Chick'n Bake

[ponycakes!]

heh. i felt like such a bad vegan for thinking about these the other day..so salty..and delicious..with BACON. yumm. but so terrible..and then! here they are! in all of their veganized glory!  it was a good day when i found this recipe hehe.

i made a few changes, but they were still excellent. i kept the dough recipe the same, but changed up the filling a little because i didnt have a bunch of stuff.
instead of the chik'n strips, i used um. heh. two boca chik'n patties cut into strips (im pretty convinced that boca chik'n patties have magical properties..  ) and then we had no fakey bacon bits so i chopped up some lightlife smart bacon and tossed that in with a teensy bit of liquid smoke so it would taste bacon-y. i also used this (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=22174.0) recipe for ranch dressing.

i grated half a block of fyh mozzarella , but i think it needed a little more and also a little more ranch. i used about a tablespoon per bake, and i thought they needed to be a little saucier. maybe ill concoct some sort of white sauce with the cheese and some soymilk and flour next time or something. i baked them for about twenty minutes and they were perfectly done. oh! maybe ill brush some melted eb or some soy creamer over the top to get them nice and brown. still. this was awesomeee. my little brother ate half of one with me (he put cheese on top of his since he's omni) and he said it was better than costco! i thought it was better too 

five stars!
and i have pictures (:

[Charbot Kimzoid]

I seriously cant wait to make this.

[veggiebo]

Ok I am with Charbot, I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT TO MAKE THIS!!!!! I have everything needed so it is ON Saturday night! This will be my diet splurge for the week!! WooHoo.....I'll let ya know how it goes...

erin~

[ponycakes!]

i used smart bacon, but ive always thought that it had no flavor so i added liquid smoke in as well..just a dash or two.

[Shamandura]

These are soo good! They are impressively similar. I prefer using Toffutii American cheese slices broken up into them and half a slice on top instead of the Follow your Heart brand mozzarella....way more flavor that way!

[tristasue]

Just got done eating this and I think it will be the down fall  of my diet.  My kids just loved it.   This is going in my recipie box.

[willwolf]

I made this tonight for dinner, and it turned out great.  I did use a different dough recipe, my standard pizza dough from VWAV (this recipe takes 1/2 the VWAV dough recipe), though I did sub 2 T Earth Balance margarine, melted, for the olive oil.  I made the dough in my bread machine (pretty much the only thing I use it for) and let it rise for about an hour before making this.  Instead of the bac'un bits, I used 4 strips of tempeh Fakin' Bacon that I crumbled and sauteed until crisp.  For the chick'n strips, I used a package of Morningstar ones, which I also sauteed until golden and seasoned with some salt and pepper; next time, I'll probably add some spice too, like crushed red chile peppers.  For the vegan cheese, I used Teese mozzarella.  I made my own ranch dressing with Vegenaise, spices, lemon juice, and soymilk; I did use more than 1 T per chick'n bake, more like 3-4 T.  Before topping with a bit more mozzarella, I brushed a bit of Earth Balance over the chick'n bakes for flavor and a nice golden finish.  I made 2 large chick'n bakes with this recipe, with each chick'n bake really being large enough to serve 2, so 4 servings total.  I did bake mine maybe 5 minutes longer as I was busy with something else in the kitchen when the timer went off at 20 minutes; they turned out beautifully done and perfectly golden.  I don't know anything about the Costco original, but this recipe is delicious.  If I were to add some veggies to this (which I may next time), I think sauteed mushrooms and spinach would be good additions.

[Sagesveganmama]

This came out wonderfully!  I didn't make my own dough though.  I bought pizza dough from Whole Foods and used that instead.  My DH loved it!!  I'll be making this again.  Oh, and I didn't have green onion so I used a little brown onion.  Super yummy!!!  Baked for about 25 minutes. 

[!veganmegan!]

I was not a fan of this recipe!! I mad the filling and ate it while it was cooking and that tasted good...but then after it came out of the oven it was sooo salty and my dough was tough. I know the dough was my fault but the saltiness was to much for me.

[lucidair]

This was absolutely amazing. I cooked mine for 20 minutes and used Almond Cheese for the filling. I'm not sure why some one was saying it was too salty, I didn't find it salty at all! I used bac-os, so maybe it is something to do with the bacon-bits used? The sauce I used was as follows: 2 TBL veganaise + 1 tsp lemon juice + 1/4 tsp minced garlic (as opposed to ranch) so that could also have something to do with it. Seriously, try it with that sauce (using half the serving for each chick'n' bake). Not at all salty and completely delicious!

[erinmonster5]

Very Yum!
I made them just like I was supposed to, except instead of adding my ranch to the filling, we used it as a dipping sauce......I'm not a fan of bacon bits, but they didn't really bother me in this recipe.  However, I do think I'll use some tempeh bacon strips next time instead.....