November 3, 2010: Menudo

wacky vegan version, which nosotros were determined to replicate.

Vegan Menudo required trips to ii of our favourite specialty grocers: Casa Iberica for wacky vegan version, which nosotros were determined to replicate.

Vegan Menudo required trips to ii of our favourite specialty grocers: Minh Phat for yuba sticks.

The yuba sticks (which are made of dried edible bean curd) fill upwards inwards for tripe, providing at to the lowest degree something texturally appropriate - I'm pretty certain edible bean curd tastes nix similar cow's tum but I wouldn't genuinely know.

This is a spicy in addition to hearty stew rich amongst vegies. The involvement comes from the slightly nutty hominy in addition to the chewy edible bean curd, both of which brand this to a greater extent than interesting than your average soup. It packs a chip of a punch (even to a greater extent than the 24-hour interval after) in addition to is best eaten amongst a tortilla or ii torn upwards in addition to dunked inwards it.


Vegetarian menudo (recipe courtesy of Chow Vegan)

i tablespoon olive oil
four garlic cloves, smashed in addition to roughly chopped
i modest white onion, diced
2 medium potatoes, diced
2 medium carrots, diced
four celery stalks, diced
i x 400g tin crushed tomatoes
1/2 x 800g tin hominy drained in addition to rinsed (or i x 400g tin if you lot tin notice it)
i teaspoon chilli powder
i tablespoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
i loving cup 'chicken' stock
iii cups water
100 grams yuba sticks, soaked to rehydrate in addition to cutting into iii cm pieces

Heat the crude inwards a large pot in addition to shaver the garlic in addition to onions for close 10 minutes, until the onion is translucent. Add inwards the potatoes, carrot in addition to celery in addition to shaver for a distich of minutes.

Pour inwards the love apple tree in addition to the hominy in addition to stir through the spices, making certain everything is mixed well.

Add the stock in addition to the water, along amongst the drained yuba sticks. Bring to the boil in addition to and hence simmer for 40-50 minutes, until everything is dainty in addition to soft.