how many grams in a tablespoon of meat extender?

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• How many grams in a tablespoon of meat extender?
  About 5.5 g per level tablespoon of dry granules. Scooped heaping straight from the bag, you'll pick up closer to 7–8 g, since TVP granules sit loosely and don't compress much. For meal prep where you're scaling a 1-cup recipe down to a single serving, 2 tablespoons (11 g) plus 2 tablespoons broth is the working ratio.
• Why would I measure meat extender by the tablespoon instead of by the cup?
  Single-serving cooking. If you're browning a quarter pound of beef for one burrito bowl or a Tuesday-night burger, a full cup of TVP is too much — you'd stretch four servings out of a one-serving cook. Two to three tablespoons (11–17 g) hydrated with the same volume of broth fits the actual amount of meat in front of you.
• Does a tablespoon of TVP taste like soy in the finished dish?
  At the tablespoon scale in a seasoned dish, no — 5.5 g of granules disappears into a quarter pound of ground beef once it's hydrated with beef broth and simmered with the rest of the seasoning. Soy notes start showing up when the dry-to-meat ratio climbs past 1:2 by weight, which is well beyond a tablespoon-per-quarter-pound add.

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