This recipe is a quick oat, meat substitute used when meat was scarce and expensive in the 1930's and beyond. With some simple variations you can make breakfast sausage, burger patties, chicken nuggets or patties, Italian meatballs or fish sticks... The sausage recipe can be pared with maple syrup or the gravy that you make if you'd like sausage, biscuits and gravy; or be creative and crumble it into a casserole. The main recipe we're using is for breakfast sausage but we'll include some of the other options in the notes section.
Total time includes refrigerating overnight 10 hourshrs
Total Time 10 hourshrs35 minutesmins
Course Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2(2 patties per person)
Equipment
1 8-12 inch frying pan
1 medium saucepan or pot
1 medium bowl
Ingredients
1cupQuick Oats
1egg
1tbspolive oil
1tspfennel
1tsponion flakes or minced onion
1/2tspcrushed red pepper
1/2tspblack pepper
1/2tspgarlic powder
1/4tspsalt
1/4cupwater
Broth
2cupswater
2tbspbrown gravy mix
Instructions
Mix ingredients in appropriately sized bowl until thoroughly blended
Cover bowl and let sit in refrigerator 2 hours or overnight
Remove from refrigerator and form into desired shape (4 large sausage patties or 8 small sausage patties)
Start broth to boil in a medium pot
In your frying pan, add oil to just cover bottom of pan, lightly brown patties on both sides (about two minutes per side)
Once lightly browned, transfer to the pot of broth, cover and reduce to simmer for 20 minutes
** Remove from broth and pan fry another 2 minutes per side.
**If storing for later use, remove from broth, allow to cool and lightly dab dry them -do not pan fry before freezing in your method of choice. After removing from freezer, allow to thaw and pan fry on each side for the final 2 minutes.
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Notes
Below are the listings for options with your base oatmeal, egg, oil and water with varied seasonings to create different meat substitutes. For each listing below start with your 1 cup oatmeal, 1 egg, 1 tbsp oil and 1/4 cup water then mix in the appropriate seasonings and use the noted broth. Also, shape the patties, balls, sticks however works best for you.Burger Patties (4 patties):1 tbsp bacon bits1 tbsp onion flakes1 tsp black pepper1 tsp garlic powder1 tsp smoked paprika1/2 tsp crushed red pepper1/4 tsp saltBroth: 2 cups water, 2 tbsp brown gravy mixChicken Nuggets/Patties (about 8 nuggets / 4 patties): 1 tsp onion flakes1/2 tsp garlic powder1/2 tsp smoked paprikaBroth: 2 cups water and 2 tbsp chicken gravy mixItalian Meatballs (about 8 meatballs):1 tbsp onion flakes1 tbsp parmesan cheese1 tsp Italian seasoning1 tsp garlic powder1 tsp black pepper1/2 tsp saltBroth: 3 cups Spaghetti Sauce -NOTE- skip both pan fry's and place the formed balls directly into the sauce for 20 minutesFish Sticks (about 8 sticks):1 tsp onion flakes1 tsp salt1 tsp bay seasoningBroth: 2 cups water, 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce, 2 tbsp lemon juice -NOTE- battered and fried after the broth bath makes these even more amazing.Ground Beef Substitute (equivilant to 1 lbs. ground beef):1 tsp onion flakes1/2 tsp black pepper1/2 tsp garlic powder1/4 tsp saltBroth: 2 cups water, 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce, 1 tbsp Soy Sauce. -NOTE- There is no need to brown this before boiling. Break up the patty into crumbles after boiling and brown in a pan with oil.
Keyword depression era recipe, egg, meatless, oatmeal, sausage, vegetarian