Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fried Chick'N


I've noticed that a few vegan restaurants out here in Los Angeles serve fried chick'n. I was curious on how they were able to imitate the texture, so I started looking up recipes and I came up on one from Art Smith. I love Gardein so I figured I'd give this recipe a try. It was so easy to make the fried chick'n and the end result was really delicious. My only suggestion is to make sure your chick'n cutlets are frozen. I left mine out to long and they defrosted a little. When that happened, they became extra fragile and began to break really easily. Please do try this recipe, you won't be disappointed : ]


Fried Chick-N
Serves 4

Ingredients
* 1 package Gardein Chick-N Scallopini
* 2 cups soy milk
* 1 Tb tabasco
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1 tsp garlic powder
* 1 tsp old bay seasoning
* 2 tsp cayenne pepper
* 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
* Olive oil or vegetable oil for deep frying

Directions
1. Place the chick-n in a medium bowl and add the soy milk and tabasco. Stir well to coat.

2. In a separate shallow bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, garlic powder, old bay, cayenne and black pepper.

3. Shake the extra marinade off the chick-n and then dredge in flour.

4. Shake off extra flour and then dredge again in the marinade and coat again in flour.

5. Add enough oil in a deep large skillet to create a depth of 1 inch. Heat over medium high heat until oil reaches 350 F.

6. Fry the chicken in batches until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

7. Drain on paper towels and serve.

12 comments:

  1. Yummy! I have to try this. I tried to flour this same product and it turns out great. I will do this sometime this week. Thanks!!

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  2. This looks and sounds seriously amazing!

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  3. I've had fried Gardein tenders at Yard House and I used to get someone else to taste test a tiny bite because they look so real.

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  4. oh, cool! I bought the scallopini a few weeks ago and couldn't stand it, but! fried chick'n style solves all.

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  5. I've always wanted to try that scallopini! Now you gave me a reason to go for it! Yum. -Jesse @HGLV

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  6. I've wondered about vegan (or even vegetarian) fried chicken as well. Your post will force me to have to try it.

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  7. Your posts always make me so hungry!

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  8. Yum!! Thanks for sharing! :-)

    Blessings, Debra
    Raw Vegan Diet

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  9. Mmmmm, fried yummy comfort food. I've been wanting to make something similar (breaded/fried), but with chickpeas as the base. Looks delicious!

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  10. A lot of restaurants use May Wah.
    http://www.vegieworld.com/

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  11. I just wanted to say your blog is amazing! This is probably the BEST vegan food blog I've come across. I'm a new vegan in the kitchen and your pictures are gorgeous, your instructions on point. You are super creative and I love looking through your recipes! I'll go ahead and say thanks for the dinner tonight, I'm inspired to be the one that actually cooks! (My boyfriend usually takes over).

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