I used to work in a pub and bar that had a special buffalo wings night every Friday. What is it about the wings and beer combination that is so alluring? Is it the cold contrast of bubbly beer after a smoking hot mouth? When I smell a plate of wings walk by my table my mouth still salivates, not for the meat itself, no– it longs for the yummy, spicy buffalo wings sauce. So I wanted to share my vegan buffalo wings recipe that’s 10 years in the making!
Vegan Buffalo Wings Recipe
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Give these delicious vegan wings a try-- I promise they will taste JUST like the meat version. The seitan chicken has taken me roughly 2 years to perfect. It is moist, and perfectly spiced. For the "bones" you can use either sugar cane or popsicle sticks; or you can simply have "boneless" wings!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
Chicken “Meat”
- 1 cup vital wheat gluten
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp poultry seasoning
- ¾ cup vegetable broth, I made mine with bouillon
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 2-3 cups of vegetable broth, I made mine with bouillon
Buffalo Wing Batter
- 2 eggs worth of egg replacer
- 1-2 tablespoons Buffalo hot sauce
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour or flour of choice
Instructions
Chicken "Meat"
- In a mixing bowl, mix together wheat gluten, salt, nutritional yeast, onion powder and poultry seasoning.
- In a larger bowl, combine ¾ cup broth and tahini and whisk until smooth.
- Mix the dry ingredients with the wet and stir until well combined.
- Knead the dough until it is elastic but not dry. Sprinkle some additional gluten flour if you find you have made your dough too sticky.
- Divide the dough into small little disks, it’s fun to try and shape them into wing-like shapes. Keep in mind they will grow to about twice their size, so make then smaller then you would normally. Place in a casserole dish, covering them with 2-3 cups vegetable broth.
- Bake wings in broth for 1 hour at 350 degrees, flipping at 45 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Once cooled skewer your “wing” with a sugar cane “bone” or popsicle stick.
Spicy Batter
- Whisk together the egg replacer, hot sauce, red pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper into a medium size bowl.
- Put the flour and black pepper into a large zip lock bag.
- Dredge chicken wings into the egg mixture then toss into the Ziplock bag of flour.
- Deep fry in a large pot of oil or deep fryer at 350° for 5-8 minutes or until light brown and crispy. Remove wings to a paper towel lined plate or tray.
- Toss the wings in remaining buffalo wing sauce and enjoy. Dip onto vegan ranch sauce and follow with celery and carrot sticks.
Kayla says:
I love this recipe! Ive made this multiple times now. Sometimes I just use the seitan part of tje recipe if I want chickn seitan for something else. I love the ease of baking it instead of simmering so you dont have to keep an eye on it.