In addition to ready-made chicken alternatives (like the popular Chicken Style Chunks), you can now make vegan chicken substitutes yourself.
Seitan serves as a great high-protein basis for making these. A simple seitan base mix is kneaded into a homogeneous mass with a little water and the relevant spices or vegetable stock. This then is cut into big pieces and cooked in a saucepan; the water used to cook it can be seasoned to taste too. To give the chicken substitute more texture, you can braid or carve the raw dough pieces before cooking. Another option for adding texture is to combine several layers into a larger piece.
Once cooked, the seitan chicken alternative is ultra-versatile and can be used in fricassees, salads or sandwiches – however you like!