Vegan Calamari
This crispy vegan calamari is made from hearts of palm and served with a spicy vegan tartar sauce. This vegan calamari recipe is so easy and tastes sinfully delicious!
Servings: 6
Calories: 187kcal
Ingredients
- 2 14.5 ounce jars hearts of palm
- 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 2 Tablespoons Dulse
Plant Milk Mixture
- 1 ½ cups Unflavored, unsweetened oat milk or plant milk of choice
- 2 Tablespoons dijon mustard
- 2 Tablespoons Oat flour or flour of choice
Breading Mixture
- 2 cups bread crumbs choose gluten-free bread crumbs for a gluten free option
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
Vegan Tartar Sauce
- 1 recipe vegan tartar sauce
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha
Optional Ingredients
- 1 leomn cut into wedges
- 1 cup sweet red and yellow pickled peppers
- ¼ cup pickled red onions
- ¼ cup parsley, chopped
Instructions
Hearts of Palm Calamari
- Remove the hearts of palm tubes from the jar/can of brine.
- Rinse and dry each tube.
- Cut each tube into ½ inch pieces.
- Using your finger, or a small knife, gently remove each center piece of each ½-inch cut section.
- Reserve the center pieces for another recipe.
- Place rings into a refrigerator safe container,
- juice ½ of a lemon on top of the vegan calamari pieces.
- Add the dulse and Old Bay Seasoning.
- Place a top on the contaienr and gently shake to combine the ingredients.
- Refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Plant Milk Mixture
- Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Transfer the mixture into a bowl.
Breading Mixture
- Combine bread crumbs, nutritional yeast, and seasonings to a bowl.
- Stir to combine.
Preparing the Vegan Calamari
- Dip each piece of marianted hearts of palm into the plant-milk mixture, then into the breading mixture.
- Continue until all the pieces are breaded.
Air Frying
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees.
- Place the breaded vegan calamari rings in a single layer on te air fryer pan.
- If cooking in batches, prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat .
- Preheat an oven to 325 degrees to keep the vegan calamari warm while cooking the remaining batches.
- Cook for 7 minutes.
Baking
- Preheat an oven to 400 degrees.
- Prepare a baking hseet with parchemnt paper or a silcone baking mat.
- Place a single layer of breaded vegan calamari rings on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minjutes, flipping the pieces over half way trhough cooking.
Spicy Vegan Tartar Sauce
- Stir 2 teaspoons of Sriracha into 1 recipe of vegan tartar sauce.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
Notes
- Use your pinky finger to remove the centers of the hearts of palm, so as not to break through the outer circle.
- Reserve the centers pieces for another recipe. Or, serve chopped up on a salad.
- I prefer marinating overnight for the best flavor.
- Look for the word "sustainable" on the jar/can of hearts of palm.
- Blending the milk mixture is much easier than whisking together for the best texture.
- When lemons are in season, buy them in bulk and juice them. Freeze them in ice cube trays to have lemon juice all year long for cooking.
- To make your own oil-free bread crumbs, toast pieces of Dave's Bread and crumble them in a food processor.
- Use gluten-free bread crumbs for a gluten-free option.
- Choose oyster mushrooms, instead of hearts of palm, as another option.
- To avoid wasting food, I use the center pieces I removed for vegan lobster rolls, vegan tuna pasta salad, or hearts of palm crab cakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 6g | Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 335mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 4mg