Chick- fil-A is making its cauliflower sandwich the exact same method as its initial chicken sandwich.
Source: Chick- fil-A
Chick- fil-A will evaluate its very first plant-based meal: a cauliflower sandwich.
The brand-new sandwich carefully resembles its well-known chicken sandwich, however utilizes breaded and pressure-cooked cauliflower in location of meat.
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Starting Monday, the independently owned chain, which is the third-largest in the U.S. by sales, will evaluate the menu product in Denver; Charleston, South Carolina; and the Greensboro-Triad area of North Carolina.
Chick- fil-A stated it’s been dealing with a plant-based sandwich for almost 4 years, right around when chains like Dunkin’ and Restaurant Brands International’s Burger King were putting Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods replaces on their menus.
But meat options that carefully look like the genuine thing have actually fallen out of favor with customers after a rise in appeal throughout pandemic lockdowns. Both Beyond and Impossible have actually just recently laid off about a fifth of their labor forces.
“We explored every corner of the plant-based space in search of the perfect centerpiece for our plant-forward entrée,” Chick- fil-A Culinary Lead Stuart Tracy stated in a declaration. “Time and time again, we kept returning to cauliflower as the base of our sandwich.”
Over the last years, cauliflower has actually ended up being a popular alternative to a huge selection of various foods. Buffalo Wild Wings and many bars serve fried cauliflower smothered in buffalo sauce as an option to chicken wings. Cauliflower has actually likewise turned up in pretzel type and– when carefully sliced– as a rice alternative.
