'I feel bamboozled!' Man goes viral with recipe for VEGAN 'ribs' that are made out of BREAD - and they look just like the real deal
- Giovanni Randolph, 27, went viral after sharing a photo of his realistic-looking meat-free 'ribs'
- The main ingredient is wheat gluten, or seitan, which is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until all the starch granules have been removed
- This process leaves a sticky elastic mass of gluten, which resembles the texture of chewy meat
- Giovanni also added aminos, tahini, and a secret blend of herbs and spices for the dry rub
- He said that he only learned what veganism was in 2016 and decided to embrace it himself in 2017 A Florida man has gone viral after sharing images of shockingly realistic vegan 'ribs' that look just meat — but are actually made with bread.
Giovanni Randolph, 27, shared his unique recipe for BBQ faux-ribs on Twitter, where people were stunned to discover the main ingredient.
The young man, who has been vegan for four years, used wheat gluten as the base for the ribs, adding aminos, tahini, and an herb and spice blend for the tasty-looking dish.
Tasty! Giovanni Randolph, 27, shared his unique recipe for BBQ faux-ribs on Twitter, where people were stunned to discover the main ingredient
Images show a rack of 'ribs' that look strikingly like the real thing, straight off a cow — though they're actually made with no animal ingredients at all.
According to Giovanni, the recipe starts with seitan — also called wheat gluten — which is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until all the starch granules have been removed.
This leaves a sticky elastic mass of gluten, which resembles the texture of chewy meat.
Giovanni also added aminos, tahini, and a secret blend of herbs and spices for the dry rub.
He cooked the ribs on a grill and added BBQ sauce right before serving up the mouthwatering meal.
'Threw some vegan ribs on the grill over the weekend,' he captioned the snaps, which have blown away and baffled social media users.
'I feel bamboozled to say the least,' wrote one person.
How to: The young man, who has been vegan for four years, used wheat gluten as the base for the ribs, adding aminos, tahini, and an herb and spice blend for the tasty-looking dish
Open-minded: He said that he only learned what veganism was in 2016 and decided to embrace it himself in 2017
Fooled 'em! Social media users are stunned by the photos. The tweet has since gone viral with more than 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments
'I need to figure this out,' another confused social media user wrote.
'We eating good tonight,' another fan said, while someone else said the dish looked 'incredible.'
'This looks really damn good, actually. Good to see more and more alternatives looking just as tasty as their counterparts,' another fan said.
Even animal charity PETA got involved, commenting: 'Wow, you almost had us worried there for a second.'
The tweet has since gone viral with more than 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
Giovanni told Jam Press that he had never even heard of veganism until 2016, but he has since embraced the animal-free lifestyle.
'I went vegetarian as my 2017 New Year’s resolution and after three months of that I decided I might as well go vegan — and I haven’t looked back since,' he said.
Skeptics: Although the unique recipe drew plenty of attention from vegans and non-vegans alike, not everyone was sold
Although the unique recipe drew plenty of attention from vegans and non-vegans alike, not everyone was sold.
A few people criticized the main ingredient and reduced the recipe to simply being 'BBQ dough.'
'You mean bread with some barbeque sauce? That’s not ribs,' one person wrote.
Another person warned: 'If I bite into ribs and it’s just seasoned bread, someone’s getting hurt.'
'You baked a cake lol,' someone else joked.
Others were rattled that Giovanni referred to the food as ‘ribs’ when no animal products were used in the recipe.
'Seriously, if you don’t want meat then why go through all the effort to make it look like meat?' one person asked.
'That charring looks amazing, but the word "ribs" is not an accurate representation of what it is,' said another person, while one more wrote: 'Vegans wanna eat meat so bad, it’s sad.'
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