When I come across incredible looking recipes around socials, not all are vegan, and my first thought is – I NEED to veganize that ASAP.
And when a @HolmesCooking recipe popped up on my feed, that was my immediate response. It is finally time to make a vegan buffalo mac!
With fall coming up soon, all the comfort and crockpot meals will be coming out, and this is perfect to add to your rotation.
& yes this can easily be made gluten free as well. I’ve done it both ways and it has turned out amazing. Let’s keep it simple and get right into it.
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Vegan Buffalo Mac
Can be made in crockpot or in baking dish (oven). I used my small 2qt crockpot to make just the cheese sauce and dump it with everything else after, or you can use a bigger one to put the other parts in there all together. I’ve made it both ways – it turns out great either way!
Ingredients:
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Garlic and onion powder to taste
- Half to whole small bottle of vegan buffalo sauce depending on taste pref
- Equal amount of vegan ranch
- 8oz vegan cream cheese
- 8oz vegan sour cream
- Vegan cheeses (cheddar and mozz best IMO) approx 8 oz of each (Rec Daiya cheddar block and mozz sticks)
- Jar garlic 1-2 tbsp
- 1-2 bags of Gardein grilled chikn or 1-2 blocks of tofu prepped like chickn (post coming soon about this!)
- Vegan parmesan to taste if desired (FYH or Violife rec)
- Approx half a box of pasta (Barilla gluten free if doing GF)
- Garnish of choice (I usually choose Parsley!)
This is definitely super easy, so it’ll probably be the shortest instructions ever lol.
- Dump all the cheeses, sour cream, seasonings, everything except for the vegan “chickn” of choice, vegan parm, garnish, and pasta of choice.
- If using a crockpot, either do high for 2-3 hours, or low for a few hours longer. I don’t recommend leaving this in super long as everything is just basically melting together and theres no food safety issue.
- If baking in the oven, itll probably take a half hour to 45 mins depending on temperature for everything to melt and cook together. Keep an eye for when it looks ready and then you can add the rest.
- Prepare your vegan “chickn” and pasta of choice. For gluten free, I 1000% recommend Barilla Gluten Free as their options are simply the best!
- Shred your vegan “chickn”, and combine that, your pasta, and your cheese sauce all together.
- Add your vegan parm, mix, and top with the garnish of your choice. Done ~
