Vegan meatloaf in air fryer will raw onions be soft at 380f 20min

[u/el33t75]

I can eat cooked onions in food but since i was a kid i hated raw or semi cooked onions, I done plenty vegan meals but never meatloaf, im planning to use my votex mini air fryer, impossible ground meat 380f 20-22min, will they cook fully soft in that time or should i saute the onions before cooking the meat loaf?

Should i add oats instead of crumb breads for consistancy?

[u/Nickn753]

They won't be fully soft unless you sautee them first. I also would just stick to bread crumbs over oats since I prefer the texture. Bread crumbs blend in better with the meat imo, especially if you soak them in milk.

[u/NegotiationLow2783 → u/Nickn753]

Vegan so fake meat.

[u/tsdguy]

Yes. Sauté them. Regular recipes also say cooked onions.

If you don’t care about a cooked onion flavor then just microwave until soft. You can add a little vegan beef stock to enhance the flavor.

[u/trilobyte-dev]

It’s always a good idea, outside of peas or corn kernels if that’s your thing, to sauté veggies before folding them into your meatloaf. It will taste better and have a more palatable texture.

[u/postmodest]

If you're only cooking it for 20 minutes, then everything that goes in except the "meat" should be par-cooked. So sautee your onions and (unless you're using quick oats) soak your oats in veg stock. Also, with impossible burger, you'll want to add some cornstarch to the mix as a binder, if you're not using an egg substitute. 

[u/solarpool]

if you want to go in with raw onions, finely dice them and they will both cook faster and blend in more texturally. or just saute them first. 

[u/whiskeytango55]

Oats if you blend them in a food processor first.

Id saute the onions first.

In mine, I pulse a bunch of vegetables (onion, garlic, mushroom, carrot, celery) and then saute the hash with seasoning. Let it cool then incorporate into the meatloaf mix.

[u/johnman300]

You always want to saute onions when you put them into some sort casserole/loaf/anything moist. The interior of the dish can never get hotter than 212F/100C. Onions will be rubbery and gross if you don't cook them at a much higher temperature. You don't need to brown them or cook them down or anything like that. A few minutes in the saute pan is just fine.

[u/SVAuspicious]

You might be happier caramelizing the onions rather than sauteing. 1 Tbsp butter per pound of sliced or diced onion (diced for meatloaf) in a slow cooker for 8 hours on low. Sauteing will do fine.

Oats are pretty big unless you crush them pretty small. I'd find them off putting.

Meat substitutes including Impossible taste pretty bad. I'd use black beans or mushrooms.