How to cook... Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo?

[martygreene]

I'm planning on using the Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo in a dish tonight, specifically a cheddar-squash bread pudding. Now, the end-result is NOT a vegan dish, but I figured if anyone knew how best to pre-cook the chorizo, it would be you guys

Comments

[lisamaria]

i would wager its going to stay the texture it is; meat chorizo is very much texturally like the soy chorizo- loose and crumbly. it doesn't really need to be pre-cooked either, although i think you're doing that to try to change the texture. good luck.

[martygreene]

well, I just wanna pre-cook it so it's not just a paste. I'd like to have it stay as lumps rather than a homogenous mixture once I stir it into the bread and such, y'know? Crumbly dry is good, crumbly wet pastey is less good. I also would like to try and avoid to some degree turning the whole lot bright red, though that might be a losing battle regardless.

[catnip13]

Cooking it doesn't change the texture, really.

[laceyslostlove]

Browning it will though :) very slowly is how i do it.

[dagda_ollathir]

i usually just add it into whatever i'm cooking... i've even used it uncooked as a spread. i think you'll be fine just adding it in.

[halloween13]

I don't think separately cooking it does anything. I used to do that for my tofu scramble but it never really did anything. Now I just add it into the mix. It's kinda mushy and seems to stay that way no matter what.

[jen_2004]

In my limited experience with the stuff, it kind of stays the color and texture it is-- regardless of cooking. It is quite tasty though.

[mangiati_vivi]

What they said.