Crispy on the outside, light and fluffy inside. These vegan waffles are super quick and easy and taste just like cake batter! They are a dream come true!
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Vegan Chicken and Waffles with Spicy Maple Syrup
Chicken and waffles is a very interesting Southern staple. It sounds strange, but it is pure perfection. It was also just itching to be turned into a fantastic vegan dish. I have seen recipes for vegetarian chicken and waffles using pre-made fake chicken and pre-made waffles. So I wanted to create recipe from scratch that you could make pretty easily, and I would like to say, I think this may be the best vegan chicken I have ever tasted. I also made a Belgian style waffle, and it is the perfect pairing. Light, crisp and fluffy waffles, topped with the perfect vegan chicken. Pour on top my spicy maple syrup, and prepare for one of the best meals of your life!
I have been playing around with this idea for a while now, and I finally decided that the perfect base for the vegan chicken would be chickpeas. Mashed chickpeas mixed with poultry seasoning, no chicken broth and vital wheat gluten, make the perfect chicken tender type situation! They were absolutely delicious in every way! The texture was great! The taste divine, and the combination of waffle, chicken and syrup was outrageous!
I had some friends over for Sunday brunch, and I made a big batch of citrus Sangria, and these chicken and waffles. They were a big hit, and while filling and carby, I actually didn’t feel like total crap afterwards like I do when I am eating lots of other brunch and breakfast carbs. These are way lighter and healthier than you might think. I still had energy after eating waffles, which is saying a lot. I usually feel like I need a nap immediately after eating any waffles or pancakes. This dish is different!
You also don’t really need any special equipment to make the chicken which makes me feel great about sharing this with you. I know not everyone has a food processor or blender. All you have to do is mash your chickpeas, I just used a potato masher, but a fork would work, and then stir in the remaining ingredients! Voila, you are ready for your best ever vegan chicken! Obviously, you need a waffle iron for the waffles, but that is it. Also, I think everyone needs a waffle iron anyways. You can do amazing things with it!
Make this immediately! You won’t regret it, it will change your life. Well, if your life is food, like mine is, anyways! I hope you enjoy!
Vegan Chicken and Waffles
2017-02-06 08:37:08
Serves 4
Crispy vegan chickpea chicken on top off fluffy waffles topped with spicy maple syrup!
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
15 min
Total Time
45 min
"Chicken"
- 1 Can of chickpeas
- 1/2 C. Vital wheat gluten
- 3 Tbsp. No chicken broth or veggie broth
- 1 tsp. Liquid smoke
- 2 tsp. Poultry seasoning
- A dash of salt and pepper
- 1/2 C. Cornstarch
- Oil for frying
Waffles
- 1 1/2 C. All purpose flour
- 1 tsp. Baking powder
- 1/2 C. Cornstarch
- 3 Tbsp. Sugar
- 2 tsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Vanilla
- 6 Tbsp. Veggie oil
- 2 C. Almond milk
- 2 tsp. Apple cider vinegar
- 4 Tbsp. Flax meal
- 6 Tbsp. Water
Spicy maple syrup
- 1/2 C. Maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp. Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Make the "chicken" first. Drain the chickpeas, and pour into a large mixing bowl. Mash pretty well, with a potato masher or a fork. You want a little texture, but mostly all mashed.
- Add the vital wheat gluten, the broth and all the seasonings. Mash all together, your hands may be the best tool for this. Mash and knead slightly until everything is combined and forms a dough. Shape into finger like shapes, so they look like chicken fingers.
- Heat about 1-1 1/2 in. of oil in a pan to about 300-350 degrees.
- Dredge the "chicken" in the cornstarch, and pat off excess. Once oil is hot, fry on each side for a few minutes until golden brown on each side.
- Make the waffles, add all the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Stir together.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, add vanilla and oil and whisk together. Set aside.
- Add the apple cider vinegar to the almond milk, and let sit for a few minutes until it curdles slightly creating vegan buttermilk.
- Make the flax eggs, by adding the flax meal to the water, whisk and let thicken for a minute.
- Add the vegan buttermilk, and flax eggs to the oil and vanilla. Whisk all together until fully combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until fully combined and smooth.
- Heat your waffle iron, and cook waffles according to your waffle iron's instructions.
- When the "chicken" and waffles are ready, whisk together the maple syrup and cayenne to make the spicy syrup.
- Serve a waffle with some "chicken" on top, and pour the syrup over all of it!
- Enjoy!
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Vegan Pumpkin Walnut Waffles with Cranberry Maple Syrup
Thanksgiving is next week, and I am definitely getting in the holiday mood. Besides actually cooking and baking, my other favorite thing to do is look at food, plan out menus, and brainstorm new ways to show the world how easy being vegan can be. We live really close to my husband’s family, and we go over to his brother’s house for Thanksgiving. So many people come, and I get so excited about all the food people bring. There are a lot of meat eaters of course, but I am definitely among other rabbits. My husband usually makes a seitan wellington, and the greatest vegan mashed potatoes of all time.
In the spirit of the holidays, I was brainstorming great holiday breakfasts, I have a few more up my sleeve as well. I was thinking about what would be quick and easy for guests or just yourself of course, but also super festive. I had never seen a cranberry maple syrup before, and I thought is sounded really delicious. It is,btw. Also, I have seen pumpkin waffles, but I really love the added texture of the walnuts. This whole flavor combination, pumpkin,walnut and cranberry, was really, really delicious.
We bought a waffle iron pretty recently actually, and it was the best decision ever. My husband spent weeks waffling everything. I highly recommend getting one if you don’t have one already. I love how easy it makes things. If truth be told, I hate watching and flipping pancakes. A waffle iron makes everything so much easier. They even have a light to tell you when the waffle is ready. This is a simple recipe that is made even easier by the use of a waffle iron.
These waffles are also insanely delicious with just regular maple syrup if you feel like skipping that step. I recommend both the cranberry and regular syrup. They tastes amazing with both. I love the color of the cranberry syrup though, it is so beautiful!
I hope you enjoy! They are truly scrumptious. Adapted from Epicurious.
Tools I used:
Hamilton Beach Flip Belgian Waffle Maker with Removable Plates (26030)
Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless Saucepan with Cover, 1 1/2 Quart
Thunder Group GLTWSY014 Syrup Dispenser with Cast Zinc Top, 14-Ounce
Vegan Pumpkin Walnut Waffles with Cranberry Maple Syrup
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Total Time: 30m
- Serves: 4
- Yield: 4-6 waffles
- Category: Breakfast
Ingredients
Waffle batter
- 1 1/4 c All purpose flour
- 3 tbsp. Brown Sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp. Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. Ginger
- 1/4 tsp. Cloves
- 4 tbsp. Flax seed
- 6 tbsp. Water
- 1 c Almond milk
- 1 tsp. Apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 c Pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 3 tbsp. Vegan butter, I use Earth Balance (melted)
- 2/3 c Walnuts(chopped)
Cranberry maple syrup
- 1 1/2 c Cranberries,fresh
- 3/4 c Water
- 1/2 c Maple syrup
- 2 tbsp. Sugar (optional, if you want it to be a little sweeter)
Instructions
- Make the syrup, add all the ingredients to a sauce pan. Heat on medium, stir to combine, and simmer until all the cranberries burst. Strain through a fine sieve, and set aside.
- Make the batter, add all the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
- Combine the flax and water to make flax eggs, add them to the dry ingredients.
- Mix the almond milk and apple cider vinegar together and stir. Let sit for a minute to make vegan buttermilk. Add the milk, pumpkin, vanilla and melted vegan butter to the dry ingredients. Whisk together until fully combined.
- Add chopped walnuts and stir together. Pour into waffle iron and cook according to your waffle iron’s instructions.
- Serve immediately with cranberry syrup. They are also delicious with just regular maple syrup.
I would love to hear from you, questions, comments, concerns, feel free to leave me some feedback!
Vegan Apple Fritter Waffles
My husband and I will have been married for five years in a few months. I wanted to get married on Halloween, but the year we got married Halloween fell on a Monday, so we decided to get hitched the Saturday before on October 29th. For our honeymoon, we got a cute log cabin in the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee. With October fast approaching, and year five being kind of a milestone, I have been thinking a bit about our honeymoon. We had so much fun. The leaves were colors I had never seen before( being that I am from the super south, and leaves don’t change color) it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen.
Towards the end of our trip, we went to a place called The Apple Barn in Pigeon Forge. They have everything an apple lover could ever want. We shared some cider and some fritters, and they were amazing! We tried to return in January, this time with our daughter, and they were closed for remodeling. It was devastating. I really wanted to share all that amazingness with our daughter. So, while thinking about how much I love it in the Smokey Mountains, and our super cool honeymoon, I found The Apple Barn apple fritter recipe. I then made is vegan, refined sugar free and turned it into a waffle.
They are amazing. Super fluffy, light and just sweet enough without killing you for the rest of the day and dragging you down. I need my breakfast sweets to not go overboard, or I will conch out in the middle of the day. I used pink lady apples, but anything will work, if you want it a little more on the tart side, I would go with Granny Smith and if you like a little sweeter go with something more like the Pink Lady. Please enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 1/2 C. Cake flour
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1 tsp. Salt
1 C. Almond milk
1 tsp. Apple cider vinegar
1/3 C. Maple syrup
1 Flax egg ( 2 Tbsp. Flax meal+3 Tbsp water= 1 egg)
2 C. Chopped apples of choice
3 Tbsp. Vegan butter ( I use Earth Balance)
1 tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
- 1. Make vegan buttermilk by mixing the almond milk and apple cider vinegar together and set aside for a few minutes.
- Make Flax egg and set aside. Preheat waffle iron.
- Mix together all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- In a smaller mixing bowl combine all wet, buttermilk, flax, maple syrup, vegan butter and vanilla.
- Add wet to dry ingredients and stir until fully combined.
- Fold in chopped apples.
- Spoon mixture onto waffle iron and cook according to your machines instructions. Mine had a light that tells you when it is ready.
- Serve with maple syrup or glaze of choice!
This should make about four waffles. Enjoy and be happy!
Tools I used:
Oster CKSTWFBF10MR-ECO DuraCeramic Flip Waffle Maker, Candy Apple Red
Cuisinart Advantage 12-Piece Knife Set, Bright (6 knives and 6 knife covers)