Vegan Meaty Peach Bbq Ribs
Ingredients
- 2 8 oz packages of tempeh, each slab cut into 4 pieces lengthwise, and then each of those pieces filleted down the middle. You should end up with 16 total pieces the size/shape is pictured above
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped small
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups ripe peaches, chopped (3 peaches should do the trick)
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 2 tsp molasses
- 1 tsp vegan Worcestershire
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp hickory liquid smoke
- 1 tbs oil or vegan butter
Preparation
Heat a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Sauté the onion in the oil or vegan butter for 3 minutes, then add the chopped peaches, sauté for another 6-7 minutes until the onion is translucent and the peaches are softened
Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Add the apple cider vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt, ketchup, molasses, Worcestershire, cayenne, and chili powder. Stir to combine, up the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil
Once boiling, lower the heat to simmer and simmer the sauce for about 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Off the heat and stir in the liquid smoke. Let the sauce cool a bit while you get the tempeh started
Steam the tempeh for 10 minutes in steaming apparatus of your choice. While the tempeh is steaming blend the bbq sauce up until smooth, stopping the blender and opening the top a couple of times to release steam
Once the tempeh is done steaming, place some slabs on a large plate brushing very generously with the bbq sauce, flip the slabs over and repeat until they’re covered in the sauce. Repeat with the rest of the slabs working carefully so they don’t fall apart
Grill option
Spray the grill grates with oil and heat over high heat. Add the tempeh slabs, cook for 3 minutes on each side, LIBERALLY brushing more bbq sauce on each side while grilling. Do not be shy with the sauce, slather that shit on there! Brushing the bbq sauce on while they’re grilling is so important otherwise the slabs will dry out. Remove from the grill and serve with extra bbq sau