Vegan chicken drumsticks with rice paper skin

4 servings; Vegan chicken drumsticks with rice paper skin

• 2 cans Aroy-d (correct) young green jackfruit in brine

• 1.5 cup water

• 6 g Better Than Bouillon

• 2 tbsp chickpea flour, mixed with 4 tbps water

• 1/2 cup Anthony's Vital Wheat Gluten

• 2 tsp nutritional yeast flakes

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1/2 tsp liquid smoke

• 16 sheets of Dynasty rice paper

• Marinade for the drumsticks:

• 2 tbsp oil

• 1 tsp tomato paste and vinegar (was 1 tbsp ketchup)

• 1 tbsp maple syrup

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

• 1/2 tsp curry powder

• 1/4 tsp chili powder

• 1/2 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp salt

Rinse the jackfruit. Cut off the hard edges of the jackfruit flesh. Squeeze the jackfruit flesh, so the brine comes out.

Bring the vegetable stock to a boil in a large pan. Add the jackfruit and let it simmer for about 15 minutes, until the jackfruit has fallen apart into it’s streaks and all the stock is absorbed. Stir often in between and press onto the jackfruits with a wooden spoon, so they come apart easier.

Take it from the stove and let it cool off.

Mix the vital wheat gluten with the yeast flakes, salt and onion powder.

Stir the liquid smoke and the gram flour batter into the jackfruit.

Gradually sprinkle and knead the vital wheat gluten into the jackfruit.

Rinse a clean kitchen towel with cold water and spread it on a flat surface.

Fill a large bowl with cold water. Place two sheets of rice paper on top of each other and hold them into the water for about a minute, until the rice paper has become soft.

Spread the rice paper on the wet towel. Use a pair of scissors to cut out a piece, that is about 1/4 of the papers size.

Take a cinnamon stick and about 1/8 of the jackfruit flesh and form a drumstick around the stick. Don’t cover all the stick doing so, let the ‘bone’ stick out of the flesh.

Wrap the wet rice paper around the drumstick to create it’s skin.

Stir together all ingredients for the marinade. Generously brush the drumsticks with the marinade.

Place the drumsticks on the tray in the oven on the middle rack and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the chicken legs and bake for another 20-30 minutes until the desired colour of the skin  is achieved and the vegan chicken drumsticks are nicely crisp.

https://www.dailyvegan.recipes/2019/01/21/crispy-vegan-chicken-drumsticks-on-veggies/