These vegan scrambled eggs are made with chickpea flour instead of tofu for a filling and high protein breakfast scramble.
These vegan scrambled eggs don’t have any tofu!
The main ingredient? Chickpea flour.
Chickpea flour has a wonderfully eggy texture and when spiced the right way, can taste quite a bit like eggs. We used it for our vegan omelette as well.
So if you’re someone who would love a good vegan scramble but can’t do tofu, then this is right up your street. However, if you DO eat tofu, then you’ll definitely love our super ‘eggy’ vegan tofu scramble.
How To Make Vegan Scrambled Eggs
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- Prepare your scramble mix, which is a mix of chickpea flour, soy milk (can be switched for almond milk), nutritional yeast, turmeric, dijon mustard, garlic powder, black salt (kala namak) and onion powder. Whisk it up into a smooth sauce.
- Add chopped onion to a frying pan with olive oil and sauté until softened.
- Add sliced mushroom and chopped tomato and sauté until softened.
- Then pour your scramble mix over your veggies and cook until it starts to firm up like a pancake. Then begin to scramble it and break it up and flip the pieces until everything is cooked and it resembles scrambled eggs.
- If the scramble begins to stick at any point, then add some more oil.
Ingredient Notes
Black Salt aka Kala Namak is a magical ingredient that makes things taste like eggs. If you eat some off your finger you’ll get a heck of a shock because it’s like eggs x 100. And not in a good way. Like super sulphery. But when added to recipes in a small amount, it’s awesome and makes things taste very eggy.
If this doesn’t sound good to you then you can just switch it for regular salt but I highly recommend you give it a try at least once. You can get it from Amazon if it’s not available locally.
Turmeric is just for color, so if you don’t want to use it you can just leave it out.
We used soy milk but you can replace this with a different non-dairy milk such as almond milk if you want this to be soy-free.
Pro Tips for Vegan Scrambled Eggs
Use a non-stick pan. This can get quite sticky. We tried it in a pan that isn’t non-stick and it stuck – badly! So switching to a non-stick pan made all the difference.
You still might need to add a bit more oil while you’re frying if it gets a little sticky, but non-stick is going to be the way forward here.
This is definitely best served fresh and hot and straight from the frying pan, but if you do have leftovers, they will keep for 3-4 days in the fridge. Just reheat them in the frying pan with a little oil.
More Vegan Breakfast Recipes
- Vegan Pancakes
- Simple Tofu Scramble
- Vegan French Toast
- Vegan Omelette
- Vegan Hash Browns
- Vegan Banana Pancakes
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Vegan Scrambled Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Olive Oil
- ½ Medium Onion White, Yellow or Brown, Chopped
- 1 Medium Tomato Chopped
- 1 ½ cups Mushrooms Sliced
Vegan Scramble Mix:
- ½ cup Chickpea Flour (46g)
- ½ cup Soy Milk (120ml) or other non-dairy milk
- 2 Tbsp Nutritional Yeast
- ½ tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- ¼ tsp Black Salt Kala Namak
- ¼ tsp Onion Powder
Instructions
- Prepare your scramble mix by adding chickpea flour, soy milk, nutritional yeast, turmeric, dijon mustard, garlic powder, black salt and onion powder to a measuring jug and whisking everything together well.
- Place a non-stick frying pan on the heat and add the olive oil and chopped onion and sauté until the onions are softened.
- Add in the chopped tomato and sliced mushrooms and sauté until softened.
- Pour your scramble mix over the veggies and cook until the mixture begins to firm up like a pancake. Then start breaking it up with your spatula and scrambling and flipping the mix until the whole scramble is cooked and no longer wet.
- If the scramble starts to stick at any point, add in a little more oil.
- Serve with toasted ciabatta, fresh avocado and sprinkles of black pepper and chives.
Notes
- Use a non-stick pan. This can get quite sticky. We tried it in a pan that isn’t non-stick and it stuck – badly! So switching to a non-stick pan made all the difference.
You still might need to add a bit more oil while you’re frying if it gets a little sticky, but a non-stick pan is really important in this recipe. - Storing. This is definitely best served fresh and hot and straight from the frying pan, but if you do have leftovers, they will keep for 3-4 days in the fridge.
Made this tonight to just have a quick easy dinner. It’s definitely a different texture from eggs, but the flavor is great! I had it on toast with Mayo and chives. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
So happy you enjoyed it Beth! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve made this recipe a few times already and enjoyed it each time. The last time I made it I added sofrito instead of tomatoes topped with vegan shredded Mexican style cheese. It was even more delicious. Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
So happy you enjoyed it Jacqui! Thanks for sharing!
With all due respect and appreciation for this recipe (and with a certain amount of operator-error acknowledgement thrown in), I tried it twice, once just plain scrambled, and once with all kinds of yummy veg….at the end of the day, it just seemed like cooked dough nuggets. I really miss scrambled eggs…this recipe made me miss them even more. I am pleased that this recipe works for so many…just not my bag, I guess. Thank you anyway!!
Hi Mayura, if it’s not your cup of tea (and if you can eat tofu) then try our tofu scramble next time instead. All the best!
I made this for the first time and had trouble getting the consistency correct. It was too thick and I did add more almond milk. I know not all chickpea flour is created equal. It still tasted good. I sautéed peppers and mushrooms and served it in a wrap. I saw one of the comments about adding more milk. I will try that next time to thin out the consistency. Also, everyone’s spice palate is different. I would add more spices next time. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will be making it again. It is a great alternative to our “normal” tofu scramble.
Thanks so much for sharing Doug!
Will definitely use this recipe again! Ate it in a tortilla with some mango habanero salsa. So good.
Sounds delish! Thanks Ellen!
Tasted good but wasn’t quite the right texture. Will add corn starch and baking powder next time.
I made it to add to fried rice. It worked perfectly! I did not have black salt, but will get some now. Even without that it had a nice taste. Looking forward to scrambles with this!
So happy to hear that Heather, thanks for the awesome review.
Would this recipe work baking in a convection oven instead of in a pan?
I’m not sure, I’ve never tried that.
Love this recipe but putting 150ml of plant milk (instead of 120ml) was a game changer. I used to really struggle to cook it through. More like crepe batter and not pancake batter.
So glad you figured out a way to make it work best for you! Thanks for sharing!
This recipe is a keeper! So yum!! Thank you
Thanks Connie!
I tried this recipe for the first time today. I threw in some diced red bell pepper that I had. I liked this for breakfast. It gave me another use for the chickpea flour I had sitting around since the last time I made falafels. I think next time I make this I’ll try adding a little more plant milk to make it a little less firm unless someone comes up with a better idea.
Hi. Have you ever made just the mixture the night before and cooked in the morning?
I haven’t but I’m sure it would work!
About how long will the mixture could last in the fridge to cook later?
This recipe was amazing! I halved it and added 1/8 tsp of smoked paprika and a few leftover broccoli florets. After I “flipped” the mixture I added vegan smoked Gouda and wrapped it in a tortilla. I finished off my breakfast burrito by browning the sides and it was the most delicious, satisfying, and filling breakfast. Now I’ve got to get more chickpea flour because I will definitely make this a regular meal. Maybe even make a few at a time and freeze them.
Sounds delicious Lindsey! Thanks so much for sharing!