Simple Seitan

Seitan Dip Sandwich Pan fried seitan, on a 3seed baguette, with melty Red Leichester cheese, homemade barbeque sauce, and seitan cooking broth to dip in. Not sure if you'd like it? Anna wasn't sure either. I made her one anyway.. she ate it quickly and asked for another!
Comfort Food!! Vegetarians rejoice! This meal made me a happy lady. Pan fried Seitan with Red Leichester cheese, homemade Barbeque Sauce, mashed potatoes with wild mushroom gravy and roasted veggies. I ate this at work, and my co-workers were jealous.


About Seitan: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/g/Seitan.htm

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Simple Seitan from Veganimicon
by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
page 131-132

1c vital wheat gluten flour
3T Nutritional Yeast
½ c cold vegetable broth
¼ c soy sauce
1T olive oil
2 cloves garlic

Broth: 8 cups cold water plus 3 vegetable bouillon cubes
or 4 cups broth plus 4 cups cold water

Mix together the gluten flour and yeast in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl mix together the veggie broth, soy sauce, olive oil and garlic. Pour the wet into the dry and stir until most of the moisture has been absorbed and the wet ingredients are partially clumped up with the dry ingredients. Use your hands to knead the mixture for about 3 minutes, until the dough is elastic. Divide with a knife to 3 equal pieces and then knead those pieces in your hand just to stretch them out a bit.

Fill a stock pot with broth and add the gluten pieces. Cover and bring to a boil, but watch carefully; you don’t want it to boil very long or the outside of the seitan will be spongy. Try to catch it as soon as it boils and then lower the heat as low as it will go so that it is at a low simmer.

Partially cover the pot, so that steam can escape and let simmer for an hour, turning the seitan occasionally. 

Turn off the heat, and take the lid off let sit for 15 minutes.

Remove the broth and place in a strainer until it is cool enough to handle. It is now ready to be sliced up and used. If you have extra seitan store it in the fridge in the cooking water, or freeze in cooking water.