Remove the fear factor and invite a "meat-eater" to dinner and introduce them to eating vegan. Match Meat Vegan Chicken will show them how delicious and healthy vegans eat. This vegan recipe for Match Meats Vegan Chicken Picatta will please the taste palette of any meat eater.
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Ingredients for The Vegan Match Meat Chicken Cutlets

1 package Match Meat Chicken (1 pound), divided into 4 or 6 equal balls
2 cups organic bread crumbs
1 tablespoon dried lemon thyme
4 tablespoons olive oil for frying
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground

Ingredients for The Vegan Picatta Sauce

4 tablespoons Bob's Red Mill Organic White Flour
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup organic sweet onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 cup Imagine No Chicken Stock
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
2 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
2 tablespoons lemon zest
4 tablespoons capers (Trader Joe's)
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
1/4 cup Italian flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

Preparation

The Picatta Sauce

The Roux

In a small sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and then add the flour.

Whisk the flour into the olive oil creating the roux.

Cook the roux till bubbly and slightly browned.

Season the Roux

Add the finely diced onion and minced garlic.

Cook for about two minutes until the onion is translucent.

Add the Imagine No Chicken Broth, fresh thyme, and lemon juice and bring the contents to a boil.

Turn the heat off and add capers, lemon zest and finely chopped Italian parsley.

Season with Salt and Pepper.

The Vegan Picatta Sauce

Set the completed Picatta Sauce to the side and start creating the Vegan Match Meat Chicken Cutlets.

HINT: The Picatta Sauce could be made the day before to make this an instant dinner party. Cooked the pasta at the same time and all you'll have to do is heat the sauce and pasta while cooking the cutlets.

The Vegan Match Meat Chicken Cutlets

Coat your hands with olive oil to prevent the Match Meat from sticking to your skin.

Divide the Chicken Match Meat into four or six portions forming each into thin cutlet shapes. I think six portions is best, but for these photos I divided the portions into four... I felt it was to large a portion. The Match Meat Chicken tends to plump as it is cooked, so make the cutlets thinner than you think they should be.

Match Meats Chicken Right Out of the Package

The Bread Crumb Coating

Combine two cups of organic bread crumbs with 1 tablespoon dried lemon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.

Whisk the bread crumb mixture to evenly distribute the thyme, sea salt and black pepper.
Seasoned Organic Bread Crumbs

Trader Joe's Organic Plain Bread Crumbs Seasoned with Dried Lemon Thyme

Dip each Chicken Match Meat Cutlet into bread crumbs and sauté in olive oil over medium heat till browned and crispy on each side, approximately 3 minutes per side.

Match Meats Chicken Breaded and Browning in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Nicely Browned Match Meats Vegan Chicken Picatta Cutlets

Presentation

Elegant Match Meat Vegan Chicken Picatta

Match Meats Vegan Chicken Picatta Pour a small amount of the Picatta Sauce onto a large plate and add the Vegan Match Meat Chicken Cutlet. Complete the plating with a small mound of cooked pasta and add a bit more sauce over the pasta and over a portion of the cutlet.