but this is so interesting i can't stop watching your vids 🥴 keep it up
Thank you for this vegan taste test.
thanks for this great video
Stache whats the vegan spot in Georgia that serves the bacon?
These videos are uprising for me. Sauce stache is op.
hmm wonder if you dehydrated the shrimp and then rehydrated them in like a seaweed broth or fish like mushroom broth
What are the brands? I'd love to see if I can find them in my local asian market but I may need pictures to show the employees :)
So these are all by "All Vegetarian Inc" But I have seen the same products under different brands. Another common brand is called VEG E Brand. Let me know if you find them and try them!
@@SauceStache verisoy (i think is the name) is another one. They have a website you can order these from also
I found them on this website if you can’t find them in a store. vegsidemkt.com/collections/all-vegetarian
Kelbie Gunter This store doesn’t ship, so if you aren’t in Houston, don’t bother.
Look up plow distribution in Austin tx. You can order a sample box where they ship you one of everything.
Imagine breading and frying up that shrimp 😮😍
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I think a lot of places uses the veg chk’n’ and it’s breaded and pretty sure fried, or they add a buffalo sauce. It’s usually not mushy to me but more fiber like texture. When flavored it’s very good to me. But again I’m not sure if it’s the same one, looks like it though. The shrimp thing looks disgusting to me, but when I was an omnivore so many years ago I hated the stuff anyway, so. Thanks for reviewing, this is the first time I hear of the baco’n’, I’ll keep my eyes open for it. 🌱✌🏼
Where can these intem be purchased?
thanks dude!
I dont eat vegan dishes, but I love your channel. I'm thinking of exploring some ideas.
Great review video. Could be a new occasional series for you.
Thanks so much Chef!!! I'm really thinking about that!
Vegan shrimp is surprisingly good!! I tried it at a local asian restaurant and I was surprised because I never really liked seafood, but I can eat the vegan version 😂
where did you buy theses. I saw the company on Instagram.
Would love to see you recreate vegan shrimp
If you sauté the bacon in olive oil or vegan butter it will have those crispy edges like bacon does, I marinate mine first in soy sauce, hickory liquid smoke, mesquite liquid smoke and marinate for a good 24 hours so it really gets that smoky bacon flavor :)
Would you say the Pea protein chicken you made was better than this one you tried?
If you put those vegan shrimps on a pizza I woulden't even realize that they are fake well not actually fake because it's still food but you know what I ment
hahah I got you! hahah Yeah I think if these were in/on something you wouldn't know!
Who puts shrimp on a pizza 😱
@@katiemay139 It's normal here in Mediteranium
@@katiemay139 oh I love shrimp pizza.
Shrimp on pizza? I’ll have to try that sometime
It looks like the Sizzlean bacon substitute from the 70's and 80's.
Why don't you marinate it in your bacon marinade?
Looks like I'll be making breaded coconut shrimp.
Hey Sauce Stache, I know you probably won't read this comment but I had an interesting suggestion, why not you take the Lion's mane mushroom, Lobster mushroom and seaweed, turn it into a very thin sauce and toss the Asian market shrimp in that before frying to mask the processed smell.
Try the chicken marinated, battered, and fried. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
You deff should fry the chicken. I've had them before here in Atlanta at a restaurant and they taste so good if seasoned well and fried up
Have you ever tried Worthington Chicketts?? You would do them justice. 😎
The bacon seems like it would be good wrapped around king oyster mushrooms, kind of like a play on mushroom wrapped scallops!
what brand is that bacon?
What brand is the shrimp?
Oh no...now I have the making bacon pancakes song stuck in my head...
I use earth balance butter when I make that bacon. It’s pretty good on a vegan blt.
Ohhh I bet that would have been good!! Thanks for the tip!
You need to batter the shrimp,and deep fried them to taste better, also with the chicken too, season to taste.
for a seafood smell/taste, seaweed is the best thing.. they need to use a seaweed extract in the shrimp
Seaweed added to the new recipe 👍🏽
Have you ever tried Smart bacon?
What you said about the vegan bacon is what I say about turkey bacon oddly enough
Hi !! I would like to provide an idea to achieve the taste of fish regardless of which version, and it is seaweed available in the Chinese markets and they are for wrapping and preparing sushi (they come in paper-like packages). Try it and if it turns out there you will have a fishy taste solution.
I need the company for those wings. My local veg shop has these with buffalo sauce. It does the trick if you roast them for a while. I want to but them from the source.