Jason has been asking for fried chicken lately, so I was super excited when I came across this recipe from Chef Robert Martin.  It has the perfect texture of regular fried chicken-crispy on the outside tender on the inside.

The taste is pretty close to conventional fried chicken and everyone in the house gave it a thumbs up. I even had to make another bag because they asked for more. :-)

Watch me make the recipe here…

Additional info:

Here's what the Gardein chicken fillets look like....

*Gardein is a very popular brand of vegan chicken and most grocery chains carry their products.

*You don't have to wrap your chicken in rice paper but it does make it nice and crispy. You can find rice paper in the international section of your grocery store.

*I made my own nut butter by blending together 2 cups of cashews and 1/3 cup of soy milk. 

*I only used 1 cup of flour for the batter and that was plenty.

*I skipped the 1 tablespoon of blackening spice because I didn't have any

*The chicken is best served hot

*Here's the mac n cheese recipe I used

This recipe is from Chef Roberto Martin, who just released a new vegan cookbook, Vegan Cooking for Carnivores. Martin told the Today show that he never experimented with vegan cooking until Ellen hired him. He just took all of Ellen & Portia de Rossi's favorite meals and replaced the dairy and meat with vegan alternatives.  This is the best way to approach vegan cooking. :-)

Let me know what you think when you try this recipe. :-)

Song Playing While I Cooked...

Zapp & Roger-More Bounce to the Ounce