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Why I Love Vegan Shredded Chicken

My friend Margie introduced me to this recipe. I was incredulous when she told me you could make seitan chicken using just two ingredients. Really, just one. Gluten flour (with water)! This recipe is incredibly versatile and could be used anywhere you’d normally use a shredded chicken replacement. My favorite use for it is chicken salad spread. I love that it’s truly the easiest thing to make, it has so much personality, and it’s incredibly versatile.

What is Vegan Shredded Chicken

Vegan shredded chicken is made from gluten flour mixed with a liquid and often has many seasonings added. Most recipes available call for rolling the dough into a log, wrapping it, and either steaming it or baking it. Following this method, you will achieve a much firmer, sliceable result.

This baked seitan recipe is incredibly simple with only one ingredient: gluten flour! Then the magic happens in the oven. You put in a small lump of dough and out comes a pillowy mountain of crispy golden seitan! It’s probably the craziest recipe I’ve ever made. It’s light and airy, making it the perfect texture for a shredded chicken replacement.

This vegan shredded chicken recipe is loaded with protein without any drawbacks. No added oil, not high in sodium, no artificial ingredients. Just pure and simple gluten flour.

Ingredients & Directions

The ingredients for this one are pretty simple. Just gluten flour and water. Mix one cup of gluten flour with one cup of water, or as I did in the pictures, you can double or even triple the recipe. If you’re just feeding your family, one recipe should suffice.

Form the dough into a ball (one ball per recipe), place on a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet, and bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. That’s when the magic happens!

How to use Vegan Shredded Chicken

My favorite way to use this shredded chicken is to shred it in the food processor and make it into a chicken salad spread. Typically we eat it as a sandwich, but it is absolutely delicious as a cracker dip for a party appetizer.

My friend who shared this recipe with me loves to use it to make barbecue sliders.

It would also be a great base for meat for tacos or burritos, or shredded for chicken noodle soup. The possibilities are endless with this one!

How to Store Vegan Shredded Chicken

To store the shredded chicken, place it in a sealed container or ziploc bag in the refrigerator, either shredded or whole, and store up to one week.

This recipe also freezes well. Freeze whole or shredded.

Notes

We have tried seasoning this seitan recipe. Interestingly, adding seasonings impacts the rising and alters the texture, in our experience.

This seitan comes out of the oven looking so awesome with a taut, crispy, golden skin and fully puffed! You might be tempted to shoot a picture to send to your incredulous family and friends. Grab that shot quick; it quickly deflates.