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WIRED
10-05-2025
- Health
- WIRED
Green Chef Has the Tastiest Gluten-Free Recipes I've Made From a Meal Kit
Gluten-free cuisine has a deservedly bad reputation. This is not because wheat has a monopoly on good taste: Entire countries and cultures would disagree. Rather, it's that cooks far too often make things that desperately need gluten to be what they are: pancakes and waffles, say, or Southern fried chicken. Or, lord help us, pizza. And so every time I've tried out gluten-free plates among the many meal kits I've reviewed, it's been with a little bit of fear—lest I find myself endlessly chewing a tapioca pancake, or breaking my own heart over a tray of limp zoodles. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Which is all a prelude to say: The gluten-free meals from HelloFresh's organic meal-kit brand Green Chef were a hell of a nice surprise. More than half of Green Chef's recipes are gluten-free, a quality that the brand attests with hearty, full-throated validation from the Seattle-based Gluten Intolerance Group, which offers certification for gluten-free ingredients and restaurants. More on that validation and what it means, in a bit. But first, I'll say that among a week's worth of gluten-free meals from Green Chef, I didn't miss the gluten. I didn't miss it, because aside from a swap of gluten-free amino sauce (here's one popular brand) in lieu of a little soy sauce, none of the meals would or should have had gluten in them anyway. Rather than make pale imitations of gluteny things, Green Chef's meals were dishes that never needed wheat in the first place. This might include a kale and quinoa grilled chicken bowl with North African spice, steaks in red pepper sauce with green peas and rice, or a rice bowl topped with cabbage and honey ginger shrimp. Each was a fully realized and appetizing meal, which took between a half hour and an hour for me to prepare after receiving a box of ingredients and recipe cards from Green Chef in the mail. None felt like an ingredient was missing. Here's how Green Chef works. Organic, Hearty, Quite Often Gluten-Free Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Founded in Boulder, Colorado, Green Chef was once a competitor to HelloFresh (7/10, WIRED Review), the German-founded meal-kit brand that has helped establish meal kits as a successful business model in dozens of countries. When HelloFresh snapped up Green Chef in 2018, the meal-kit titan positioned Green Chef as its organic alternative: Green Chef advertises that all of its produce and eggs are organic, unless specified otherwise. (The meat is currently the same meat, mostly, used by HelloFresh's other brands, mostly higher-end commodity cuts from legacy American purveyors and producers.)
The Independent
03-04-2025
- General
- The Independent
I tried Green Chef to see if the organic recipe box was as good as it sounds
Meal kit subscription boxes have become a staple for those looking to simplify dinnertime, offering preportioned ingredients and step-by-step recipes delivered right to your door. Among them, Green Chef bills itself as 'the number one meal kit for clean eating' with its emphasis on organic ingredients and various dietary preferences, including keto, vegetarian, and gluten-free. As someone who values high-quality produce and enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, I put Green Chef to the test. I received three meals as part of the service: oven-baked cheesy black beans and rice, beef tenderloin with porcini cream sauce, and garlic-thyme pork chops. Having tried various subscription boxes over the years, from HelloFresh to Blue Apron, I was curious to see how Green Chef measured up and if I could tell the difference between them and the latter's organic ingredients. Here's how it fared in my kitchen. How I tested To evaluate Green Chef, I focused on several key aspects: packaging, ingredient quality, recipe complexity, and overall taste. Over three days, I prepared the meals included in my delivery, which were selected by the company. Each recipe was followed precisely, using only the ingredients provided to ensure consistency with the intended experience. I paid close attention to how well the packaging preserved the freshness of the ingredients, the clarity of the instructions, and how the final dishes tasted compared to my usual home-cooked meals. I also compared Green Chef's offerings to similar meal box services in terms of difficulty, flavor profile, and value. Why you can trust IndyBest reviews Tom Murray is The Independent 's US lifestyle and culture editor based in New York. When it comes to cooking and food, Tom has high standards, opting for organic ingredients and recipes that are packed full of flavor. He prioritizes easy-to-follow recipes and affordability.
