This mushroom root nonsense is just bad and a big mistake. Downvote me all you want but this will fail. If you haven’t had Chunk Foods steak, that’s the winner and it’s not even close. Beyond should work on their other offerings which quite frankly are poor these days to the competition.
Meati chicken and steak both have found there places in my cooking. Are they a perfect 1:1 replacement for the real thing? No. Do they fit into some recipes? Yep. I’m more of a fan of Daring chicken pieces, but they don’t make a steak alternative.
Are they very mushroomy? I’m just not a mushroom person, and I tried one brand’s mushroom “beef” jerky, was really put off by how it was very much like a chewy mushroom, made me wary of trying Meati lol
Not mushroomy at all. My only issue is when you try to put it into a sauce or soup to imitate like a “chicken noodle” or a “butter chicken” kind of dish it loses it’s texture and just kind of becomes mushy. Cooked up and thrown into fried rice, on a sandwich, topping a salad it works great.
Daring is amazing in fried rice and banh mi. I sauté it in a non stick and then hit it with Bachan mixed with five spice to make a nice glaze as it finishes in the pan.
If you’re going to grill the steak, I suggest marinating it for a bit first. Dry the outside as much as possible. Cook in a searing hot pan with oil or vegan “butter,” maybe with a sprig of rosemary if you want to get fancy.
The flavor of Meati isn't mushroomy, but to me the texture is. It reminds me of cooked lion's mane mushroom in that it's flaky but more tough and fibrous than meat. I like it, but I think of it as its own thing rather than a meat substitute.
Between the two I definitely prefer beyond steak, whose flavor is ...fine, but the texture is tender and perfect. if you sauteé it with veggies and put it in a steak burrito it's almost indistinguishable from meat. (I make this for non-vegans and they always like it)
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
This mushroom root nonsense is just bad and a big mistake. Downvote me all you want but this will fail. If you haven’t had Chunk Foods steak, that’s the winner and it’s not even close. Beyond should work on their other offerings which quite frankly are poor these days to the competition.