Vegan Butter Chicken (Butter Tofu Recipe) - Running on Real Food (2024)

FAQs

Does vegan butter cook like regular butter? ›

Even though butter, margarine, and plant butter all have slightly different ingredients, you can still cook and bake with all three equally. The taste will not differ too much, but the texture of the food may change a little.

In a blender or food processor, blend the cashews, melted coconut oil, water, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and salt until smooth and creamy. Pour the mixture into a jar and refrigerate until firm—wait at least 2 hours. Once the vegan butter has solidified, you can use it just like traditional dairy butter.

Coconut milk: For the creamiest butter chicken, coconut milk that is full fat works best. Salt & pepper: To enhance all of the delicious flavors; adjust to your liking.

But unfortunately, it's not necessarily healthier than normal butter. Like dairy butter, vegan butter comes in a block and is more solid than vegetable-oil products sold as spreads. That means it needs to have more saturated fat – because saturated fats are solid at room temperature whereas unsaturated fats are liquid.

Any significant discoloration can be a warning sign. Finally, a sniff test can also help; if it smells stale or unpleasant, it is likely spoiled. Vegan butter should always be kept in an airtight container or its original packaging and stored in the refrigerator.

For spreading: The Violife butter is great for spreading because as it softens, it holds its form like dairy butter. As in, it will get soft but it won't totally melt or separate at room temperature. Other vegan butters soften to a point where the oil separates from everything else and it becomes difficult to use.

Yes, we have tested Miyoko's vegan butter with this recipe. On Miyoko's packaging, it advises that their butter "melts, browns, and spreads phenomenally." We compared Mikoyo browned butter on its own, versus browned with pecans, and we think the pecans added a layer of nuttiness to the plain version.

It adds that dash of flavor and creamy magic that brings foods to life whether you're baking, pan-frying, basting, or simply enjoying it on bread. Now, thanks to Violife's 100% dairy-free and vegan unsalted Plant Butter, everyone can have this essential staple in their cooking toolbox.

What is the melting point of vegan butter? ›

Vegan butter also has a melting point: it is typically between 75°F and 95°F, again depending on the fat/water ratio in the butter. Some examples of emulsifying ingredients are: coconut oil, nuts, plant-based milks, and lecithin (from soybeans).

What are good vegan butter substitutes? In baking, you can use vegan butter, applesauce, dairy-free yogurt, coconut oil, coconut butter, olive oil, nut butter, mashed banana and mashed avocado. In cooking, you can use olive oil, coconut oil, vegetable stock, or avocado oil to replace butter.

Use wheat flour, rice flour, or coconut flour plus a fat (like ghee, olive oil, or coconut oil) in equal amounts. Cook both ingredients for a few minutes to cook out the raw flour taste, then add your curry ingredients. Once the whole curry dish comes to a boil, the sauce will thicken.

Unlike most Indian curries where the preparation of the base starts with a blend of onion and a ginger garlic paste cooked in oil, butter chicken uses tomato as a base and is cooked in butter, giving it a slightly sweet flavor. Cashews and almonds add to the sweetness and richness of the dish.

In recipes where they're the only vegan substitute, both vegan butters will produce baked goods with texture similar to that of dairy butter, with flavor being the main difference.

The best vegan butter should be smooth, rich, salty, creamy, and, most of all, it should taste like butter—delicate, sweet, and fatty. Plant based butter doesn't have to taste like vegetable margarine. Vegan butters that include almond milk, coconut oil, or olive oil are completely welcome here.

The texture and taste are indistinguishable from those of products made with butter. It's also great for cooking (sauteeing vegetables, etc.), but it doesn't work as a substitute for unsalted butter on toast, etc.

Yes, you can! While you can usually swap vegan butter at a 1:1 ratio, coconut oil should be 1: ¾ oil + ¼ water. In baking, you may need to use a combination of vegan butter to get the right texture for your recipe - try mixing coconut oil with applesauce, mashed banana with canola oil, etc.