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    How to make a Flax Egg or Chia Egg

    How to make a flax egg or Chia egg | VeganRicha.com #eggsubstitute #flaxegg #chiaegg

    Egg substitutes in eggless baking can be just a simple substitution for most recipes. Use 1 flax egg or 1 chia egg as a direct substitute for muffins, quick breads, cakes, cookies, burgers etc. 

    Depending on how the recipe uses the egg, use chia egg when you need more binding, and flax for most other needs. Flax seeds come in brown and golden colors. Chia seeds come in black and white color. Use white chia seeds or golden flax seeds when you don’t want specks to show up in the end result. Flax seed meal (ground flax seed) is also available to buy. Flax seed meal goes rancid quickly. Store it in the freezer. The better option is to buy whole flax seeds, grind into a meal as needed, or grind small amounts and store in the freezer. 

    Pictured above are brown flax seeds, white chia seeds, flax seed meal and chia seed meal. 

    Flax seed egg needs 2.5 tablespoons water to make a flax egg. Chia seeds use 3 tablespoons or more as they gel up really well. You can also use aquafaba instead of water to make the flax or chia egg. The combination of aquafaba + chia/flax apparently should work even better as an egg sub, but I haven’t tried it enough times to vouch for it. 

     

    How to make a flax egg or Chia egg | VeganRicha.com #eggsubstitute #flaxegg #chiaegg

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    How to make a Flax Egg

    How to make a Flax Egg. Make a flax seed meal + water gel like mixture to replace egg in baking. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe
    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time5 mins
    Total Time10 mins
    Course: Basics
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 1
    Calories: 55kcal
    Author: Vegan Richa

    Ingredients

    • 1 Tbsp flax seed meal preferrably freshly coarsely ground flax seeds
    • 2.5 Tbsp water preferably room temperature or warm

    Instructions

    • Mix the flax seed meal and water. Let it sit for 5 minutes until it thickens, then use.

    Notes

    Nutritional values based on one serving

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    How to make a Flax Egg
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 55 Calories from Fat 36
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 4g6%
    Sodium 8mg0%
    Potassium 83mg2%
    Carbohydrates 2g1%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Protein 1g2%
    Calcium 26mg3%
    Iron 0.6mg3%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    5 from 3 votes

    How to make a Chia Egg

    How to make a Chia Egg. Use chia seeds or chia seed meal + water to make a gel mixture to use as egg in baking. Vegan Gluten-free Recipe
    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time5 mins
    Total Time10 mins
    Course: Basics
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 1
    Calories: 58kcal
    Author: Vegan Richa

    Ingredients

    • 1 Tbsp chia seeds or chia seed meal coarsely ground chia seeds
    • 3 Tbsp water

    Instructions

    • Mix the chia seeds or meal in water. Let it sit for 5 minutes. Mix again and use.

    Notes

    Nutritional values based on one serving

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    How to make a Chia Egg
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 58 Calories from Fat 27
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 3g5%
    Sodium 4mg0%
    Potassium 48mg1%
    Carbohydrates 5g2%
    Fiber 4g17%
    Protein 1g2%
    Calcium 76mg8%
    Iron 0.9mg5%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

     

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Stéphy

      November 27, 2020 at 3:03 pm

      5 stars
      Hi! I was wondering if the chia egg can be made the night before, as you would with a chia seed pudding? Thank you 🙂

      Reply
      • Richa

        November 28, 2020 at 5:29 am

        You can make it to keep it overnight. It’s not necessary though as it will thicken in 15 mins in warm hot waters

        Reply
        • Stéphy

          November 29, 2020 at 4:30 pm

          5 stars
          Thank you so much! It worked really well with warm water! I used it to make banana bread 🙂

          Reply
          • Richa

            November 30, 2020 at 2:57 am

            Awesome

            Reply
    2. Carolyn

      November 25, 2020 at 7:11 am

      Thank you for this, Richa. Does a chia egg sub blend with sugar as it doesn’t seem to have enough liquid. Just don’t want to waste any sugar. Thank you so much.

      Reply
      • Richa

        November 25, 2020 at 12:11 pm

        I am not sure I understand your question. There is enough liquid for the chia seeds to make a egg like thick state. I don’t know where the sugar comes in as sugar is also dry

        Reply
    3. Deena Dolgoy

      November 09, 2019 at 3:45 pm

      I think you meant 7 teaspoons of water added to Flax seeds not 7 tbsp water.
      Thank you for the method of making a Chia egg and mentioning it having more binding power than flax.
      Very helpful.

      Reply
      • Richa

        November 09, 2019 at 5:45 pm

        Yes you are right. Not sure why that shows as tbsp. updating

        Reply
    4. Donna

      July 20, 2019 at 5:47 am

      5 stars
      Thank you this is exactly what I was looking for!

      Reply
    5. Rubytwoshoes

      May 29, 2019 at 11:48 pm

      5 stars
      Awesome,
      I appreciate your comment on the better binding power of the chia over flax. I was wondering about that.

      Reply
      • Richa

        May 30, 2019 at 10:25 am

        thanks!

        Reply

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