What can pea protein, onion, garlic, sage, and white pepper create? A fabulous plant-based protein that has a great taste and many, many applications! I’ve had this product in the freezer for a while and finally pulled it out today for lunch. I was so excited to try it and see how Abbot’s Butcher Slow Roasted Chick-N performed.
This product has so much going for it, I guess we should get started! Yes, Abbot’s Butcher Slow Roasted Chick-N will get five stars as there is nothing to complain about! Seriously, this product is nearly perfect. Let’s walk through the six indices of a product – visual, tactile, cooking, taste, texture, and nutritional expectations.
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Visual – Abbot’s Butcher Slow Roasted Chick-N looks like cooked chicken pieces. The pieces are a little larger than a size of a peanut but not as big as an almond. I would not call them crumbles. They are pieces and do not fall apart when cooking. I will make mention the pieces are not quite as large as the image on the box cover illustrates, but they are larger than a basic faux-meat crumble on the market.
Tactile – The pieces feel like chicken. They are soft without being mushy, and firm without being tough. There is no slime or greasy feeling, but then Abbot’s Slow Roasted Chick-Nhas only 0.5 grams of fat per serving. I do believe that is the lowest fat content of a faux meat I have found thus far.
Cooking – how did they hold up? I warmed the pieces for a taste check and then cooked them in a beautiful soup with Yukon gold potatoes, mortgage lifter white beans, cabbage, onion, and some Not Chicken Better than Bouillon Broth and marjoram. Yes, SEVEN ingredients max and 20 minutes tops to cook. The soup was just divine. The pieces maintained their original size and shape and did not get soggy. Visually, the pieces looked like chicken or pork in the soup.
Per the packaging: If frozen, thaw before cooking. Preheat a skillet with oil over medium-high heat. Add the Chick-n, stir fry until golden brown – about 12-14 minutes. Cook to internal temperature of 165 degrees.
Disclaimer OK, I admit I did not cook the product per instructions. I sauteed them briefly with the onions and they held up great. I have half a box left and will cook them and add that to this review.
Taste: Since the pieces looked cooked, I tried a few pieces after thawing but not warming. Wow, they actually tasted pretty good thawed, but heating the pieces improved the flavor. Not too much onion, garlic, or sage with a balanced flavor that can cross cuisines. So don’t get too caught up that sage means Italian or French.
Texture: The mouthfeel was as expected – like chicken. A bit chewy and did not immediately dissolve or melt away.
Ingredients: Filtered Water, Pea Protein, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Vinegar, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Nutritional Yeast, Garlic Powder, Turmeric, Sage, Celery Seed, Thyme, Marjoram, Mace, White Pepper.
Bonus Nutritional Info:
Soy Free
Non-GMO
Protein Rich
Gluten-Free
No Preservatives
No Additives
No Artificial Colors
No Natural Flavors
Nutritional expectations:
≥ 14 grams of Protein
≤ 500 milligrams Sodium
≤ 9 grams of Fat
Any fiber is a bonus!
Abbot’s Butcher Slow-Roasted Chick-N:
14 grams of Protein
0.5 grams Fat with no saturated fat – WOW, just wow!
450 grams of Sodium
0 fiber
Final thoughts.
There are so many sides to using faux meat products. Some folks don’t like the processing. Some don’t feel they fit into a whole-foods plant-based lifestyle or eating pattern. Others, like me, find them to be a great way to add protein and have more latitude and enjoyment with cooking and are a great bridge to eating more plants. What I find as the most positive aspect of these products is that you can add protein that simulates meat, but you don’t have animal byproducts, i.e. bones, blood, sinew, etc. in your kitchen. It is a very clean way to cook. It is also a very fast way to cook. No prepping, cutting, or worrying about cross-contamination. These products, such as Abbot’s Slow Roasted Chick-n, can be a game-changer for those who don’t cook, need super easy, and want to add more protein to their plant-based eating pattern.
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