I would sling a whole
pig over my shoulder,
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carry it to our pit and
throw it on the grill.
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And at that point, I
told everybody that they
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were not aloud to give
me shit for being vegan.
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I'm Chris Rubinstein.
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I'm a chef at the Wild
Good Tavern in Costa
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Mesa, California with
The Culinary Militia.
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Today, I'm gonna show you
guys how to make a vegan
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pulled trumpet mushroom
barbecue sandwich.
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A lot of vegans miss
out on some good food.
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And you guys catch a lot
of flak because a lot of
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what you cook
isn't very good.
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gonna show you how to
smoke the mushrooms.
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Pull them,
make the sandwich, and
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impress some of
your friends.
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So for this dish,
first thing you're gonna
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need is about a pound
of trumpet mushrooms.
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They're also called
king oyster mushrooms.
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Go to any Asian market,
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go to the mushroom
section,
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you're gonna find them.
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Take your favorite
barbecue sauce,
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about a cup of that.
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you're gonna need one
cup of vegan mayonnaise,
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Half a cup of apple
cider vinegar,
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four tablespoons
of sugar.
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A tablespoon of
crushed red pepper,
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two carrots,
and four rolls.
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And to saute
the mushrooms we're
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gonna need two
tablespoons of oil.
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Don't use olive oil
because it has a low
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smoke point and
you're gonna end up
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burning it and you really
don't want that flavor.
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Just use vegetable oil,
soybean oil,
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canola, whatever
you'd like to use.
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And the last thing you're
gonna need is about two
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cups of wood chips,
soaked in water for
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about half an hour.
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I like to use apple for
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this dish, cuz it's
a little lighter when
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you're gonna to
smoke vegetables.
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If you're gonna
to smoke meat,
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you want to use
hickory or mesquite or
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So, apple or cherry is
what I like to use.
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So for the first
step in the process,
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we're gonna to smoke
the mushrooms.
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So we're gonna to go
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outside to the grill and
do that.
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So, depending upon what
kind of grill you have,
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you can do this a couple
of different ways.
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Today, we just have
a standard gas grill,
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so we're gonna use
a smoking box.
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If you had
a charcoal grill,
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you could just take
these guys, and
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put them straight
on the coals, and
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smoke them that way.
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So, we're gonna take the
chips, open up your box.
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Just spread them out
nice and evenly, just
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stick them in the hottest
part of the grill.
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And that's gonna
take about ten,
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15 minutes before
they start smoking.
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So you wanna crank the
grill up all the way to
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high, let it get to six,
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700 degrees,
the hotter the better.
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dry out first before
they start smoking, so
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we're starting to get a
little bit of smoke now,
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and it should be ready
in about five minutes.
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cooking because
I went vegan.
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My mom is a phenomenal
cook, but
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when I decided to become
vegan I was about 17.
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I was still living at
home and she kind of gave
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up, so I started
cooking for myself.
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And when it came time
after high school to
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figure out what I want
to do with my life,
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I decided I wanted
to be a chef.
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All right, so
we're about ready.
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We're gonna check it.
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Getting a lot
of good smoke.
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The chips are nice and
brown.
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is put them on the top
rack, if you have a,
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if you have a rack like
that on your grill.
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Just break them apart.
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Drop the lid,
and let it go for
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about 20 minutes or so.
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One thing you wanna
be careful of,
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when you're doing
this on the grill,
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is not to burn
the mushrooms.
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Just keep an eye on
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them once you put
the mushrooms in.
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They're gonna get dark,
they're gonna get smoky,
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they're gonna get cooked,
but don't burn them.
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while the mushrooms are
smoking we're gonna come
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back inside and start
working on the kale slaw.
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First thing you do,
take your kale.
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I'll show you a little
trick [SOUND] is
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just pull it
off like that.
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Now, what we're
gonna do is
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a technique called
chiffonade.
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You're gonna take your
green, roll it up.
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Take your knife, and
just really thin, just.
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[SOUND] As you're going,
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just put your
kale in the bowl.
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So I'm gonna assume
everybody out
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there knows how
to peel a carrot.
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Use a peeler so
I already peeled these.
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Take a cheese grater.
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[SOUND] So I decided to
do a kale slaw just cuz.
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I think everyone
loves Kale.
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Just try different stuff.
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Don't always use cabbage,
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just try to think
in different ways.
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It's also very
healthy for you.
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And one thing to remember
when you're cutting.
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Tuck your thumb in.
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I went ahead and sliced
my thumb this morning
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just to show you guys it
can happen to anyone.
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To Julienne onion,
cut it in half,
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I like to cut it in half
again just for size.
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All right so it's been
about 20, 30 minutes,
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we're gonna go check
on the mushrooms.
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All right,
these are looking good.
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We are going to go back
inside and shred them.
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All right, so
the mushrooms are ready,
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we are going to keep
making the slaw.
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So this is the dressing
for the slaw,
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we gonna to start with
our vegan mayonnaise.
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You are going to need one
cup of vegan mayonnaise,
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half a cup of apple
cider vinegar,
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and four table
spoons of sugar and
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a table spoon of
crushed red pepper.
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let's get it all
together [SOUND].
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We're gonna take all
the vegetables that we
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chopped up, and just pour
the dressing right over.
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And the vinegar is
gonna help break down
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the kale and make it
nice and soft and edible.
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And then take your clean
hands, give it a toss.
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You can kind of crunch up
the kale too that's gonna
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help break down
the fibers so you're not
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gonna get a big mouth
full of just raw kale.
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That's done.
We're gonna let that sit
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on the side and let that
kind of marinate and
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break down a little bit.
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Now to shred
the mushrooms.
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Gonna take a mushroom.
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Take a regular
household fork.
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And we're gonna
just scrape them
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They look like
a little squids.
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And take your fork and
just mash the top part.
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So if you try to eat this
before we're finished,
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it's not gonna
be very good.
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It's gonna taste like
you ate a campfire.
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Once we cook it with
the barbecue sauce,
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the smoke is gonna
mellow out and
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introduce itself
into the sauce, and
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it's gonna be
really delicious.
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All right, so
we're almost done.
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we're gonna sauce
the mushrooms.
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Two tablespoons
of vegetable oil.
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So our pan's nice and
hot.
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I'll grab the mushrooms.
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We're gonna throw
right in the pan.
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[SOUND] That's
an awesome sound.
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[SOUND] Then we're gonna
grab our barbecue sauce.
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Then we just [SOUND].
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Get it nice and coated.
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Heat it all
the way through.
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if you don't feel
comfortable sauteing.
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You don't have
those skills yet?
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Just move them around.
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Get it nice and coated.
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You want the barbecue
sauce to
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caramelize a little
bit and
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stick to the mushrooms
and not the pan.
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So let's assemble
the sandwich.
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I like to start with
the slaw on the bottom.
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Helps soak up
the barbecue sauce.
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Doesn't get your
bun all soggy.
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And then, the barbecue
right on top of that.
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And that is your smoked,
pulled,
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trumpet mushroom
sandwich.
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It's messy, but
it's pretty damn good.
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Thanks for joining me,
if you want to check out
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the recipe for my
barbecue pulled trumpet
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mushroom sandwich,
click on the link below.
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