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No eggs? Try chicken miso meatballs, tofu scramble, vegan Caesar and peanut-butter chocolate-chip cookies.
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It’s a tough time for egg lovers. With avian flu limiting supplies in supermarkets all over the country, chicken egg prices are rising to luxury food levels — how soon till they show up on tasting menus as “chicken caviar?” And that’s if you can even find them. Some store shelves are bare, a sad situation for ovivores that could continue for a while.
But we here at New York Times Cooking are all about solutions. Genevieve Ko has created a terrific guide to egg substitutes to get you through egg-based projects like baking. And in today’s email I’m focusing on eggless versions of traditionally eggful recipes.
Most meatball recipes call for eggs to bind the ground meat. Yet Kay Chun skips them entirely in her tender chicken miso meatballs. Her dish calls for a mash of crumbled Ritz crackers moistened with milk and spiked with garlic and miso, which helps the ground chicken keep its shape beautifully and bake up into golden, flavorful morsels. Kay suggests serving these with a quick dipping sauce of soy mixed with vinegar and some chopped scallions. I like to add a little grated ginger, too, for an added kick.
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Sarah DiGregorio replaces runny eggs with seafood in her shrimp in purgatory. A clever take on an Italian classic, it’s perfect for when you’re craving a spicy, garlicky, tomato-filled dish that can be pulled together in under half an hour. Filled with roasted red peppers and capers, Sarah’s version of the “purgatory” sauce is an especially tangy contrast next to the sweetness of the shrimp. Serve it with toasted bread for a speedy dinner or a heavenly, egg-free breakfast.
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