Description
The search for perfectly spiced, perfectly textured vegan ground round ends here! This mushroom walnut ground round is our favourite!
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 340g cremini mushrooms*
- 1/3 cup red onion*
- 3 tbsp tamari or soy sauce (or 2 tbsp tamari and 1 tbsp vegan worcestershire sauce)
- 1 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 tsp salt & pepper
*Fresh ingredients you need that are not part of our pantry and freezer tips.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- Either chop your walnuts, mushrooms, and red onion by hand or use a food processor. If using a food processor, pulse your walnuts to break them down but don’t over process, otherwise they will become a paste. Remove the walnuts and add them to a large bowl.
- Chop your red onion in the food processor. Remove and add to the bowl with the walnuts.
- Next, add your mushrooms in small batches to the food processor. If you add them all at once you may get some that are over processed while others haven’t broken down enough.
- Add the mushrooms to the bowl and stir in your spices.
- Spread on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 30 – 40 minutes to dry them out. Stir at the 20 minute mark. At 30 they will be dry enough but I like to stir them again and leave them in for 40 minutes to most resemble ground beef.
Notes
*Cost Comparison: At CAD $5.70 for .5 pound (2 1/2 cups) of our ground round, this recipe is more costly than other alternatives. See the body of the post for a detailed cost comparison. It does however, excel in the taste department! So it is still our favourite ground round and worth the extra cost in our books!
*Omitting the walnuts and red onion, like we do for our Baked Ziti recipe, will still result in a tasty ground round and bring the cost down to CAD $3.96.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Thrifty How-Tos
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American