Chick-fil-A is making its cauliflower sandwich the similar manner as its unique rooster sandwich.
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Chick-fil-A will take a look at its first plant-based entree: a cauliflower sandwich.
The brand new sandwich intently resembles its well-known rooster sandwich, however makes use of breaded and pressure-cooked cauliflower instead of meat.
Beginning Monday, the privately owned chain, which is the third-largest within the U.S. by way of gross sales, will take a look at the menu merchandise in Denver; Charleston, South Carolina; and the Greensboro-Triad area of North Carolina.
Chick-fil-A stated it is been operating on a plant-based sandwich for just about 4 years, proper round when chains like Dunkin’ and Eating place Manufacturers Global’s Burger King have been hanging Past Meat and Unimaginable Meals substitutes on their menus.
However meat possible choices that intently resemble the actual factor have fallen out of fashion with customers after a surge in recognition right through pandemic lockdowns. Each Past and Unimaginable have lately laid off a couple of 5th in their workforces.
“We explored each nook of the plant-based area looking for the easiest centerpiece for our plant-forward entrée,” Chick-fil-A Culinary Lead Stuart Tracy stated in a remark. “Time and time once more, we stored returning to cauliflower as the bottom of our sandwich.”
During the last decade, cauliflower has turn into a well-liked change for a plethora of various meals. Buffalo Wild Wings and numerous bars serve fried cauliflower smothered in buffalo sauce as a substitute for rooster wings. Cauliflower has additionally popped up in pretzel shape and – when finely chopped – as a rice change.