Vegan eating isn’t hard, but wow does it involve a LOT of planning.
Anyways, I’d been really starting to miss some of my old recipes, one of my favorites being Dominican style fried chicken akaChicharrones de Pollo. Well the flavor is phenomenal, chicken definitely isn’t what makes the recipe good. So I picked one of my favorite “fake meats” tempah and decided to use it as a replacement for the chicken.
This was my first time trying this and let me tell you, the resutls were FANTASTIC. Even my BF who isn’t vegan agreed it was tasty. “Crispy delicious flavor” is what he called it. He missed the texture of the meat but certainly didn’t mind the tempeh strips!
Here’s what you need:
1 (8-ounce) package tempeh
Oil for sauteeing
Marinade:
1 cup lime juice
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tsp rum (imitation rum is fine)
liquid smoke to taste
Seasoning:
1/4 cup Wheat Flower (or any kind you prefer)
2/3 teaspoons of the following seasonings:
garlic powder, onion powder, seasoning salt, curry, coriander, tumeric, pepper, (feel free to play around with these and add various seasoning to taste, i do this all the time)
Making something delicious:
- Mix all the marinade ingredients together. Do so in a bowl or a zip lock bag.
- Rinse the tempeh in cool water (I hear this takes away a bitter taste it may have occassionally, I may just do this as a leftover habit from cooking meat, lol)
- Slice the tempeh into thin 1/8th to 1/4th inch strips
- Add tempeh strips and allow to marinate for a minimum of four hours (overnight is best if possible)
- In a large seperate bag (a gallon zip lock bag is fine) mix all the spices together with the flour
- Heat a small amount of oil in the pan (I used Grapeseed Oil)
- Coat the tempeh strips in the seasoning and saute lightly for about 2-3 minutes on each side or until brown
- While the strips are cooking, get a plate and coat with paper towel (to drain the extra oil from the strips once done)
- Remove strips and sit on paper towels until ready to eat
Serve with a side of veggies, rice and peas for something more authentic or potatoes.
ENJOY!
From the kitchen of a vegan Dominican 
