The UK’s Best Vegan Fried Chicken
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The UK’s Best Vegan Fried Chicken

If you’re in the mood for some serious comfort food but don’t want to kill birds and trash the planet, indulge without ruffling feathers by ordering vegan fried chicken – in store or straight to your door. Taste-test one of these top options this Friday night!

Bedford and Hitchin

Chicken George Jnr

Chicken George Jnr

The Chickless Chicken burger is available in classic, buffalo, and mango flavours, and you can order it from the outlet’s website straight to your door. Let’s eat vegan for the chickens!

Leicester

Huns Vegan

The menu is entirely vegan and includes burgers, Chick’hun Bites, nuggets, and loaded fries. Top it off with a decadent Biscoff non-dairy cheesecake or a Jaffa Cake Chocolate Orange Cake for dessert.

Liverpool

Down the Hatch

This comfort-food joint is 100% animal-free. The vast menu features crispy seitan wings, burgers, a Caesar salad with crispy Quorn strips, mac and cheese, loaded fries, vegan chicken curry, and hearty meatballs. Try the crispy seitan Zinger burger topped with a hash brown and their famous sauce. Upgrade to Flaming Zinger sauce if your taste buds can cope.

London

Chickenish

This all-vegan takeaway offers chicken-shop classics like fried vegan chicken bites, nuggets, and the Chickenish Bucket. It also offers an array of plant-based chicken burgers and a Redefine Meat burger, each paired with garnishes such as ranch slaw, gherkins, and burger sauce.

Chick’n’Sours

PETA

It’s no wonder Chick’N’Sours secured the top stop for best vegan chicken in PETA’s 2024 Vegan Food Awards. The Vegan MK2 consists of a crispy vegan patty, green slaw, ginger miso, kimchi, and gochujang  mayonnaise. Pair with a side of fries or bang bang cucumbers for the ultimate combo. Just make sure you ask for vegan fries.

Jam Delish

This takeaway offers modern Caribbean cuisine across its all-vegan menu! Choose from dishes including Caribbean-fried “Chicken” with Jamaican Gravy and Curry “Chicken” Coco Bread. You’ll also find favourites like “bacon” mac and cheese, BBQ jerk plantain fries, and a coconut crumble.

Sutton and Sons

This popular chippie, known for its vegan fish, also offers burgers, including the No Chick, at its Hackney location. It’s crisped to perfection and served in a toasted bun with vegan cheese, crispy lettuce, and juicy tomato.

Nationwide

Brewdog

BrewDog’s What The Cluck burger features vegan chicken from TiNDLE, red onion, vegan mayonnaise, lettuce, and pickles. The Buffalo Chick’N Burger can be made vegan and includes buffalo sauce, vegan mayo, and baby gem. Share a plate of the chain’s famous beer-battered cauliflower wings. Choose between Buffalo with vegan mayo dip, Korean BBQ with sriracha dip, or Dragon spice with vegan mayo.

Burger King

Feast on the PETA Vegan Food Award–winning Vegan Royale: a crispy chicken-style patty served on a toasted sesame seed bun, finished with lettuce and vegan mayo. Do you want fries with that? Go ahead – they’re vegan, too.

Chicken & Blues

The Chicken & Blues vegan menu is packed with classics. We love the Tex Mex wrap, which features THIS Isn’t Chicken BBQ pieces, spicy rice, lettuce, and your choice of sauce in a grilled tortilla. You can also get vegan chicken tenders or smokey BBQ cauliflower wings on the side.

Coqfighter

Coqfighter has delivery-only locations all over the UK and several shops in London. On its menu, you’ll find the fried chik’n fillet burger with chipotle mayonnaise, house pickles, and shredded lettuce. Pair with skin-on-fries accompanied by a pot of hot sauce. Oh, and that name? When it comes to chickens, be a lover, not a fighter.

Ed’s Easy Diner

Ed's Easy Diner

Ed’s Easy Diner offers a tasty Quorn vegan chicken burger with inferno sauce and beer-battered onion rings. Order with waffle fries and a vegan shake for the full experience.

KFC

KFC’s original recipe vegan burger features a bespoke Quorn fillet coated with the famous combination of herbs and spices, with fresh iceberg lettuce and creamy vegan mayo in a soft, glazed bun. Find the full list of locations serving the vegan burger here.

Miss Millie’s

Enjoy a classic vegan chicken burger at Miss Millie’s, made with a TiNDLE vegan patty topped with creamy vegan mayonnaise and lettuce. It’s a simple, satisfying option for anyone craving a bit of comfort food.

Nando’s

They call it the Great Imitator, but don’t let the name fool you – this is the real deal. Made from pea protein, PERi-Plant strips are grilled in your favourite spices and served in a wrap with garlic PERinaise, lettuce, and chilli jam. You can also order the PERi-Plant strips as an add-on to the spicy rice bowl – and Nando’s says that it tastes so much like its PERi-PERi chicken that people will find it hard to tell the difference. You know who can? Chickens.

Oowee Vegan

This popular Bristol restaurant was named Deliveroo’s “Restaurant of the Year” in 2019 and has since added locations in Brighton and London. There’s an abundance of options, but our favourite is The Big Bacon Swiss, made with crispy chick’n, vegan baconaise, smoked vegan gouda, “bacon,” a hash brown, and lettuce. Now that is a vegan burger!

Papa Johns

Papa Johns

Papa Johns offers a range of banging vegan options, including Quorn vegan nuggets coated in seasoned breadcrumbs and served with a choice of dip, the La Vie Vegan Hawaiian and La Vie Vegan Works pizzas, cauliflower wings, potato tots, Ben & Jerry’s dairy-free ice cream, and Cinnapie Sticks.

Sides

Created by YouTube sensation Sidemen, this chain offers crispy vegan chicken wings to go with one of the many tasty sauces on offer.

Slim Chickens

Slim Chickens brings a taste of the US to the UK. Whether you’re delving into a stack of delicious oat milk–marinated TiNDLE tenders or a classic Plant Based Buffalo Sandwich, you won’t be disappointed.

Temple of Seitan

This all-vegan fast-food chain offers delivery at six locations across the UK. Among the many dishes is a succulent chick’n two-piece, the Nashville Hot burger comprised of a hot dipped fillet, pickles, ranch mayonnaise, and lettuce, and their signature Temple Wings in various flavours, served with your choice of dip.

Thunderbird Fried Chicken

The plant-based BBQ burger is smothered in a sweet, sticky BBQ sauce, drizzled with vegan ranch, and topped off with crispy lettuce and pickles on a “squishy” soft bun. Make sure you try the plant-based nuggets with your choice of dip. Available at several locations in London and at select Parkdean Resorts.

Want To Create Your Own Animal-Friendly Burger?

Fear not – all major supermarkets now offer a variety of plant-based chicken products, so you can still whip up your favourite comfort food whenever the mood strikes.

Chickens Are Magnificent

Unfortunately, most humans know more about how chickens taste than who they are.

Each chicken has a unique personality. They love to play and will run, jump, and sunbathe when given the chance. They are inquisitive and clever and make excellent parents. Humans have identified more than 24 distinct vocalisations that chickens use to communicate a variety of messages, such as warning their companions about different types of predators.

Chickens Need Your Help

The vast majority of chickens on UK farms are forced to grow so large that they often struggle to stand up. They never get to see the sun and are unable to do any of the things that come naturally to them – and all of them are eventually slaughtered.

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