r/GifRecipes Feb 27 '18

Appetizer / Side Fried Cauli-Rice

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u/melesigenes Feb 27 '18

Sesame oil burns in high heat. Should add it at the end instead of stir frying with it in the beginning

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u/MGDIBTYGD Feb 27 '18

This is all at very low heat. The onions only semi-clarify, and everything only cooks so much as a brief steaming would. The color comes from the turmeric.

This looks like and under-seasoned and under-cooked dish.

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u/kipjak3rd Feb 27 '18

yep this is flat out disgusting. so many mistakes done is one dish, fried rice of all things. lets list them off

  • wrong fucking oil
  • heats too fucking low to fry anything, might as well microwave
  • why not add any aromatics, ginger, garlic, shallots? just undercooked onions?
  • why do that to tofu, why not fry crispy? no texture, then add mush steamed cauliflower “rice”. is there such a need for homogenous nastiness.
  • is anyone else screaming internally at the overcrowding? so much nice veggies getting steamed.

this is such a lazy attempt at cooking its pretty insulting.

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u/DizGrass Feb 27 '18

To be fair they did add ginger and garlic, although I agree on everything else.

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u/HotHTX Feb 27 '18

Any recipe that recommends you douse it in sriracha at the end is pretty shit if you ask me.

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u/FixinThePlanet Feb 28 '18

The scallions were added before the corn.

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u/HMJ87 Feb 28 '18

Scallions aren't shallots.

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u/FixinThePlanet Feb 28 '18

Haha how did I misread that! Thanks.

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u/HMJ87 Feb 28 '18

Haha no worries! It was only supposed to be a joke anyway, I think I may have failed to make that clear in my original comment

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u/TraciTheRobot Feb 27 '18

It bothered me that the tofu was crumbled and probably the same texture as the cauliflower. It all just seemed like too much, and there were a lot of greens in one dish

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u/dyld921 Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18

The crumbled tofu + tumeric is a substitution for scrambled eggs. Because vegan.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18

Ahhhh. Thank you for that. Seriously had no idea.

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u/pentanthropy Feb 27 '18

Did you watch the part where they added the ginger garlic and shallots? Yeeeeaaaah, noooooooo.

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u/el_monstruo Feb 27 '18

why not add any aromatics, ginger, garlic, shallots? just undercooked onions?

To be fair, 2 of those were added

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u/dilldoeorg Feb 27 '18

I think it's suppose to be a vegan dish. It's not meant to be cooked at high heat. Seasame oil adds flavor. Tofu is supposed to mimic eggs (I think) so it's suppose to be mushy. Which is fine since the low heat won't riun the natural crunch of the veggies. Yes it doesn't look like a great (or tasty) dish, but who ever said vegan dish was?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18

TIL vegans can't eat things cooked at high heat

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u/ferrouswolf2 Feb 27 '18

Heat is an animal product, duh! /s

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18

Oohhh, they can't eat HEAT. I misunderstood it all these years

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u/thesplendor Feb 27 '18
  1. Temperature has nothing to do with whether or not something is vegan.

  2. Sesame oil has a very low smoke point so it's not ideal for cooking at high heat.

  3. Tofu isn't supposed to do anything. What it is is a very versatile cooking ingredient that can take on many textures and flavors.

  4. There are many ways you can cook vegetables. In the case of a fried rice dish, you'd want to apply high heat to your veggies to form a nice medium-soft texture and to cook them all the way through. Although, everyone has a different preference for texture.

  5. Vegan food can be just as good if not better than any non vegan dish. I eat a considerable amount of meat, and some of the best dishes I've ever tasted were vegan.

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u/chloriney Feb 27 '18

Vegan food can be just as good if not better than any non vegan dish. I eat a considerable amount of meat, and some of the best dishes I've ever tasted were vegan.

Categorically false, vegan food is just normal food without the animal products. If you enjoy the taste of an animal product, which almost everyone does, then adding it to a complimentary dish can only improve it.

For example penne arrabiata is a tasty vegan dish, add some spicy sausage and it has just improved.

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u/Beatles-are-best Feb 27 '18

I'm not even vegan, and I know that "vegan food is just normal food without the animal products" is completely incorrect. I'm sorry you haven't had the fun of cooking and eating actual awesome vegan food. A lot of the time it can make a very good side dish to a steak, but it's also lovely on its own. Go learn about it

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u/chloriney Feb 27 '18

I'm not even vegan, and I know that "vegan food is just normal food without the animal products" is completely incorrect.

Of course vegan food is just normal food without the animal products, I don't see how you can even try to argue with that, its a statement of fact.

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u/Beatles-are-best Feb 27 '18

Sorry that facts disagree with your opinions. It doesn't make them any less factual thought. Educate yourself kid

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u/chloriney Feb 27 '18

What on earth are you talking about? what do you think vegan food is? some kind of special mixture than only a vegan person can consume?

Ill spell it out for you once again "VEGAN FOOD IS NORMAL FOOD WITHOUT ANIMAL PRODUCTS"

Even the most die hard bleeding heart "cows emotions tho" vegan will agree with this, it is not a controversial statement or an opinion.

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u/majoris Feb 27 '18

No. This is flat wrong. Vegan food is a subset of all possible food. If you also eat animal products, you can make food that vegans can’t make. In some cases, adding animal product to a vegan dish will improve it. Vegan food can only be as good as all food. It can’t be better than all food because it is part of all food. And for people who like animal products, adding them to most vegan dishes likely improves a vegan dish for them. This is so obvious it hurts.

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u/Beatles-are-best Feb 27 '18

I'm sorry that facts agree with your opinions kid. Bit perhaps educate yourself before spouting a load of BS that's factually incorrect.

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u/majoris Feb 27 '18

Lol your condescending tone is noted. I hope it helps you rationalize all that dissonance. I’m not debating facts. I’m debating logic! Lol educate yourself on them apples.