The new range of vegan-friendly products from Linda McCartney includes this frozen pulled chicken – quite different to anything else that’s currently available. We tested it out in a recipe that’s similar to the dish shown on the front of the packaging. Read on to find out what we thought.
Cooking
We weren’t quite sure what to make with this, and settled on a lemon and garlic pasta dish. The packaging suggests that it would work well in curry, and we thought it could be great in place of tuna, in a dish like tuna pasta bake, thanks to the flaky texture.
We fried onion, garlic, and a little chilli, then added the pulled chicken and fried for about five minutes. We then added the recommended 50ml of water, along with salt, pepper, garlic powder, lemon juice and parsley. We cooked for another five minutes, but felt that the texture was a little chewy. Adding a splash more water and cooking for another few minutes made the texture more pleasant.
We mixed the cooked ‘chicken’ into cooked pasta and peas, added a splash more lemon juice and some black pepper, and it was ready to taste!
Taste
The pulled chicken had a pleasant, mild taste underneath the seasoning. It didn’t especially taste of chicken, so could easily be seasoned and used in place of a different type of meat or fish. The pulled texture made an interesting change from the other fake meats available – some might find it a little too realistic!
There was a slight chewiness to the chicken, but it wasn’t unpleasant, and we’d definitely try this in other dishes. It’s a good medium between fake meats that come in solid chunks, and those that are more crumbly and mince-like.
If you’ve tried this vegan pulled chicken (we found ours at Morrison’s), let us know what you thought. We’ll be reviewing more of the Linda McCartney vegan range in the future, so keep checking back. View the full range here.
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Tags: Linda McCartney, Morrison's, pasta, Recipe, Review, vegan
This garlic and lemon recipe is really good – thank you! I used a scotch bonnet chilli and normal frozen peas, it worked really well 🙂
So glad you liked it – that sounds great!
I use the Linda McCartney shredded chicken to make birritos
Stir fry with old el paso Tinga chicken seasoning.
Fry some peppers and onions
Cook rice and heat mixed beans.
Wrap up in a tortilla with salsa and lime juice over the rice and its delicious. Tastes just like the ones I used to get from the burrito bar