Ultimate Plant Based Fried Chicken?! 

I was invited to a potluck party at my workplace few years back and there was this lovely coworker who knew that I was vegan and she got me this mouthwatering vegan fried chicken with same ingredient and I couldn’t tell the difference. I was very grateful to her for respecting my vegan eating style and not to eat any animal product while some of the other coworkers were mocking me for being vegan and telling me that I’m missing out on life and other non sense things and literally asking me to try their meet based foods.

I am from Texas, in the country. Everything was fried. I recently tried the fried mushrooms. The mushrooms were to die for!!!!!!!! They brought back deep fried memories of my childhood, especially because I cooked them in the cast iron skillet my Granny gave me almost 40 years ago. Cheers!

I'm HERE for this 😍😍😍 Update: I tried the jackfruit and mushrooms. Mushrooms won by a mile and the batter coating is delicious!

LOVE this exploration into vegan fried chicken - the oyster mushrooms look the tastiest for sure, but its hard to dismiss how protein-packed and simple the tofu version is. Your videos are an inspiration as always!

So in Mexico the oyster mushrooms are cetas and my mom used to make us cetas con mole so like a vegan version of chicken mole ! Sooo delicious and growing up I had to take a double look because oyster mushrooms can imitate chicken texture so well ☺️

I strongly recommend you checking out the Chicken of the Woods mushroom. It literally has the closest texture to meat that I have ever seen in a mushroom. Fry it up and it tastes just fantastic!

I love how natural and upbeat you are. I'm starting to branch out on my vegan recipes, I've never tried making seitan but I want to do it now!

I was amazingly surprised how good the oyster mushroom fried chicken version was. Didn't tell the wife and kids until after they finished. A 2nd and 3rd piece. New fans indeed.

This was an AMAZING video! It really helped me with a possible solution for that missing piece of plant-based chicken on our family menu here in Livermore, California! Thanks to the crew too!

His recipes always looks so so good, I wish I had the time to cook like this as plant based eaters are very overlooked and I notice people think just because your plant based all you want to eat is salads and square unflavored tofu🤦🏾‍♀️

I tried to look up a chemical analysis of the 11 herbs and spices and a couple sites claimed that when a chemical analysis was done the coating was just flour, salt, pepper and msg.

Love the format of this video! Amazing job guys, as always. Truly a pleasure to watch your content 🙌

I just discovered you recently! You are such a vibrant soul and I am so grateful to have stumbled across your gifts😍 I'm smiling from the beginning of your videos to the very end. You and your whole crew are the best and you guys make me smile and laugh so much! You guys are amazing! So proud of your lifestyle changes, especially leaving the big city to be one with nature and yourself. You are demonstrating an incredible balance in life! All emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually! That's huge and very rare at your age. Anyways, I just wanted to Express my gratitude for you. Sending you so much love, prayers, and blessings along your journey in life and many blessings towards all of your present and future endeavours always 💜🙏🏼💜💋 Sending love from C🇨🇦N🇨🇦D🇨🇦

Gaz always delivers. Impossible not to love him. 😌

Gaz, could you please make tortellini? I have never eaten good tortellini since I went vegan and that was freaking 9 years ago 😭 please!

Thanks to you and all your taste testers!! You are amazing 😋🌱💚

This video was awesome. I just wanted to tell anyone who sees this to try and boil your canned jackfruit way ahead of time if you can. It gets rid of the weird briny taste

I’m loving your ideas!

I absolutely love the vintage vibes sprinkled throughout your video. The font, the sounds, and more! This is a great video!

Thank you so much for these high standard yet so accessible and easy to prepare recipes. I definitely need to try the oyster one. Lots of love from Spain 🌱💚

Best recipe I've made this year, hands down! I try at least 3 - 4 new recipes a week and in many cases make quite a bit of alterations. This one is perfect as is and I wouldn't change a thing. I opted for the extra firm tofu option, even though I was like "Woah woah, all the flavor from your breading? Let's see my guy." The family went nuts for this and I can't wait to make it again. I made some collard greens, mashed potatoes with gravy and biscuits to bring it all together. There was no need to even dip these babies in the gravy, though my mind is spinning with ideas to throw them on biscuit sandwiches. But yes, this is a clear winner and it's going to be a gimmie for me if I cook for just about anyone that comes over. Thank you!!!

OMG I just did the oyster mushrooms version and it was AMAZING! Thank you so much for that!

Loved this experiential style! Thanks for all your effort you put in.

Mouth-watering and marvellous! Delighted that my mother introduced me to your channel! 👏👏😃

A trick I remember from a video long time ago was that the crispy skin is one of the best parts, so they wrapped their vegan chicken in rice paper before breading and frying. I've never tried it but curious about trying that with the seitan version

Tried the oyster mushroom version. Absolutely deliscious! Thanks for the recipe.

Good to see you again. Great video and very useful for those of us with less time / energy/ and money to experiment. Thanks again.

Always delighted and pleased to be here! ♥️ The food looks amaaaazing 🤤

I can’t wait to try this. I love vegetarian, plant based & vegan foods. 😍

Holy ish! This is by far my favorite vegan chicken recipe. Just made it and it was AH-MAZING. I'm not going to lie, I was nervous with all them spices, especially the 2 tsp of cayenne pepper and the sugar. I was praying, Lord please don't let this be a disaster. Sorry for doubting your wisdom @Gaz. Well done. Oh and I always make my chickn with oyster mushrooms.

Always appreciate the love, care and research in your videos. And 4 amazing recipes?!!

Always love how natural your videos are! Not much editing or retakes (from what it seems). Food looks unreal as usual! Looking forward to trying the Jackfruit version as we serve this in a different way in our restaurant in Bordeaux 🙌

Bro, your content is another level

We made this vegan fried "chicken" today.. absolutely delicous!! Thank you Gaz for this ultimate game changer!

Yuuuummm.... trying all of these asap!! So excited!!!

Everything you make always looks so delicious. I have been cooking professionally for years. I have come up with quite a few recipes myself. having given up meat 10 years ago. I can't wait to try some of yours.

Sub the flour with 1/2 c. cornstarch and 1 c. cornmeal along with your spice mixture and see how well that works out. Also, to make it lighter and crispier, add 1 tsp. baking powder to 1/2 tsp baking soda to some Just Egg (or your favorite egg replacer) and add your buttermilk to that mix. Dip your "chicken" into 1/2 c of cornstarch, coat well, then dip into the buttermilk mixture, and then finish by dipping into your cornstarch/cornmeal mixture.

I'm not vegan yet but I've been trying, thank God I've stumbled across this channel, I love food and to find these types of channels with alternative dishes as a life long meat lover is amazing

Loving this style of video! Long may it continue! Looking forward to attempting the mushroom recipe!!!

OMG, this looks wonderful! Can't wait to try it. Thanks Gaz

You should definitely do this experiment with homemade vegan cheese! Would love to change up my usual cashew recipe.

Love this!! You should make this a series.

You are a gem! I love how your videos are produced and the passion you put in each plate!.

I love these sort of experimental videos! So interesting!

Very interesting to see the different versions. I will definitely try this. I agree with you Gaz, some of them will be great as nuggets or sandwiches. I think all versions will have their place. Thanks for making an American classic comfort food for vegans. I don't eat much fried but I could indulge in this once in a while. Thanks Gaz! Love your creativity and also the down to earth entertaining videos 😘

Another great video! I must try the oyster mushrooms version! Thanks Gaz 🤩😊 PS - I’ll also try this chicken seasoning to make a version of some sort of nuggets, using artichoke hearts 😉

That crunch made my mouth water!!🤤

Such a great video idea! I would definitely like to see more of these! I wonder how the tofu fried chicken would've turned out, if you would've used the freeze-and-thaw method. Mary's Test Kitchen has some great videos on this and her tofu fried chicken looks amazing and was definitely a game changer for vegan cooking when she first published it on RU-vid.

You are amazing :). Your recipes really inspire me and also that cinematography is stunning

Kentucky fried chicken tastes good so my mom always would bring me to Kentucky fried chicken but I wanted to be a vegetarian as a girl growing up in Hawaii I'm like I like the crunchy crust tastes super good I love the flavors but I always was hesitant to have any animal products growing up except dairy because I was like oh it's okay to have dairy that's not the animal now I have learned that dairy is not nice to animals even those organic eggs organic milk so I'm really trying to be vegan 🥗🥬🌿🥑 this looks good I just tried to make some vegan portobello mushrooms 30 years no red meat my last steak was when I was 17 yay 😊

Thanks for testing these great options!!! I too am bespoke with fried oyster mushrooms!!! Im so excited to see the way you used the vital mix with tofu bc i bought some and left it sitting scared to try umtil now. Im definitely going to fry yhe jackfruit now to see how that tastes! Cheers

Crazy video but I love your "bloopers!" Keep doing those, it makes your videos more REAL!! 💯

The mushrooms looked amazing, though I'd probably have to go seitan on this for the protein content! Tofu I will always prefer fried with a panko coating in a bao bun with veg and okonomiyaki sauce on top - can't recommend enough. Thanks for sharing your amazing recipes, I'm really enjoying trying out the dishes from your latest book xx

yummy, I really want to try all that

I really love your recipe with seitan flour and tofu. It is so easy to make, and taste so delicious. I have made a few times and people loved it. Tnx for recipe! 😊

I get so excited about Vegan recipes, they're so creative!

I am so hungry right now. I wish I could be there to taste it. 😭🤤

You should come to Minneapolis. We have a vegan “butcher” here. Their shop is called The Herbivorous Butcher. They opened a fried vegan chicken restaurant called Herbie Butchers Fried Chicken.

Yess 😁😆 love the experiment!! Like others have said the energy in this video is high! Haha contagious 😁 seems like you were in your element n loving it 😊🥰 rubs off on us viewing, full happy vibes! Thanks 💚

Looked fabulous...thanks for the team giving positive feedback. 👐🏼

Wow! Just incredible. Time for another recipe book Gaz? Thank you so much for yet another outstanding video. 🙏🕉

Now I'm very hungry 😅🤤 The oyster mushrooms looked soooo delicious 😧🤌🏼 And look at you Gaz, being all confident and proud while filming 💪🏼 I think Wales suits you incredibly much 👏🏼🥰

Can’t wait for that Mexico food trip! I’m from La Paz, BCS 🌵🏖 and been following your Chanel for a few years now :) such a fan of your work 🙌🏿 every time after watching your videos end up so inspired 🤤🍲🤍🌎 so thanks!

👍🏼👍🏼😊 to Gaz and crew and mum!!

All ingredients what I love and that deep fry It's amen to me, like the Japanese tempura 🙏🏼🌱

I love you keeping the bloopers 😂…this all looks delicious 😋

I already sense that ALL of them would be my favorite! They all have their own strengths!

I'll make it. Thanks, Gaz! 🙋

There are allegedly 11 herbs and spices. The main mising ingredient is msg, though salt is a close replacement. Msg is stated on the official kfc seasoning packet. The other main thing is a pressure cooker.

Don't know how it's possible, but this channel and these videos just get better and better as time goes on. Seriously higher quality (and more interesting to watch) then network televised cooking programs. Props to Gaz and the crew, all the hard work really shows!

currently cutting in the gym and am watching this salivating! This looks ridiculously good

Where you been all my life!? That food looks so fire!!

I can’t get over the fact that y’all’s KFC only has 9 spices and ours (US) has 11. These all look bomb, but ima go mushrooms and jackfruit when I try it. Thanks so much for the recipes! ♥️

Well done, my mouth's watering. Now I have to get up and make myself something. I shouldn't watch this stuff so late at night ... Can't wait to see the Mexico episode though!

The recipe found by Joe Ledington reads as follows: 11 Spices - Mix with 2 cups white flour 2⁄3 tablespoon salt 1⁄2 tablespoon thyme 1⁄2 tablespoon basil 1⁄3 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon celery salt 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 tablespoon dry mustard 4 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons garlic salt 1 tablespoon ground ginger 3 tablespoons white pepper

I'm thinking of trying the seitan for Easter but keep it in a loaf style. Thank you for the inspiration in all your videos.

Hi Chef Gaz, guess what, my local vegan restaurant has been using your mushroom vegan fried chicken recipe and they're selling a lot and doing very successfully. You are giving out all these valuable information for free. You are too generous.

Have you tried the double freeze technique on the Tofu? It really adds texture.

Super excited to try this.

Going to have to try these for sure!

I'm in love with your energy Gaz, hope to meet you one day 😊!

Definitely have to try that oyster mushroom fried "chicken". Vegan or not. Great content as always

Thank for your wonderful video! This was pretty entertaining and had a fabulous coating recipe! Can’t wait to try it! Now! Gotta find Oyster Mushrooms!!

Such a good content format. more pls

oh, im early... love your recipes and motivation!

Make me want some oyster mushrooms right now but they’re so expensive so I rather for you to show me how to grow my own

Thank you so much it looks so delicious

OMG trying this recipe definitely. Thank you :)

This is also something I have experimented with more than anything since becoming vegan! I have finally nailed it, using my own Seitan recipe (poached), rice paper ‘skin’ and delish breading (I use ‘buttermilk’ and pickle brine) - then definitely fried, not baked…. And after at least 20-30 different experiments/recipes, I think I am finally there texture/flavour wise! I have had such bad experiences with Jackfruit that I have finally given up with it…. Thank you so much, as ever, for all of your experiments too, as I think I have tried all of your recipes, and you were paramount in me sticking to a vegan lifestyle, as your food is so exciting and delicious…. Also, little tip, once adding your ‘acid’ to your milk for your buttermilk, it will thicken more quickly in the fridge!

Amazing Job!!! I want to learn More of vegan meal prep ; im not vegan Yet, but the Veganism IS THE WAY, IS THE FUTURE. Thanks!!💓

im sooooooooo excited to try this recipe!

Why oh why did i watch this before going to bed? Great vid man❤

I ate KFC maybe once in the last 50 years. I don't need a vegan version myself (but I always like catching your videos).

I made a crispy chicken sandwich with chicken of the woods mushroom. I forget where I found the recipe...might have been from EmmymadeinJapan. My girls ones vegan and the other is vegetarian.

Ooh now I want to fry mock chicken!! Thanks Gaz, they all look mouth watering! Off to your website now 😁👍🏻👍🏻

the mushroom looks amazing !! And I cannot wait for your video in Mexico ☺♥

So many hatred and dislike here. Why you folks just stop watching either this or any of his videos and do something useful with your life? If you do not have any positive or nice to say, why stick around? Just keep scrolling and skip commenting ...🤔

FYI for your cameraman. The original Kentucky Fried Chicken (aka KFC) recipe has always been 11 different herbs and spices. It's something I recall fondly as a kid. My parents would order a barrel of the stuff on the occasional Sunday for dinner. They used to drill the fact of the 11 different herbs and spices recipe into our heads with the old-school TV commercials back then. Colonel Sanders and his boys made it finger lickin' good too. Nowadays, as a dedicated vegan, like yourself, I do love mushrooms a lot. I will definitely try the mushroom version, by popular demand. I might add some dried mustard powder to make it 11 ;P

I have to try these!!! 🤯 great idea and Inspiration!!

I can't wait to try this using the seitan recipe but I will mix in jack fruit to give it better texture. I've found that a good blend. Your spice mix for both sounds wonderful. I rarely can find oyster mushrooms near me so it will be a while before I can try them