Considering people were just fine buying bubbly pink meat chicken nuggets from McD’s until the press decided it was their clickbait du jour I don’t think it would be a problem. I buy Impossible nuggets fairly often, they’re great. Wish they were a little cheaper.

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As a non-vegan who has replaced most chicken with tofu, I'd be glad to tell you some of what I've learned! Others can definitely chime in because I'm new to this as well and might have better suggestions:

1. Always use extra firm tofu. Since tofu naturally has a sort of eggy consistency, getting a denser product leads to a more meaty mouth feel.
2. You need a tofu press. Along with getting water out of the tofu, it helps make the tofu more dense, leading to better texture as well. I'm glad to recommend the one I use if need be :) The longer time you press it, the more dense it gets.
3. I used an air fryer recipe to start my journey to prepare it. I've moved on to making some of my own adjustments as well:

• in this recipe, they tell you to mix everything together into a paste and then try to fold the tofu pieces in to get them coated. I have had a better time placing the tofu pieces, oil, and soy sauce into a liquid-tight container with a lid, shaking it to coat everything in the liquid, then opening the lid and adding the drys, then closing and shaking again to coat.
• I add more seasonings like onion powder, paprika and MSG to help it taste more meaty. I'll also add a little corn starch to help the coating be a little more crispy.

4. I use the above pieces as a 1:1 replacement for any recipes calling for chicken pieces, like pastas. I really think tofu works best in smaller pieces like this, as the mouth feel seems about the same as small chicken pieces. I do not recommend trying to use tofu the same as an entire chicken breast since the texture and taste differences will be very noticable.
5. This tofu fajitas recipe is what I used to help transition my SO and I over to eating more tofu.

Please let me know if I can provide more info!

I cut my tofu into tiny cubes and air fry them. I'll add them into things like udon or stir fry, which has its own seasoning; haven't tried seasoning the tofu directly. But considering you're non-vegan, you could go with chicken bullion and you'd get most of the way there. Otherwise, a healthy amount of garlic and onion powder will do you well, maybe some beer can chicken spice.

I'll admit I don't know how to best make it resemble anything ^^ When I went vegan I came to realize that most of the flavour of meat is in the seasoning, but I never cared if the tofu or whatever actually resembled the meat it was seasoned like.

Now you may ask how to season it properly, and I'd love to tell you, but I'm such a new cook that I can't. Names of spices elude me, which is part of the reason I need strict recipes to remember how to do shit. I enjoy cooking, I just can't remember any of it lmao

Tldr: I'd love to help you, but you happened to ask the most useless person for that advice hahaha I'm sorry

Not a vegan but Butler’s brand soy curls in a stir fry or with pasta or whatever is a very tasty substitution.

It's the way they dispose of grease, I believe. I think there are less regulations in the US than elsewhere. That or the minimum wage workers just don't give a shit.

Though I’d discourrage anyone from trying Hamburg Central Station ~~KFC~~

Like the other commenter said, it’s chickpea and mung beans and some other stuff.

I have a soy allergy and am intolerant of red meat, so Beyond burgers are the next best option for me. I can sometimes find pre-made bean patties but those are rarer. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Beyond uses chickpea protein. Soy allergies are pretty common.