Is there something I could add to vegetable patties for a bit of chewy texture?
Wheat gluten is fairly popular but I don't want to buy a huge bag of it just for this.
>>8952477
Egg
>>8952477
Flax
Quinoa (cooked al dente)
Almonds
sauteed mushrooms
Gummy bears
>>8952477
Coarsely chopped mushrooms. Broccoli, cauliflower, or carrot if you want more of a bite.
I fucking love black bean/corn/rice burgers.
>>8952477
Crumble up some tempeh, toss with spices and fry it with onions in a little oil until it is browned. Mix that with your veggies.
>>8952636
This stuff, and the mushrooms and other things is more like individual tiny bits of chewiness. Maybe I didn't explain myself well, I want the whole patty to be like one chewy cohesive thing. If possible.
Actually, the texture I'm hoping for ideally is sort of like un-crumbled tempeh, (or what I imagine tempeh to be like, I've never had it.) What even holds tempeh together?
>>8952672
>What even holds tempeh together?
Mycelium (mushroom "root").
To make tempeh you just mix whatever kind of beans/grains (traditionally soy beans) with a tempeh starter (powder or liquid you can buy on amazon), then put it in perforated plastic bags or wrap it in banana leaf and leave in a warm place for 36-48 hours or so.
Really, I would just recommend using vital wheat gluten. It comes in handy anyway, like if you want to make pizza crust but only have normal baking flour and not high-gluten pizza flour, you can just add an extra tablespoon or two to your dough. The one downside is that you'll want to pre-cook the patties before frying them or you'll eat raw gluten (I recommend steaming, then frying).
>>8952477
Ground beef.
brown rice
>>8952477
put it on top of a whole disc of portobello mushroom?
>>8952477
Bulgur wheat
>>8952477
Did you enjoy prison that much?
>>8953721
It's not really that different from any other sort of patties or loaves that people make all the time. On purpose. Outside of prison.
>>8952477
Pork.