I’m sure everyone has heard of Impossible Meat. I’ve heard reviews of how it tastes similar to actual beef and I see it everywhere on menus, but I’ve never actually tasted it before.
So, when Cold Storage offered to send some over to us, I was thrilled but somewhat worried at the same time. Because… do I cook it like beef? I mean, it’s not beef, right?
Impossible™ Beef Made From Plants
The plan for the day was to make a burger, but I decided to give it a Korean twist by throwing in some stir-fried kimchi and do something like a Kimchi Burger.
Here are the ingredients I used for the Kimchi Burger.
- ¼ Yellow Onion Diced
- ½ pack of Impossible™ Beef Made From Plants
- 2 slices of lettuce
- 2 slices of tomato
- Kimchi
- Mayonnaise
- 1 slice of cheddar cheese
- Burger buns
- Salt & Pepper
Preparing the Patty
First of all, even without opening the packaging, it looks creepily similar to ground beef. After letting it thaw for a while, throw in a quarter of diced onions and season with salt and pepper. We’re using only half of the Impossible Beef, which is around 170g.
Not gonna lie, I kept doubting myself that this was made from plants. However, the texture threw me back a couple of times as it felt a little too sticky and slimy for real beef. Good thing is, it’s way easier to shape your patty using Impossible Beef.
Grilling the Patty
Before grilling the patty, I made sure to clear my doubts and it turns out, Impossible Beef can actually be eaten raw. This meant that I could cook my burger patty to medium/medium-rare and nothing bad would happen.
Onto the pan it went, and much like actual beef, you can see the bottom slowly turning brown.
I flipped the patty and to my surprise, it seared beautifully like an actual beef patty. Like, how is this made from plants?!
You can add a slice of cheese at this point, cover the pan and let it melt.
The Final Product
Tadah! I used mayonnaise but in hindsight, I should have mixed a bit of Gochujang with the mayo to really bring out the Korean flavours even more.
Visually, the burger looks amazing (self-praise lol). If you told me this was made using actual beef, I wouldn’t doubt you at all.
Texture-wise, the patty made using Impossible Beef had a strikingly similar resemblance to actual beef. However, it did lack a bit of flavour which you get from natural animal fat. But other than that, I can’t really think of anything bad.
For a plant-based burger, this was delicious.
Available At Dairy Farm Stores Islandwide
You can now get Impossible Food’s flagship product, the Impossible™ Beef Made From Plants at nearly 40 Dairy Farm stores islandwide.
This includes Cold Storage, Market Place and for delivery on Cold Storage online.
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