Name: Homemade Spicy Vegan Chorizo Sausage
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Plant-based
Ingredients: 2½ cups vital wheat gluten; 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon hot smoked paprika; 2½ teaspoons fennel seeds; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 3 tablespoons cooked basmati rice; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons for grilling; 1 tablespoon tomato paste

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Yes, it sounds a bit like we’re showing off, but in all seriousness, this homemade spicy vegan chorizo sausage recipe is award winning. And you wouldn’t want to miss out on an award-winning vegan chorizo, would you?

Recipe from VBQ: The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, 2018. Photographs © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment.

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Yield: 8 sausages

Homemade Spicy Vegan Chorizo Sausage

Yes, it sounds a bit like we're showing off, but in all seriousness, this homemade spicy vegan chorizo recipe is award winning.

Prep Time 45 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

2½ cups vital wheat gluten
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon hot smoked paprika
2½ teaspoons fennel seeds
2 teaspoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons cooked basmati rice
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons for grilling
1 tablespoon tomato paste

Instructions

Mix the dry ingredients, then separately mix the wet ingredients with 2 cups water. Next, mix them together, first stirring with a wooden spoon and then kneading well by hand.
Cut the dough into eight portions. Shape each piece by hand into a sausage and roll each one tightly in an 8 x 8-inch (20 x 20 cm) sheet of plastic wrap. Knot the ends.
Put the sausages in a steamer basket and place in an appropriately-sized large saucepan or small soup pot in a single layer (cook in batches if need be).
Steam each batch of sausages in the steamer basket for 30 minutes over an inch or so of gently simmering wanter. Let cool completely. Remove the plastic wrap.
Brush the sausages with olive oil and grill them over direct heat for 4 to 5 minutes each side.

Notes

Tip: Spanish Padrón peppers make quite a good accompaniment for our chorizo. Brush the peppers with a little olive oil and roast them in a cast-iron frying pan or on a griddle. Serve them with coarse sea salt.