Get ready to tantalize your taste buds with a vegan twist on a classic Italian dish! Join me as I recreate Chrissy Tracey’s recipe of mouth-watering lentil meatballs. With a secret ingredient that adds a burst of flavor, this recipe is sure to impress even the most skeptical meat-eaters. Don’t miss out on this delicious and healthy alternative to traditional meatballs!

Vegan Meatballs Made With Lentils!

In this video, I remake the meatballs from Chrissy Tracey of Bon Appetit where she originally shares her recipe for vegan meatballs with a Marcella Hazan inspired tomato sauce. Inspired by Chris Morocco’s non-vegan meatball recipe, Chrissy uses lentils as the mainframe of the meatball, mixed with oat milk-soaked bread to add a little more fat content to the recipe, giving the meatballs a much fuller taste. The video takes the viewer through the step-by-step process of making the meatballs and the tomato sauce, with helpful tips and tricks along the way. With a secret ingredient that adds a burst of flavor, this recipe is sure to impress even the most skeptical meat-eaters. Whether you’re a vegan or just looking for a healthy alternative to traditional meatballs, this recipe is a must-try!

Head on over to YouTube and check out her video for yourself!

Vegan Meatballs with Lentils
Print

Vegan Meatballs with Lentils

Recipe by What I Tasted
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Calories

179

kcal

Ingredients

  • White Bread: 3 slices

  • Flax Milk: 1/4 Cup

  • Garlic Cloves, diced: 2

  • Parsley: 1/4 Cup

  • Aquafaba: 3 Tbsp.

  • Cashews: 1/4 Cup

  • Onion Powder: 1 tsp.

  • Garlic Powder:1 tsp.

  • Nutritional Yeast: 1 tsp.

  • Lentils, cooked: 1 Cup

  • Fennel Seeds: 1/4 tsp.

  • Salt: 1 tsp.

  • Pepper, chile: 1/4 tsp.

  • Nutmeg: 1/8 tsp.

  • Oregano: 1 tsp.

  • Crushed Red Pepper: 1/4 tsp.

  • Bread Crumbs: 1/4 Cup

  • Oil: 2 tsp.

Directions

  • Begin with making the vegan parmesan cheese by blending the cashews, nutritional yeast, garlic powder and onion powder.
  • Submerge the bread in the plant milk and then squeeze out the excess.
  • Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and knead the mixture into a ball.
  • Shape meatballs into desired size.
  • Saute the meatballs to brown the outside.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  • Serve.

Recipe Video

Notes

  • This meatball is adapted from Chrissy of Bon Appetit.