Vegan Chicken Sandwich (Fried & Crispy)

This Vegan Chicken Sandwich is a flavor bomb in every bite! Packed with a crispy fried mushroom, fresh slaw, pickles & vegan honey mustard dressing

📝 Ingredients

• 2 large oyster mushrooms (approx 120 grams)
• 2 soft burger buns
• 2 dill pickles sliced
• Oil for frying (I've used sunflower oil, but you can use your preferred oil)
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• ¾ tsp turmeric
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper (or more or less depending how spicy you like it. This is at low-med spice)
• 1 tsp salt
• Pinch cracked black pepper
• ½ cup water
• 100 g red cabbage
• 100 g green cabbage
• 2 small carrots
• 1 green onion
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Handful parsley or cilantro leaves
• ½ lemon squeezed
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp agave
• 2 tbsp dijon mustard
• 2 tbsp vegan mayonnaise
• Pinch of salt
• Pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Make the honey mustard dressing by pouring the agave, dijon mustard, mayonnaise into a small bowl or ramekin. Add a pinch of salt and whisk to combine and set aside
2. 2Using a mandolin or sharp knife, thinly slice the red cabbage, green cabbage and carrots. Slice the green onion, finely chop the parsley and add all of the ingredients to a large salad bowlAdd the olive oil, lemon juice and salt and toss to combine the slaw. Taste for seasoning
3. 3In a large bowl add the flour and all the spices for the batter and mix together
4. 4Remove ¼ cup of the seasoned flour mixture and place in a separate bowl with ½ cup of water and stir together to make the wet batter
5. 5In batches, dip the oyster mushrooms in the wet batter, then into the flour mixture to fully coat them. Repeat this step to double coat them for extra crunch
6. 6Heat the oil in a small pot over a medium-high heat. Add a pinch of the flour batter to the heat, if its bubbling then it's ready! Carefully drop in the oyster mushrooms to the hot oil and fry for a few minutes on each side until golden brown and crispy. Place them on paper towels to remove the excess oil
7. 7Toast burger buns face down on a frying pan then assemble the sandwich with the slaw followed by the fried mushroom, pickles then a good drizzle of the honey mustard dressing and enjoy your crispy Vegan Sandwich!