Seitan

Ingredientes

Vegan Seitan Chik'n—it's absolutely flavorful and tender! 🤤💯

seitan ingredients

650g (5 1/4 cups) bread flour

350g (1 1/2 cups) vegetable broth

simmering broth ingredients (NOTE: you don’t have to make all this; you could just use 2 to 3 containers of store-bought vegetable broth)

1 white onion, halved

1 carrot, peeled & quartered

1 celery stalk, ends trimmed, quartered

1 garlic bulb, top sliced off

1 lemon, halved

4-5 bay leaves

2 sprigs fresh thyme

1 sprig fresh rosemary

1 tbsp (2g) black peppercorns

2 tsp salt

12 cups (about 3 typical store-bought containers) vegetable broth

prep

for the seitan, add the bread flour and veggie broth to a stand mixer and mix until a solid dough ball forms. if without a stand mixer, mix flour and broth together in a large bowl and with a spatula until dough turns shaggy, then turn onto a work surface and knead until it comes together in a solid ball, about 5 mins. place dough ball in a large bowl completely covered with water and rest 1 hour.

wash the dough ball in the water but squeezing and turning it over repeatedly. the water will become cloudy from the starch, and once it looks milky, either pour it out or pour into a separate container to reserve (there are recipes using starch water! but I have not yet tried them). continue to wash and the dough ball and change out the water every time it gets to be milky in color. eventually after about 5 to 7 washes, the water clears and you’ll be left with the isolated gluten protein. place in a dry bowl and rest 15 mins.

Comment "😍" if you want to try this!