soya mince weight

Angelraesunshine

Hi there need some help please.

Got my soya mince and i want to try it out tonight with my beef mince to make a cottage pie question make up my beef mince to 500g by using soya mince.

I have approx 350g of beef mince how much dry soya mince do i need to hydrate to kind make it up to 500g?

Never used it before and have not told the DH or the little angels that i will be adding it to tonights dinner as they will turn up there noses and not eat it so hoping they wont be able to tell.

thank you

Skint_Catt

I use it as per normal meat (I use Quorn) so I would add 150g

Stephen_Leak

My Spag' Bol' and Chilli Con Carne recipes specify 500g of minced meat, and the vegetarian option is a 150g pack of soya mince or Protoveg Burgamix, made up as per the instructions.

So, as is seems to swell up approximately threefold, and you have a 150g shortfall, I'd make up 50g.

You can always make up another little batch. Re-dehydrating it if you make too much could be trickier!

scotsaver

I bought some of this in Sainsburys last week, not used it yet but on the packet it says the 200g will make 800g when hydrated so I guess you use a quarter of whatever you want the end weight to be - let us know how you get on as I want to make a Cottage Pie tomorrow so shall be breaking open the pack then.

Skint_Catt

Stephen & scotsaver - is this dehydrated stuff then? I only use Quorn because I know it. Is the other one cheaper?

scotsaver

Hi Skintcatt - I've bought a 200g Bag of Dried Soya Mince, it's Sainsburys own brand and it was 52p. Never bought it before but read about soya mince on the Grocery Challenge thread and thought I would give it a try.

Angelraesunshine

scotsaver wrote: »

I bought some of this in Sainsburys last week, not used it yet but on the packet it says the 200g will make 800g when hydrated so I guess you use a quarter of whatever you want the end weight to be - let us know how you get on as I want to make a Cottage Pie tomorrow so shall be breaking open the pack then.

thanks i just bought the tesco one and the only instructions say make up 200g of dried for 4 people which is no help.

Thanks Stephen Leak i will try the 50g and see how much that makes and will let you know tonight how it has worked out.

Angelraesunshine

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Stephen & scotsaver - is this dehydrated stuff then? I only use Quorn because I know it. Is the other one cheaper?

think my tesco one is 325g or 375g and costs 99p - just checked it is 375g

Skint_Catt

Thanks scotsaver and Angel - I will put it on my list for Thursday - might even help me eek out the more expensive Quorn mince which we both like. :j

Stephen_Leak

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Stephen & scotsaver - is this dehydrated stuff then? I only use Quorn because I know it. Is the other one cheaper?

I read the OP as saying that it's dried/dehydrated. I've never used the stuff myself. Mind you, I do sometimes suspect that I may be getting too much red meat at times and that it might be making me a bit "frisky"! :shocked:

PS. But being "frisky" is so much fun!

Angelraesunshine

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

I read the OP as saying that it's dried/dehydrated. I've never used the stuff myself. Mind you, I do sometimes suspect that I may be getting too much red meat at times and that it might be making me a bit "frisky"! :shocked:

PS. But being "frisky" is so much fun!

lmao so that is where i am going wrong i think i need to 1/2 DH daily red meat intake then