Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders

The plant-based chicken space has been getting increasingly competitive of late. The last year has seen an explosion in the number of brands competing for your fake-chicken dollars. The latest I spied, the popular Beyond Meat brand with these faux-tenders. Here, six frozen tenders come in a resealable bag.

Cooking: Bake, air fry or microwave. For the best results I’d recommend (as with most things) avoiding the microwave. But hey, if you’re in a rush, you have the option.

Taste and texture: These are immediately identifiable as a non-meat based product; and I should note my vegetarian wife appreciated this. The texture is *very* firm with lots of chew, they are dense and heavy. The exterior breading is quite thin, and even using the air fryer, they dont’ get all that crispy. Taste wise there’s nothing massively to love or hate, they’re a fairly neutral palate for whatever dips or dish you throw at them.

Overall: I will admit to some initial disappointment with these. The original Beyond Burger was a huge leap forward in meat-free options, the mimicry of a real beef burger something to behold. These nuggets are not that same leap forward. They will fool no one but perhaps thats the point. I believe this is the roughly same product in KFC’s Beyond Chicken – those are superior with the better exterior batter.

Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders air fried
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders air fried
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders air fried interior
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders air fried interior
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders ingredients
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders ingredients
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders cooking instructions
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders cooking instructions
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders nutrition
Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders nutrition
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Are Beyond Chicken Plant-Based Tenders any good

For me, these are a pass. They’re not a poor product per se, just mediocre in the face of so many other far better products on the market.

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