Realized I had all the ingredients and wanted to give it a try. We were all wondering in the comments if the aquafaba would make the dish thicken, so, for cooking science, I went ahead and made it.
Changes:
– I didn’t have an onion, so I used some frozen chopped and reduced the oil to 1/3 cup because of the moisture that would release.
– The tinned tomatoes were Italian seasoned, so I swapped the flavor profile to Italian herbs.
– Didn’t bother infusing the oil because I wanted to just dump ingredients and be lazy. Used garlic powder instead.
– Added onion powder and smoked paprika
– After an hour it was still very soupy so I decided to pivot and cracked in eggs. Turned down temp so they could poach. After about 10 minutes, I spooned the broth over the eggs and then topped with cheese.
– Because it was quite rich, I made a side of greek yogurt mixed with dill, paprika and garlic powder – this was SOOOO good with it, added a punch of acidity and cut through the richness very well
The eggs came out perfectly poached and the overall dish was very flavorful. We feel quite full without feeling heavy. Meatless Monday, yay!
In the future (because husband has now insisted this is going into the rotation), I think I will omit the oil all together and stir in grated cheese instead.
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Realized I had all the ingredients and wanted to give it a try. We were all wondering in the comments if the aquafaba would make the dish thicken, so, for cooking science, I went ahead and made it.
Changes:
– I didn’t have an onion, so I used some frozen chopped and reduced the oil to 1/3 cup because of the moisture that would release.
– The tinned tomatoes were Italian seasoned, so I swapped the flavor profile to Italian herbs.
– Didn’t bother infusing the oil because I wanted to just dump ingredients and be lazy. Used garlic powder instead.
– Added onion powder and smoked paprika
– After an hour it was still very soupy so I decided to pivot and cracked in eggs. Turned down temp so they could poach. After about 10 minutes, I spooned the broth over the eggs and then topped with cheese.
– Because it was quite rich, I made a side of greek yogurt mixed with dill, paprika and garlic powder – this was SOOOO good with it, added a punch of acidity and cut through the richness very well
The eggs came out perfectly poached and the overall dish was very flavorful. We feel quite full without feeling heavy. Meatless Monday, yay!
In the future (because husband has now insisted this is going into the rotation), I think I will omit the oil all together and stir in grated cheese instead.