Make your own vegan nuggets!

If you are a fan of chicken nuggets; but you know that prepared products are not healthy, you can prepare a healthy vegetarian version at home.

Ingredients

• 100 g of cooked chickpeas
• 200 g of okara (if you don’t have okara, you can use 300 g of chickpeas)
• 100 g of organic wheat gluten
• 30 ml of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons cashew or almond butter (optional for extra juiciness)
• 1-2 tablespoons of brewer’s yeast
• Salt and pepper

For the breading

• 50 g breadcrumbs
• 20 g of soy flour or cornstarch
• 70-80 ml of vegetable milk
• 1 teaspoon of paprika
• 2 teaspoons granulated onion or onion powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano

Preparation

1. Mix the gluten with yeast, salt, and pepper. Crush the chickpeas and add them to the gluten along with the okara, oil, and almond butter if you have decided to use it. Knead everything vigorously until a uniform dough forms.
2. Divide the dough into small pieces. The best way to do this is to form relatively uneven dough balls and then flatten them one after the other between the palms of your hands.
3. Prepare three bowls with the soy flour or cornstarch, the vegetable milk, and breadcrumbs, which you will have previously mixed with the spices. First, pass the nuggets one after another through the flour, then dip them in the non-dairy milk and finally cover them on all sides with the seasoned breadcrumbs.
4. Place the breaded nuggets in a greased baking dish and bake in the preheated 200 ° C oven, on top and bottom heat, for 30 to 35 minutes. Halfway through the cooking time, flip all the nuggets once and coat them with a bit of vegetable oil with a brush if desired. The oil makes the nuggets even crunchier.