“Chicken” Guacamole Chard Wraps

I don’t usually cook with fake meat substitutes a lot but on one of my recent Chinatown dim sum lunch trips (at my favorite vegan kosher dim sum place!) I discovered this vegetarian market with tons of weird products that I’m just too curious to ignore. So my first purchase was some “chicken legs,” which I marinated and baked. But if you don’t have a Chinese vegetarian market near you, this would also work with seitan or tempeh.

“Chicken” Guacamole Chard Wraps (makes about 6 wraps servings)

For the guacamole:

• 1 small hass avocado
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 plum tomato, chopped
• 1 clove of garlic
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• salt and pepper to taste

Mix everything up until you reach the right consistency

For the marinade, you’ll need:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 cloves of crushed garlic
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp dried sage
• 1/8 tsp anise seed
• 1/2 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp nutritional yeast
• a pinch of crushed red pepper

Brush the marinade on your “chicken” and bake or brown in a saucepan until crispy. Cut the tough spines out of your chard leaves, add a dollop of guacamole and some chicken strips, roll it up, and pierce with a skewer or toothpick. Hooray for finger food!