Buffalo Style Veggie Chicken Sandwich

The Superbowl is coming up and this Buffalo Style Veggie Chicken Sandwich is a great vegetarian recipe that can bring a bit of that buffalo chicken flavor to your game day celebration. It is easy to make and this tasty sandwich is light on calories. Maybe you have a New Year’s resolution or perhaps you just want to eat a bit more healthy. No matter why this cauliflower dish appeals to you, it is a tasty vegetarian take on a classic chicken flavor. 

Buffalo Style Veggie Chicken Sandwich Summary

The patties are the most important part of this recipe. Pulse a cauliflower in a food processor and then mix it with other ingredients. I mix it with eggs that help serve to bind everything together. I add cheese, breadcrumbs, and other spices to add substance and flavoring.

After mixing the ingredients, we bake the patties in the oven for a bit of time. On the top of these patties, we sprinkle a bit of hot sauce on each side. This helps give a bit of that great buffalo flavor we are looking for in this sandwich.

Then, once cooked, we put this on a bun with lettuce, blue cheese (or optionally ranch dressing), and then some more Franks Hot Sauce to finish it off. 

Handle These patties With Care

The eggs help bind the uncooked sandwich together, but they are still a bit delicate until the point you flip the patties in your oven. To help make sure these stay together, I encourage a few different things you can do to ensure success with this buffalo style vegetarian chicken sandwich.

Use particular care when pattying these

When first forming the patties, they are going to be particularly delicate. If you understand this, it can help you prepare. Patty them properly and gently lay them on your oiled baking pan

Lightly Oil Your Baking Pan

The oil helps crisp up your patty when cooking and also helps prevent sticking. This is a very important part of this recipe and should not be skipped.

Use a Metal Spatula to Flip and Remove

The total cooking time is thirty minutes and we flip the veggie patties halfway through. A good metal spatula will help you ensure that your patty does not fall apart. In my experience, the patty is a bit fragile until done. The oil crisps up the patty fairly well, but the caution you take during baking can help make sure everything comes out good.

On the second side, you can use a silicone brush to spread the Frank's Hotsauce

What Size of Cauliflower to Use?

Cauliflower comes in so many sizes. This recipe calls for an average-sized cauliflower. What does that mean? For me, that is a cauliflower that is about 1 pound after it has been cleaned. You don’t need a cauliflower that is super tiny or really big. Pick out that medium sized cauliflower.

Better Than Bouillon Vegetarian Chicken Broth

I list Better Than Bouillon Vegetarian Chicken Broth as an optional ingredient in this recipe. While it is optional, I think anybody interested in vegetarian recipes and wants to have chicken flavors, you should give this product a look. It isn’t a perfect replication of chicken stock, but it is pretty dang good.

I put a bit of this into the patty mixture to help give a chicken flavor to this sandwich that tries to emulate a popular chicken flavor. I have made this without this bouillon and it still tastes great. This just helps add a bit extra to the recipe.

What Hot Sauce Should I Use?

I use Frank’s Hot Sauce. It is what I tend to use for a traditional wing sauce and I think it gives a great chicken wing buffalo flavor Use what you like. That said, use what you like or have. If you want to live dangerously, you could even try our homemade Carolina Reaper hot sauce. 

Buffalo Style Veggie Chicken Sandwich Tips

• Be careful with your patty, as it is a bit fragile until it is fully cooked. Oil your pan and use a metal spatula to handle the patties. 
• The Cauliflower you should use should be about 1lb of florets. 
• I use Frank’s Hot Sauce, but use what you like.
• I use Progresso Italian bread crumbs, but use what you like.
• After you flip to the second side, use a silicone brush to spread the Franks hot sauce. The brush does NOT work well for the first side.
• Both your bun choice and your blue cheese choice can greatly impact the calories in this sandwich. Choose best for you.

Products Used In This Recipe

• Food Processor
• Baking Pan
• Metal Spatula
• Better Than Bouillon Vegetarian No Chicken Broth
• Frank’s Hot Sauce
• Progresso Italian bread crumbs
• Cheese Cloth
• Silicon Brush

Did You Try This Veggie Buffalo Chicken Sandwich?

Thank you so much for giving this Veggie Chicken Sandwich a try! If you tried it, I would love for you to leave a comment below letting me know how it went. When you let me know how the recipes are, it can help me improve and also let others know how others like this recipe. Share it on Pinterest or Facebook to let even more people how it turned out. I greatly appreciate the shares. I hope you get some great flavors out of this recipe and are able to enjoy healthy vegetarian flavors in our Buffalo Style Veggie Chicken Sandwich. 

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