Yeah bby, it's vegan. I've had frozen vegan fish fillets and crab cakes before but this was my first time with shrimp. They actually got the fluffiness and the bounce of the shrimp "meat" just right! If I had to guess I'd say they soaked tofu skin in some dank shrimp seasoning and then wrapped it up before dipping it in seafood batter and frying it. I ended up putting all the coconut shreds in the sweet and spicy dipping sauce so that I could actually eat it. Here's a pic of the shrimp inside , although it doesn't do the taste justice.
I got more vegan stuff, including a sick oreo vegan cheesecake. I can post more if ya'll are interested, I just didn't want to flood the comm today. :tofu-cool:
This is a fun looking recipe as Coconut shrimp is great. Even though I'm used to the coconut being mixed in with the batter for frying. I've been getting into cooking vegetarian food with friends, as we do dinners regularly, and there are vegetarians, and no one who normally eats meat is an asshole, so it's easier to just make food everyone can have, and it involves using slightly different techniques so it's fun as well.
Going full Vegan on dishes would be much harder for me (in terms of cooking and prep), as eggs, butter and cheese CARRY some dishes and cooking the vegan versions will be harder, eventually we probably will!
I wish they put the coconut in the batter! As for cooking, transitioning most dishes to vegan is doable, but some of them will require learning about new ingredients. Uh, assuming the ingredients are in your area.
Stuff like nooch, vegan cheese shreds and flaxseed (egg replacer), can be easy enough in regular big box grocery stores to find but things like canned seitan (if you don't have time to make it yourself), fresh jackfruit, and preflavored TVP can be a little trickier. That last example actually took me awhile to find on my own. I ended up finding pepperoni, sausage, taco, chicken and steak flavored TVP at a seventh day Adventist small grocery store that I would have normally never visited before going vegan. Asian grocers are also a good place if you have one near you. If you want help on finding any vegan substitutions or weird ingredients feel free to DM me.
I find it pretty fun to learn how to cook but I know some people see it as a chore. Don't be afraid to ask questions either way, pogchamp. :meow-popcorn:
It is so much fun! And my new area has a lot of small grocery stores to explore for things like that. Even though I keep eyeballing the spices.