Vegan Filipino Soy Curls BBQ with Dipping sauce

It's a BBQ season here and we make it with vegetables, tofu , Vegan sausages, burgers and everything but still something was missing, it was that sticky, juicy, spicy, sweet chicken pieces on sticks which is always fun to eat at BBQ. So why not to create that with Soy curls and have it? so made it and every one loved it. You don't have to put it in stick, just have it in plate and serve it with your favorite spicy, sweet , tangy sauce. This is very common street food in Philippines. It goes well with plain rice too.

Ingredients :

2 cups  Warm  vegetable broth 

1/2 cube of vegan bouillon

2 cups of soy curls

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup ketchup

2 tbsp. chopped garlic

2 tbsp. brown sugar

2 tbsp. Lemon juice

2 tbsp. White vinegar

1 tbsp. Vegan oyster sauce

1 tbsp. Sesame oil

1 tbsp. Sriracha or garlic pepper sauce

1/2 tbsp. black pepper powder

 

Method:

In a big bow,  Add the warm broth  and mix the bouillon. 

Add everything except soy curls and mix it. 

When its mixed add soy curls and marinate for 30 minutes. I did it for 8 hours you can do it overnight too. 

When its time to cook, Take a cast iron skillet and add 1 tbsp. oil in it. 

With the help of spoon / tongs what ever works with you, remove the curls from bowl and put it in skillet. Reserve the marinate in the bowl.

Cook the soy curls till its dry. 

Now begin adding marinade , 1/2 cup at a time and cook. Make sure the broth cooks and evaporates completely then only add another 1/2 cup marinade. 

Don't fasten the process by adding everything in one batch or without cooking all of the liquid add more. 

By slowly adding and cooking you will get that nice brown color with all the sauces in the broth. 

You can continue till all the marinade is done and you can get your desired brown color. 

Take out all the curls in plate and you can that time serve it along with dipping sauce.

Or when its little cold to handle,  you can put it on skewers and enjoy it with rice and dipping sauce

Dipping sauce recipe :

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 tbsp. White vinegar

2 tbsp. water

1 tbsp. lemon juice

1-2 tsp. sugar as per your taste

1 Thai spicy pepper finely chopped

1 tbsp. finely chopped red onion

Mix everything and let it stand for 3-4 hours to get the best results. You can make this when you make the marinade so its taste good.

 

Adapted from Vegan Filipino Barbecue - Sweet Simple Vegan