Vegan Chicken Nuggets With Chipotle Mayo

These seitan vegan chicken nuggets are crispy and crunchy and so easy to make! Pair them up with a chipotle mayo dipping sauce for a dinner that kids and adults alike will love.

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Sometimes you just crave a crunchy dippable treat like the air fried oyster mushrooms or these cauliflower wings. These vegan chicken nuggets will satisfy that craving.

Made with seitan, which is surprisingly like meat once it's cooked, these nuggets will satisfy those nugget cravings. Seitan, sometimes referred to as "wheat meat", is really easy to make at home. All you need is vital wheat gluten and a bit of water and a few spices to jazz it up!

Top tip: You might also enjoy my panko crusted tofu nuggets.

Ingredients in Seitan Chicken Nuggets

• Vital Wheat Gluten: Vital wheat gluten (or seitan) is made by hydrating wheat flour to activate the gluten (the main protein in wheat.) Once cooked, it makes an amazing meat substitute.
• Chickpeas: You can use any white bean for this recipe. The final chicken nugget will take on the color of the bean you choose.
• Soy Milk: We'll be making a vegan buttermilk for the batter by combining soy milk with apple cider vinegar. You can use any plant based milk that you prefer.
• Apple Cider Vinegar: Apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice) plus your favorite plant based milk equals vegan buttermilk!
• Paprika: Paprika adds a lovely smoky flavor.
• Garlic Powder: Garlic powder is less assertive than raw garlic, and it blends in more easily.
• Onion Powder: Onion powder has a a sharp, but sweet flavor that works well in recipes like this.
• Nutritional Yeast: Nutritional yeast adds a nice, funky background flavor, plus it gives your seitan chicken nuggets a huge nutritional boost.
• Vegetable Broth: We'll be adding a small amount of vegetable broth to the seitan to form a dough. You can use a homemade broth or a store bought one.
• Flour: All purpose flour is the best choice here.
• Breadcrumbs: Breadcrumbs are what will give your vegan chicken nuggets that appealing crunchy texture that everyone loves. You can use homemade, store bought or even panko breadcrumbs.
• Olive Oil: The beauty of this recipe, is that these seitan chicken nuggets are baked and not fried, which means they're healthier and much lower in calories than nuggets that are fried. You only need a little bit of olive oil to brush the nuggets with, but you'll still get that crispy coating that everyone loves in vegan chicken nuggets.

Instructions

• Combine your soy milk and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl and set it aside. The milk will curdle, thicken and split, which is what we want. Soy milk and apple cider vinegar make vegan buttermilk!
• Now put a large pot of water onto boil.
• Combine your vital wheat gluten, chickpeas, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika and vegetable broth in the bowl of your food processor. Pulse until the mixture forms a dough.
• Take the dough out of the processor and knead it a few times. Be careful not to over knead your dough.
• Roll your dough into a log and cut off ½ inch pieces. Flatten each piece with your hand to form your seitan chicken nuggets. Set your nuggets aside until all the pieces are cut.
• Drop your vegan chicken nuggets into the boiling water and boil them for 15 minutes.
• While your nuggets are boiling, preheat your oven to 425 F (220 C).
• Remove your nuggets from the boiling water with a slotted spoon and transfer them to a clean plate.
• Prepare your dredging station by combining the flour, garlic powder, onion powder smoked paprika and vegan buttermilk in a large, shallow bowl. Put your breadcrumbs in a separate bowl.
• Dredge your vegan chicken nuggets in the batter followed by the breadcrumbs, and put them on your baking sheet.
• Brush each nugget with olive oil and bake them for 25-30 minutes, turning them over once at the half way point.
• Prepare your chipotle mayonnaise by combining your vegan mayo with your chipotle sauce.
• Serve your seitan chicken nuggets hot out of the oven with your dipping sauce. Enjoy!

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