In this episode, Joe shows you how to make a crispy, plant-based smash burger like you’ve never had before.
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The vegan cheese and special sauce were great! We made smash burgers with beef. Lol! They were good, too. I needed the dairy-free cheese. Joe’s visual example of vegan cheese was unfortunately spot on. I have searched for a good taste/texture substitute for cheese for quite a few years. We really enjoyed this cheese sauce; put it on the burger and dipped fries in the sauce, too. Thank you!!!!!
Hell NO. I'm not going to make Billy G any richer by going along with his 'you will eat bugs' dream
Why do vegans want to make food look and taste like foods they don't want to eat? It's kind of like meat eaters taking meat products and designing them to look like plant Foods fruits and vegetables and vegetables
I can get behind the Impossible meat burger, that other yellow goop you made is a hard pass for me.
"almost indistinguishable" are we just getting up here and telling lies now?
I've never seen this guy before this episode! Further, I usually pan fry a single Impossible Burger (10 patty stack at Costco) for about 4-5 minutes per side…..it tastes pretty good!
I'm vegan, an avid cook and I pay an ATK subscription. More of this, please. Much more. It's taken you all forever to catch up to how many people are eating less meat, even just once or twice a week.
why ruin a hamburger by putting cheese on it?
Personally I love the “cheese” sauce and macaroni. Dairy cheese was hard to give up, more so than meat 🥩.
Impossible meat has a big problem: it’s more expensive than ground beef. Sorry Mother Earth, but the majority of people won’t switch over until it makes economic sense.
The thumbnail lied.
Looks delicious but I cried when he put a single pickle chip on the burger… where's the pickle love!!!
Dog food
laboratory created frankenfood – I'll pass
Lol, jumping on a long-sinking ship right at the end just as it's slipping below the surface.
There's no such thing as plant based meat, meat substitute, yes
stay away from this fake meat unless you want to become a soy-infused NPC. look at how feminized men have become, stay away from soy!!
I try not to eat fake meat that has a list of ingredients longer than my arm. I will stick with actual beef thank you very much.
Nope! This is extremely unhealthy. It’s not meat. It’s not plant based MEAT. I’ve lost some respect for the Test Kitchen because of this.
I make meatballs with Impossible meat. I use my recipe for meatballs but I don’t simmer them in my tomato sauce. I just pour it on top of them after they have browned in the pan. I wish you could make an Impossible Meat meatball recipe that could simmer in sauce. Fingers Crossed! Great video. Thank you!
Not triggered but mad that I have to club a baby seal after watching this.
Ultra processed Frankenfood. Yuck.
Was the bun vegan too?
Damn Joe really getting the bottom of the barrel recipe testing huh? 🤣 Either way we need more of him. It's nice to see him warm up to the camera. MORE JOE!
If you made real beef patties that thin, then you have already cut your consumption of meat in half.
I'm sorry, but I don't like coconut in savory meat or seafood in any form.
Not my favorite ATK video. 👎
It's sad to see ATK pushing this highly processed food "product". If you want to know the truth about it check out Dr. James Stangle's article, Stangle: Impossible burgers are made of what? The only thing impossible about the Impossible Burger is that it could be healthy for you.
Love the vegan recipe, thank you! Keep them coming ❤
I’m not vegan or vegetarian, but I can’t eat beef, so the Impossible burger is my go-to plant-based burger. For a flavorful variation on this burger, which is how I make them as well, I mix in the Impossible “spicy” sausage. It’s really not that spicy, but it makes it more interesting.
Looks pretty good and I understand why you want them thin but those are just too thin for me. Also, what is this substitute made of? If it's primarily from US soybeans, then that's a very hard pass as I don't like to eat Roundup.
Promoting eating bugs and now lab grown meat! For shame, ATK.
Thanks, Now I’m craving In-N-Out 😂👍🍔
One thing inflation has brought us: the price of regular ground beef is starting to reach the price of Impossible Ground Beef. This is one reason where people might get the imitation.
Here we go again: "eating less meat is good for the planet"…..omg….seriously?! NO, IT'S NOT!….
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Wow, there are a lot of overly sensitive babies in the comments complaining that a video is made with a food they don't like. That's like, inevitable that you're not going to be into every recipe. Grow up.
Why do vegans need meat imitation products, a bit hypocritical? They actually like meat, just don’t understand biology? Good luck surviving in the wilderness without animal protein. We should be cautious about destroying all our land for their toxic soybeans, talk about pretentious detriment. 😂😂😂
Can this burger impress uncle Roger?
some people say they were made of plants and worms…
I prefer real steak
When you have to call all v-products "meat" you know you're dealing with an eff'ed up religion.
"Where is the beef"? Ain't nobody want those flesh burgers.
Not a burger. It's a salad on a bun. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 ground mammal makes a burger.
No.
Not going there. It's not about taste it's about health. Meat is food.
Thumbs down for spreading the lie that plant meat will save the planet. Propaganda and hysteria with no facts to support such a silly notion.
To say that "eating less meat is good for the planet" is so irresponsible.
Fantastic idea to make it twin smash patties!
I'm also in agreement that vegan cheeses just aren't there (yet?)– I always prefer to make a "cheese" sauce as replacement, whether a bechemel or the sauce from Vegans for Everybody.