Where can I find this 'fake meat'?!

Where can I find this 'fake meat'?

When I was travelling around asia I found restaurants selling tasty meat substitutes. I've found something similar at a vegan chinese takeaway near me which sells THE nicest 'fake meat' like sweet and sour pork and aromatic duck. It tastes just like the real thing!

It's pretty expensive though so i'd like to make it myself. Does anyone know where I can find or how I can make it? I've never seen anything similar sold in shops so is there anywhere online I can buy/find recipes for it?

3 days ago
Thanks for the answers. I've tasted Quorn though and it isn't the same thing. Also, the quorn I used to eat wasn't vegan so I stopped eating it when I turned... is this the case for all quorn?

3 days ago
F OFF ASHLEY!!!

How dare you try and patronise me! I've had this fake meat from VEGAN restaurants! The one near me is owned by a buddhist chinese couple who are vegan and we have discussed such on many occasions.

Do you really think I would eat something without asking what it is? And to think, I just wasted a good 5 minutes of my life trying to get through to you on another question of yours. You are a vile human being!

I'm quite sure you're talking about seitan, (wheat gluten) also known as vegan mock meat.

The traditional way of making it is to make a dough out of wheat flour and water, knead with a small amount of oil till it's elastic, about 15mins.
Then knead the dough in water, changing the water when it turns cloudy, until the water runs clear. About 15mins.
You'll be left with about 1/4 of the dough you started with.

The short way of making it is, if you can buy gluten flour.
250g gluten flour
1 ? cups water
1 tbsp sesame or olive oil

Mix and form a dough, knead for 10 minutes
Put the dough in a covered container and refrigerate overnight

If you use either method, add spices and knead into the dough and leave to season refridgerated overnight.

If you want to make mock chinese braised duck for example;
add tumeric for colour, soy sauce, pepper, salt, sugar, tamarind, sasame oil, veg broth

after it's well seasoned, slice the dough.
stir fry onions, carrots & garlic, add the marinade sauce, cloves and boil till the vegies are cooked. pan-fry the gluten slices till nice and golden. add the sauce and thicken if desired.

and viola, it's ready to serve.

using this dough you can make stews, stir-frys, soups, roasts etc.

the trick is to season it over night with the seasoning of the type of food you are trying to recreate.

it will work braised, basted, roasted, baked, grilled pan fried & deep fried. if you are going to stew it, it would be best to pan fry it first and add to a lightly simmering stew, try not to boil it or it becomes quite chewy & rubbery.