Vegan Chickpea Tender Mandarin Asian Salad Fix'ns - Dump and Go Dinner

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Vegan Chickpea Tender Mandarin Asian Salad Fix'ns - Dump and Go Dinner

Kristi
The Cook
4 Servings
15 Ingredients
2 Comments

Chicken-Mandarin Asian Salad is one of those fresh Spring and Summer favorites. I absolutely adore toasted sesame dressing.

4 Servings
15 Ingredients
2 Comments

Ingredients

  • 15 ounces rinse and drain Garbanzo Beans (Chick Peas), Canned
  • 1 tablespoon Poultry Seasoning
  • ½ cups Vital Wheat Gluten
  • ½ cups Bread Crumbs
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 11 ounces Mandarin Oranges, Canned
  • ¼ cups Vegetable Oil #1
  • 2 tablespoons White Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • ½ teaspoons Sesame Oil
  • ¼ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
Serving Day Ingredients
  • ½ cups Vegetable Oil #2
  • 4 cups Lettuce, Salad Mix
  • ½ cups Crispy Chow Mein Noodles

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Supplies

  • Plastic Wraps
  • Labels

Cooking Instructions

Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions

Easy Assembly/Dump and Go

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. Mash chickpeas.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

Stovetop

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. Mash chickpeas.
  2. Combine with poultry seasoning, wheat gluten, breadcrumbs and salt and pepper.
  3. Form into 3-inch strips similar to chicken fingers. If tenders do not form easily, add a bit more wheat gluten until the strips hold together.
  4. Combine mandarin oranges (with liquid), oil #1, white wine vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and red pepper and set aside.
  5. Fry chickpea tenders in a skillet with oil #2 about 3-5 minutes per side.
  6. Top lettuce salad with tenders, mandarin sesame dressing and chow mein noodles.

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  1. These turned out totally amazingly delicious! Heated the leftovers a few minutes in the toaster oven…tasted like I just made them. I now have a go-to recipe for my favorite meal when I used to eat meat. So very good with honey mustard dressing! Thank you for your wonderful recipes…especially those that are meat and dairy free!