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The Best Vegan Chicken Nuggets! Crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. Easy to make and make a delicious meal or snack. Perfect for the whole family! Vegetarian and meatless!
You’ll love my vegan take on chicken nuggets made with tofu and baked in the oven. Totally kid approved! My grandkids can’t get enough of these tasty breaded tofu nuggets and neither can the rest of the family! Vegetarian Chicken nuggets!? Who would’ve thunk it right!! Well the flavour is amazing!
The vegan chicken seasoning that I added to the crushed cornflakes tastes a lot like KFC! You’ll be blown away by this recipe! So good and super crispy!!
Scrumptious served as a meal with my Caesar Salad andHome Fries or as a tasty snack with ketchup and orVegan Ranch Dressing!
This is also an excellent recipe to serve for a game day celebration!
Can Vegan Chicken Nuggets be made gluten free?
Absolutely! You can replace the all purpose four with a gluten free flour blend such as ‘Bob’s Mill’ or ‘Robin Hood’ Brand or rice flour.
Do you need to press your tofu for this recipe?
It’s totally up to you! I would definitely recommend removing excess moisture by wrapping in paper towel and you could add a heavy object to the top, like a cast iron frying pan. I usually do both and press the tofu while I prep the other ingredients for this recipe. But just using paper towel is enough. The tofu will just be a little moister.
What are Vegan Chicken Nuggets made of?
- Extra firm tofu
- Flour
- Plant milk
- Sesame oil
- mustard
- Nutritional yeast
- Herbs and spices
- Crushed cornflakes
How do you make Vegan Chicken Nuggets?
Preheat oven to 400°. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Slice the tofu lengthwise into three even slabs. Wrap in paper towel and add a heavy object to the top (I use my cast iron frying pan). Set aside while you prep your other ingredients.
Next grab two regular soup bowls: add the wet ingredients to one and the dry ingredients to another. Make sure the ingredients are mixed well in each bowl.
Cut each tofu slab into 6 pieces.
Dip one tofu piece one at a time into the wet batter. Make sure the whole piece gets coated (the batter will be thick). Next add the battered tofu nugget to the corn flake mixture, making sure it gets coated evenly and well.
Place the breaded nugget on the parchment liked baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of tofu pieces.
Spray the tops of the nuggets lightly with cooking spray, flip over and spray the other side.
Bake for 30 minutes, flipping half way through.
Enjoy! For full recipe instructions and ingredients see recipe card below.
Ok let's make some Vegan Chicken Nuggets!They're:
super crispy
tender on the inside
better than the real deal
so flavourful
taste like KFC
healthy
addicting
kid friendly
easy to make
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Best Vegan Chicken Nuggets (Tofu) (Oven Baked)
- Author: Verna
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 18 Nuggets 1x
Description
The Best Vegan Chicken Nuggets! Crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. Easy to make and make a delicious meal or snack. Perfect for the whole family! Vegetarian and meatless!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 block extra firm tofu
- oil spray (optional)
Wet Ingredients:
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup plain unsweetened plant milk (I use unsweetened soy milk)
- ½ tablespoon sesame oil, toasted or regular
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard
- ½ teaspoon poultry seasoning
Dry Ingredients:
- 3 cups corn flakes, measured then crushed (I use my food processor)
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion
- ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ - ¼ teaspoon black pepper (a good pinch)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Slice the tofu lengthwise into three even slabs. Wrap in paper towel and add a heavy object to the top (I use my cast iron frying pan). Set aside while you prep your other ingredients.
- Next grab two regular soup bowls: add the wet ingredients to one and the dry ingredients to another. Make sure the ingredients are mixed well in each bowl.
- Cut each tofu slab into 6 pieces.Dip one tofu piece one at a time into the wet batter. Make sure the whole piece gets coated (the batter will be thick). Next add the battered tofu nugget to the corn flake mixture, making sure it gets coated evenly and well.
- Place the nugget on the parchment liked baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of tofu pieces.
- Spray the tops of the nuggets lightly with cooking spray, flip over and spray the other side (optional)
- Bake for 30 minutes, flipping half way through. Enjoy! For step by step photos see the post above.
Serve as meal with Caesar Salad and Home Fries or as a tasty snack with ketchup, ranch dressing, sweet chili sauce or maple mustard sauce and enjoy!! Tasty with hummus too!!
Notes
Can Vegan Chicken Nuggets be made gluten free?
Absolutely! You can replace the all purpose four with a gluten free flour blend such as ‘Bob’s Mill’ or ‘Robin Hood’ Brand or rice flour.
Do you need to press your tofu for this recipe?
It’s totally up to you! I would definitely recommend removing excess moisture by wrapping in paper towel and you could add a heavy object to the top, like a cast iron frying pan. I usually do both and press the tofu while I prep the other ingredients for this recipe. But just using paper towel is enough. The tofu will just be a little moister.
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30 Minutes
- Category: Mains, Snacks & Sides
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keywords: vegan chicken nuggets, tofu nuggets, best, easy, crispy, juicy, moist, tender, meatless, vegetarian, nuggets,
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Comments
Tammy
We are not a fan of processed.foods so we don't buy corn flakes. Is there another substitute? I want to make them tonight, but I know this won't get to you in time.
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Verna
You could try using bread crumbs but I would use less than 3 cups. Hope that helps!
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Briana
Making tonight, I know you said gluten free will be fine so oat flour will work?
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Verna
Hi Briana I haven't made these with oat flour just gluten free blend or rice flour but I'm sure oat would be fine. Let me know how they turn out. Enjoy!
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Nina
just telling my friend if you want to learn to how to make tofu taste like chicken make these vegan nuggets. Game changer for my family. Our kids just love them. The coating is similar to kfc. A shout out that we appreciate your recipes thank you.
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Verna
Thank you so much!! Really appreciate your comment!
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Kaitlyn
make these chicken nuggets all the time in the air fryer. Love your vegan recipes Verna. thank you!
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Verna
thank you so much!
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