Seitan

 

I stole the regular recipe from Yeah That Vegan Sh*t…then in my true style I changed it…Here is what I did. No pictures for a couple reasons: you just put stuff in a bowl and then smash it together, and no matter what you do it always looks like a giant turd. So yeah…

I like Seitan. It is made of Gluten and has an enormously high protein content. It is kind of spongy, and my brother and sister both think it is weird. But they eat dead animals...

Spicy Seitan

1.5 Cups Vital Wheat Gluten

¼ Cup Nutritional Yeast

2 tsps Paprika

¼ tsp Cinnamon

¼ tsp Cumin

1 tsp Black Pepper (usually do a heaping tsp)

1/8 tsp Cayenne powder (or Sriracha)

½ tsp Garlic Powder (or some fresh finely minced is good)

½ can tomato sauce

¼ cup COLD water

1 Tbsp Ketchup

2 Tbsp Oil (olive, vegetable, canola, what have you…)

2 Tbsp Worcestershire (Make sure its vegan! Annie’s makes one and I have seen one “Wizard” Brand)

Preheat oven to 350 (my oven cooks retardedly hot, so I usually do 300)

Combine dry ingredients in a large-ish bowl, combine wet in a smaller bowl. Whisk both separately.

Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, pour in wet. Mix with a fork until it becomes ridiculous.

Complete the combining process with your freshly washed hands. Knead the dough for 5-8 minutes…or however long you have patience for.

Form into a log…6-8 inches in length. It will look terrible…

Roll in foil as tightly as possible. Pinch the ends (so it looks like a giant hard candy)

Bake for 90 minutes on the rack. NO BAKING SHEET! It will burn!

Let cool completely, store in the fridge…I usually keep it in something plastic so it doesn’t dry out.

 

This is just a little more mild flavor…Better as an ingredient as compared to the above…which I like on its own. Slightly different ingredients, same directions.

Chicken Style Seitan

1.5 Cups Vital Wheat Gluten

¼ Cup Nutritional Yeast

½ tsp Poultry Seasoning (Sage, Thyme, Marjoram, Rosemary, Nutmeg, Black Pepper)

¼ tsp Cumin

1 tsp Black Pepper

½ tsp Garlic Powder (or some fresh finely minced is good)

½ can tomato sauce

¼ cup COLD water

1 Tbsp Ketchup

2 Tbsp Oil (olive, vegetable, canola, what have you…)

1 Tbsp Molasses