Can you replace french bread chunks for beef to make a vegetarian beef stew?

Question

Can you replace french bread chunks for beef to make a vegetarian beef stew?

Answer 1

Use Tempeh!  it tastes much meatier than tofu, and just plain yummy.

Answer 2

make dumplings easy to do and really tasty and filling, haven't had them in years but delicious or use quorn or just add beans and lots of veg@spices and be delicious or chunks of potato.  Enjoy!!  If adding bread do so at the end or go all soggy and not nice.  Or chop some bread pieces into squares, springle with garlic powder or spices and heat in oven for a little bit and you will have home made crutons and put over your plate of food be delicious.

Answer 3

Yeah, probably. Thats sounds really good. Yum!

Answer 4

The bread would not hold up under the cooking method.  What works well, however, is large chunks of TVP.  The longer you cook them, the more tender they get, and they soak up the flavors of what ever you cook them with.

Answer 5

i mean you could but i think it would be better to use a substitution meat instead

Answer 6

Actually, if you go to your local Wal Mart or HEB, there's a brand of mock meat called Morningstar Farms and they sell mock ground beef. It would make a good stew, methinks. :D

Answer 7

well i wouldn't cook them in there.  but you could make the stew without the beef, cook your veggies in veggie broth (they sell it at walmart) and use the bread to dip in the soup.  OR you could get really fancy and hollow out a piece fo the bread and use it as a bowl.  yummmmmmmmm

Answer 8

Replacing beef with French Bread would make it vegetarian, however, when you cook it the bread will become soft and mushy from the liquid.  This does not mimic the consistency of beef or any meat.

If you are able to accept this mushy bread you would then have to consider the stock.  The stock would be very bland since a lot of the flavor is from the meat cooking.  However, using the appropriate seasonings you can return flavor to your stew by adding things like bay leaves, white onions, celery, salt, pepper, etc to taste.

In summation, bread is not really a substitute for meat especially when liquids are involved.  There are plenty of meat substitutes made of tofu, soybeans, and textured vegetable protein.

I have provided links to meat substitutes and some vegetable stock recipes and spice suggestions.

Answer 9

MMM soggy bread stew. Sounds disgusting.

Answer 10

I don't think it would turn out very good.  Why don't you make some seitan and use that instead?  Seitan (a.k.a. wheat meat) is a made from wheat gluten and has a chewy texture.  It's pretty easy to make your own.  You get the Arrowhead Mills Vital Wheat Gluten or Harvest Direct Seitan Quick Mix and just follow the instructions.  But don't simmer in plain water.  Use vegetable stock, a recipe for simmering liquid in "La Dolce Vegan" by Sarah Kramer, or check www.vegweb.com for tips.

Also, I never use my seitan the same day I make it.  Just let it sit in the fridge overnight before you make your stew.  And for goodness' sake, don't buy the stuff in the store; you do not get a lot of bang for your buck, and it's not very good.

Answer 11

i guess you could but what about tofu instead?

Answer 12

wouldn't be beef stew then would it...

Answer 13

Mr. Goodkat is right...Vegiterian Beef Stew IS an oxymoron. :)

Aside from that, I too think the bread would get soggy. I would vote for upping the amount of veggies put in and maybe adding tofu.

Answer 14

Well, I think the bread would just get soggy and gross.  While I do not necessarily enjoy vegetarian food, and I think vegetarian beef stew is an oxymoron, I would use tofu as a substitute.

Answer 15

Shut up. I am really hungry right now.

Who gives a d**n?

It's like eating bread and then beef separately.

Eating salad and beef.

Seriously, stop indulging yourself in food, 'glorious' food not.

Get a LIFE!

Answer 16

Will that not be a vegetarian bread stew?

Answer 17

What about using tofu?  If you season it right, it's pretty good stuff.

Answer 18

get some veggie burgers, and cook them and tear em up and throw them in, it would like a veggie sirloin burger stew.

Answer 19

Use wheat gluten also called seitan. It is the protein part of wheat flour, and works good in stews.

Answer 20

You can make anything into a stew. The concept of a stew comes from the age-old tradition of taking left-overs from the week and putting them all in one big pot. You can't call it "beef stew", however, without any actual beef in it. ;-)

If you like the feel of beef chunks, but don't want any meat, you could try some artificial meat - it's much tastier these days than it used to be. Falafil balls can also be good in some kinds of stew, and make for a wonderful meatball substitute in spaggheti.

Good luck! :-)

Answer 21

I would try it with seitan instead of bread (which I think would just dissolve.)