Simple Homemade Vegan Seitan – Perfect for Shavings
It’s afforable, cheaper than any meat substitute I’ve encountered, nutitious, has 31g of protein per 100g (the only reason why I included the nutitional values), and most importantly delicious! Not to forget, super easy to meal prep and keep in the fridge ready to be sliced up eaten cold or warm. Perfect for making vegan and protein rich kebab or gyros as well!
- Yield: 1200g log 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g / 17,6 oz vital wheat gluten
- 20g / 0,7 oz nutritional yeast (can probably be omitted)
- 750g water / 26,5 oz + 2 stock cubes of chocie
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- All the spices you’d like to the taste, for example thyme, rosemary, black pepper, oregano, smoked paprika, dijon mustard, miso paste, chilli paste, and such
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175°C/350°F.
- Mix the wet and dry in two separate bowls. Add the wet to the dry and mix until combined. Knead only for a few minutes till it feels a little bit more bouncy.
- Transfer the dough to a piece of aluminium foil and try to shape in to a log. Wrap VERY tightly with the help of two to three sheets of aluminium foil. Twist the ends, see picture above for indication of how the wrapped log should look. Use a fork and pierce a few holes in the wrap to help the moisture to escape when baking.
- Bake for 1,5 hours till it’s firm. Let cool completely before opening, preferably over night.
- For making kebab or gyros shavings, use a sharp knife cute into thin shavings. Heat a pan with a little bit of oil, add the seitan, and prefered kebab/gyros spices. Fry till warm, it can get dry if you cook it for too long. Serve and enjoy with prefered kebab/gyros toppings and sides.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 100g
- Calories: 180
- Fat: 3
- Carbohydrates: 7
- Protein: 31
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