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By cold cut I just mean something savory and better eaten cold, full in texture. I would prefer tofu recipes over seitan because I want to put these in bread and seitan in bread feels like too much wheat.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Angel@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bookmarked. This soyboy needs to collect all the tofu recipes.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Make you some tofu spinach and tomato 🥪👑

I know you don't want it but I think seitan makes the best cold cuts. Spice heavily, cut it very thin with a meat slicer, and it's flexible and salty+savory like lunchmeat. Makes great sandwiches.

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of making vegan meatloaf and using that as a cold cut. It's been ages though so I can't remember my recipe anymore, but this looks fine https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-meatloaf/
This one too, you can just omit the cheese https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/veggie-loaf
I'd shop around a bit for a recipe you like and then experiment on it from there.

[–] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  1. Buy tofu, preferably pre frozen
  2. Drain freeze and thaw. You can skip but freezing reduces moisture and I prefer this texture if it’s to be used for a meat replacement
  3. Cut into large pieces (I would do 2-3 for a 14 oz block)
  4. Cook, I prefer baking at 425 for 45 minutes, but you can grill or fry them. You want a golden outer layer
  5. Lightly oil and season (I do a standard blackening mix)
  6. Cook a little more to set the spice layer in
  7. Slice
[–] trabpukcip@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Vegan Dad has/had a lot of cold cut recipes, but many are seitan based and use a "ham press" and steamer tray to be made. "Thee Burger Dude" (yt channel and blog) also has a few similar recipes. Never actually tried these recipes out tho so ymmv

https://vegandad.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-steaming-seitan.html?m=1

https://theeburgerdude.com/

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

seitan in bread feels like too much wheat

Somebody shares my struggle.

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is it taste or just the knowledge that you're eating a wheat sandwich with extra concentrated wheat? (because if it's the taste, tons of acid xor tons of base seem to really mellow out the gluteny flavor for me)

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just the knowledge. Feels like I'm eating so much gluten that I'm going to develop a gluten sensitivity.

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Idk how available it is where you are but is it possible to make/buy bread made from alternative flours?

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

So a good start is making a banh mi. From there your protein could be any sort of marinated seitan or even some specific mushrooms.