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Duvel

Duvel

I bought two soy-based meat substitutes today at Aldi. No special reason, just curiosity. The come as chunks resembling chicken and are available as “chicken” or “Döner”. I marinated the “chicken” variety with my Döner spice mixture to make a side by side comparison. Served with a greek salad, baba ghanoush, hummus, tomato sauce and freshly baked flatbread ...

 

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The “chicken” version with my Döner spice won. It does not really taste lile meat, and the texture is a tiny bit off, but with some flavorful sauces and textured accompaniments I would not really notice that. The macros are bery clise to chicken meat, so maybe I use this occasionally in the future.

Duvel

Duvel

I bought two soy-based meat substitutes today at Aldi. No special reason, just curiosity. The come as chunks resembling chicken and are available as “chicken” or “Döner”. I marinated the “chicken” variety with my Döner spice mixture to make a side by side comparison. Served with a greek salad, baba ghanoush, hummus, tomato sauce and freshly baked flatbread ...

 

0EEBB314-B554-4750-834A-A529AD61950C.thumb.jpeg.bf3a299e593d7b96624874e4daf52d92.jpeg
 

88AD84E6-47D3-41B2-B5A9-DD3BE774D587.thumb.jpeg.c3af1103a72e6ed306b902323dc662db.jpeg

 

The “chicken” version with my Döner spice won. I does not really taste lile meat, and the texture is a tiny bit off, but with some flavorful sauces and textured accompaniments I would not really notice that. The macros are bery clise to chicken meat, so maybe I use this occasionally in the future.

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