Homemade Seitan

Submitted by Kathy228

"A very tasty, and tender seitan is produced. You can change the taste by the changing or adding different spices. eg. adding traditional chicken herbs like sage, poultry seasoning will produce a mock chicken. Found this recipe on-line."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 6 pieces

ingredients

• 473.18 ml gluten flour
• 4.92 ml garlic powder
• 4.92 ml ground ginger
• 295.73 ml water (or veg. broth cube) or 295.73 ml vegetable stock (or veg. broth cube)
• 44.37 44.37 ml Braggs liquid aminos or 44.37 ml soy sauce
• 4.92-14.78 ml toasted sesame oil (optional)

• Simmering Broth

• 946.36 ml water or 946.36 ml vegetable broth
• 59.14 ml tamari, Braggs, soy sauce
• 3-4 slice gingerroot
• celery (optional)
• onion (optional)
• parsley (optional)

directions

1. Add garlic powder and ginger to flour and stir.
2. Mix liquids together and add to flour mixture all at once. Mix vigorously with a fork. When it forms a stiff dough knead it 10 to 15 times.
3. Let the dough rest 2 to 5 minutes, then knead it a few more times. Let it rest another 15 minutes. It will be rubbery.
4. Cut gluten into 5 or 6 pieces. Pat out and stretch dough to form into "cutlet" shapes.
5. Combine broth ingredients. Simmer seitan pieces in broth for 30 to 60 minutes. Let seitan cool in the broth.
6. You can use this right away, refrigerate it for up to a week, or freeze it for several months.