Egg substitute for egg-based dishes

taco_truck_tom

I've recently developed a severe intolerance to eggs. I'm familiar with the various substitutes for eggs in baking, and cooking when used as a binder. But none of those options behave like actual eggs when trying to make something like an omelet. Are there any substitutes that can be scrambled, omelet-ed, and frittata-ed that actually look and taste like real eggs but don't contain any egg (so Egg Beaters are not a viable option.)

Originally asked by EmmyS on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I have no idea how any of the prepared vegan egg replacements taste, but there are some that say they can be used for scrambled eggs, so I would think that they would work for omelettes and frittata: Just Eggs Eggyliscious There are also recipes that people have posted online that try to reverse engineer these commercial products. Here's one that might work for you if you would rather not go the commercial route: https://minimalistbaker.com/fluffy-vegan-scrambled-eggs/ And in case of link rot, the basic recipe is: 3/4 cup split mung beans (a.k.a. moong dal, NOT whole mung beans), rinsed, soaked in lukewarm water for 6 hours, drained and rinsed again 1 – 1 ¼ tsp black salt a.k.a. kala namak...

Full answer by Joe: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/137245 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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