FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES-- CRISPY SOY CURL OVEN-"FRIES"

I'm sorry I haven't blogged for so long!  This is company time on the island, so we've been super-busy entertaining. I haven't had time to devise anything new lately-- I've been cooking up tried and true recipes for my guests! So, I'm posting an old favorite family recipe this week.

This was a spur of the moment recipe that I devised several years ago. I wanted to do something different with Butler Soy Curls® (see this post for info), but any "chicken-style" seitan cut into strips or commercial vegan “chicken” strips will work, too. Kids of all ages love them! Serve them with any favorite dip,barbecue sauce, or chile sauce (I mixed half ketchup and half tomato salsa), and enjoy!

Printable Recipe

BRYANNA'S VEGAN "CHICKEN" FRIES

Serves 4

4 oz Soy Curls® (pick out and use the longest strips), reconstituted in hot chicken-style

vegan broth OR use 4 cups “chickeny" seitan cut into "fingers"

1 cup soy or nut milk

1 Tbs lemon juice

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Coating:

1/2 cup cornmeal

1/3 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 Tbs paprika

1/2 Tbs dried oregano

1/2 Tbs salt

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

freshly-ground black pepper to taste

oil from a pump sprayer bottle

In a large flat baking dish, mix the reconstituted, drained Soy Curls®, or the seitan

"fingers", with the soymilk, lemon juice and garlic. Let it marinate for 1 to 4 hours in the

refrigerator.

Mix together the Coating mixture ingredients well in another flat baking dish.

Preheat the oven to 400° F. Have ready two large dark-colored baking sheets which have been  

sprayed with oil from a pump sprayer bottle.

Just before serving, dredge each strip in the Coating mixture, covering all sides. Place

the strips, not touching, on the baking sheets. Spray the tops with a bit of oil from a

pump sprayer bottle.

Bake for 10 minutes, then turn the strips over and bake 5 more minutes, until golden and

crispy. Serve hot with your favorite dip or sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition (per serving): 214.0 calories; 24% calories from fat; 5.9g total fat; 0.0mg

cholesterol; 887.4mg sodium; 201.5mg potassium; 27.6g carbohydrates; 6.2g fiber; 2.9g

sugar; 14.4g protein. 

Enjoy!