Vegan Sisig Tofu Sisig Mushroom Sisig Tofu Sisig Recipe

A few days ago, I posted the recipe of a Filipino dessert Biko. It was the first Filipino recipe which I tried in my kitchen and we loved it. It encouraged me to explore more recipes from the Philippines. This time, I got more ambitious and created the vegan version of a very popular non-vegetarian dish- Sisig which is made with animal parts. Sisig is a dish which is generally served with alcoholic drinks something like Dutch bitterballen. Both Amit, and I don’t drink alcohol so we enjoyed our Vegan Sisig with Orange iced tea while watching a horror movie on a weekend. A lot of people from the Philippines may frown on hearing Vegan Sisig that too served with iced tea but we really enjoyed that treat and I am sure, most of you will do too. We bought a lot of dry wood ear mushrooms from the local vegetable market in Vietnam when we visited the country last month. I was looking for ideas to use those mushrooms when I came across the recipe of Sisig. The chewy meaty texture of wood ear mushrooms is perfect to replace the animal parts in Vegan Sisig. Sisig generally has a nice smoky flavor which comes from the meat grilled on coal. To get that flavor I charred the baked tofu cubes over a direct flame before finely chopping them. It came out really well and I would highly recommend this dish to everyone- even hardcore non-vegetarians.