Maybe a vegan sausage patty could be more easily convincing - they usually have lots of binders and spices anyway. Beyond Meat/Impossible Burger were disgusting to me (compared to regular beef), and they were dyed bright red and stayed bright red when they were cooked which is weird and not like meat.
My favourite (chain fast food) non meat burger option so far has been the one that McDonalds recently released in New Zealand - it's a deep fried, crumbed mashed potato patty with other vegetables in it too. Doesn't pretend to be meat but is delicious.
Beyond Meat/Impossible Burger were disgusting to me (compared to regular beef), and they were dyed bright red and stayed bright red when they were cooked which is weird and not like meat.
Where did you have this burger? My experience with Impossible Burgers (at The Counter) is not at all like this. They were a pretty good facsimile of meat. I’d go so far as to say they changed my opinion on meat substitutes.
Previously, I was in the same camp as all those here saying they prefer delicious food that doesn’t pretend to be meat - but I think I’d choose an Impossible Burger over that now if I was in the mood for a burger.
The way they're cooked matters a lot, at least for the Impossible Burger.
A well prepared veggie burger is a very different experience from one that's just been thrown on a grill and taken off when it's hot. I've noticed some huge gaps in quality at different restaurants.
Also will add my vote that Impossible is doing a way better job imitating meat than Beyond is, just in general.
I cooked up some beyond patties from the grocery store and they stayed red for me. I did attempt to cook them the same as I would a meat patty though. Seems like there's a technique to cooking them well
I’ve only ever cooked the store bought beyond burgers and prefer grilling them. minor adjustments in cooking technique can produce both red-in-the-middle and well done versions. I don’t care for the pan fryed version as it crusts and sometimes burns a little if left on one side too long.
As a life long meat eater, beyond meat tastes weird, but enjoyable. Impossible tastes so close to beef that I cannot tell the difference. It absolutely does not stay bright red, it cooks just the sames.
> Impossible tastes so close to beef that I cannot tell the difference.
The White Castle Impossible Slider is much better than the Burger King Impossible Whopper, IMHO, especially if you want a real demonstration of the similarity to beef.
Maybe they weren't cooked correctly? I've had impossible burger many times, and it always looks light brown like a McDonald's burger when cooked. Tastes like one, too (which I enjoy).
> My bias is obvious, but I really feel the world needs to get more into Indian food. No other cuisine does vegetarian food as well.
Agreed, when cooking myself (which I do a lot) it's usually Indian recipes. I really came to enjoy the food after I turned (mostly) vegetarian and went to visit friends in Rajasthan many years ago. I used to eat Indian meat dishes (especially curries) but found that I like actually like the vegetarian ones better. It is very easy (and cheap) to cook really good (and healthy; I don't use ghee etc as in the original recipes) and tasteful vegetarian food.
Dunkin Donuts recently debut'd a plant based sausage sandwich (at least in the Great Lakes region, USA), it was ok. Tasted a bit heavy on the salt for me.
I tried one of those. Despite having been a Beyond fan for ages, I thought the Dunkin Donuts version tasted terrible. AFAICT preparation makes a big difference, and whoever made that one at DD simply did it wrong.
The beyond burger tastes like paint and actually gets more red when you cook it. The impossible burger is red when raw, but turns brown and firm like beef when cooked.
Paint! That's a very accurate description of the flavour, I'll have to remember that. As mentioned in another reply it's possible I'm misremembering and have only had Beyond Meat.
I had a Beyond Meat burger recently and visually it was almost identical to a beef patty. The taste was a bit less intense but seemed to be in the right direction. I can't see anyone actually mistaking it for beef but it seemed like a reasonable facsimile thereof.
I also tried a Hungry Planet burger which was chewier and tasted stronger and was probably more beef-like overall. Again I don't think it'll deceive anyone but it was pretty good.
Haven't yet managed to get hold of an Impossible Burger but it's on the list.
> My favourite (chain fast food) non meat burger option so far has been the one that McDonalds recently released in New Zealand - it's a deep fried, crumbed mashed potato patty with other vegetables in it too. Doesn't pretend to be meat but is delicious.
man, they used to have this in Singapore as well but it's no longer on the menu here.
My favourite (chain fast food) non meat burger option so far has been the one that McDonalds recently released in New Zealand - it's a deep fried, crumbed mashed potato patty with other vegetables in it too. Doesn't pretend to be meat but is delicious.