Vegetarian Stroganoff

Aunt Alice’s Tender Bit Stroganoff

Cook according to package directions:

         1       large pkg. extra wide egg noodles

Sauté in a large pan:

         6       Tbsp. butter 

         1       lg. onion, chopped

         3-6   garlic cloves, minced

         1       19oz. can LOMA LINDA Tender Bits, chopped (save juice)

                               or any other vegetarian meat substitute

         1       8oz. can mushrooms (save juice)

                              or fresh mushrooms, quartered

Add:  

          4      Tbsp. flour (or enough to absorb butter)

         ½       tsp. salt

         1/8     tsp. pepper

Add and simmer, mixing until smooth:    

         10     oz. broth - liquid from mushrooms, meat and/or milk

Add and bring to a simmer:

         1       pint sour cream

Mix everything together and serve immediately,

       OR   Bake in greased 9"x13" baking dish until bubbly. 

Start cooking noodles...

Sauté in a large pan:

Cut up Tender Bits.

Add:

Add and simmer, mixing until smooth liquid from Tender Bits, mushrooms and enough milk to equal 10 oz. :    

Pour over sauteed meat mixture. 

Heat until bubbly:

Add sour cream.

 Mix well and heat through.

Drain noodles when cooked cooked tender, but still firm. 
Add oil and salt if desired. Toss to coat evenly. 

Pour noodles over saute mixture and stir in carefully. 

Eat while hot or place in a greased 9x13 pan and warm.

This is a great potluck dish and kids love it too. Sometimes I use Tender Bits, but I don't always have them so I substitute other veggie meat items like Moch Chicken or Moch Duck. I really like DRAGONFLY Vegetarian Imitation Duck. 

I get it at a local Asian market. They are quite inexpensive ($1.65 for a 10 oz. can) and they taste really good. I use both the chicken and duck for all kinds of food recipes. The also sell abalone which I like, but it is softer and is not so good for stroganoff. I actually forgot to add the sour cream one time in this recipe and it was still very good, so this is a recipe that could be made vegan very easily. Just use noodles of your choice and make sure that the meat substitute is vegan (Tender Bits are), use NUCOA margarine in the place of the butter and skip the sour cream.