Chick-fil-A is making its cauliflower sandwich just like its original chicken sandwich.
Source: Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A will test its first plant-based entree: a cauliflower sandwich.
The new sandwich is similar to its famous chicken sandwich, but uses breaded and pressure-cooked cauliflower in place of meat.
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Starting Monday, the privately owned chain, which is the third largest in the US by sales, will test menu items in Denver; Charleston, South Carolina; and the Greensboro-Triad area of North Carolina.
Chick-fil-A said it has been working on a plant-based sandwich for about four years, right around the time that chains like Dunkin’ and Restaurant Brands International burger king was putting beyond flesh and Impossible Foods options on their menu.
but meat substitutes that more closely resemble the real thing fell out of favor with consumers following a surge in popularity during the pandemic lockdown. Beyond and Impossible have both recently laid off About a fifth of their employees.
“We explored every corner of the plant-based space in search of the perfect centerpiece for our plant-forward entrée,” Chick-fil-A Culinary Lead Stuart Tracy said in a statement. “Again and again, we kept returning to cauliflower as the base for our sandwiches.”
Over the past decade, cauliflower has become a popular choice for a plethora of different foods. Buffalo wild wings and countless times serve fried cauliflower in buffalo sauce as a substitute for chicken wings. Cauliflower has also turned out in pretzel form and – when finely chopped – as a substitute for rice.