Okay, faux what? While I dislike rebranding hearty plant-based alternatives as a ‘mock’ variety of a dead animal, it’s what catches peoples’ attention.
So, like it or not, this recipe is for faux chick-n that tastes so good, I’ve actually had people (vegetarian or vegan, as expected) freak out on me for serving them meat.
“No, it’s ‘fake’ …erm, chick-n” I’ve always stated.
Regardless, sometimes I have to show them the dehydrator to prove that it is, in fact, made from some unlikely plant-based ingredients and, of course, with lots of love.
Because finding suitable, grounding meat alternatives can be tough for those transitioning to a high-vibe, plant-baed diet, I’m sharing this super awesome recipe with you guys today.
Use it:
- On Salads
- On Raw Fettucine Pasta
- In Sandwiches (raw or not – who cares!)
- In wraps
- On its own w/ ‘raw’ BBQ sauce or Ketchup!
Enjoy!
Raw ‘Chick-N’ {Plant-based, Live-Food, Delicious*}
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Serving Size: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
Nuggets:
- 1/3 c cup coconut nectar
- 2 T apple cider vinegar
- 3 T chia seeds, soaked 10 mins
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 T chili powder
- 1 T miso
- 1 t cayenne
- 1 t cumin
- 1 t salt
- 1 cup sun dried tomatoes, soaked 1 hour
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 3 ears corn
- 1 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 cup ground sunflower seeds
- 2 cup ground sesame seeds
(Optional): Coating / Breading
- 1 cup ground flaxseed
- 1 t chile pepper
- 1/2 t salt
Directions:
- Add the maple syrup and apple cider vinegar to the blender and pulse.Next add in the garlic, chili powder, miso, cayenne, cumin, salt, and chia seeds. Blend again.
- Add onion, tomato, sun-dried tomatoes, and corn. If you start having problems blending, just use a spatula to move the mixture down and make sure everything is getting blended.
- Pour this mixture into a bowl and clean out your blender.
- Grind sunflower and sesame seeds in a high-speed blender or coffee grinder.
- Add your ground seeds and nutritional yeast in with the mixture already in your bowl, and mix everything together with a spatula.
- In a small bowl, assemble your breading mixture by just tossing together your ground flax, chili pepper, and salt.
- To make our patties, use a large soup spoon to scoop it up, and form into a patty shape, coat each patty with your breading mixture, then lay it on your dehydrator sheet, or on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Dehydrate overnight, store in an air-tight container up to 7 days.
Yes, it seems like a lot of work. It actually goes really fast once you get the hang of it.
If you’d like to try a carrot pulp version, CLICK HERE!
(Does it “taste like chicken”?) Comment below and please share this recipe!
You deserve to live a life you love!
Sincerely,
