Tvp Crumbles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups textured vegetable protein
• 2 cups boiling water
• 4 teaspoons beef bouillon powder
• 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 teaspoons oil

Recipe

• 1 bring water to boil in a saucepan.
• 2 add bouillon, sugar, liquid smoke (opt), and 1 tsp oil.
• 3 add tvp®, and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 4 turn off heat, and let stand 5 minutes.
• 5 drain any excess liquid.
• 6 heat 2 tsps oil in a frying pan. add tvp®, and saute` until lightly browned. cool completely in fridge.
• 7 pack into ziplock freezer bags, and freeze. be sure to freeze them flat.
• 8 as soon as they are frozen, break the flat blocks into smaller pieces.
• 9 keep them in the freezer, and take out as much or as little as needed.
• 10 use crumbles in recipes in place of cooked, browned hamburger meat.