Dinner

Basic seitan is for Dinner.

Basic seitan takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Basic seitan takes 60 minutes to cook.

Basic seitan makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Basic seitan are:

Dry ingredients:
1.5 cups vital wheat gluten
1/4 cup nutritional yeast (I use Red Star Vegetarian Formula)
1 teaspoon each of granulated garlic and/or onion
any dry seasonings you want (for Italian-sausage flavoring, for example, try smoked paprika and fennel seeds)

Wet ingredients:
1 cup water, or 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup tomato juice
1/4 cup ketchup or water or sweet and sour sauce or whatever you want for flavor and moistness (the original recipe said olive oil and soy sauce, but I try to avoid that much salt and oil)

Mix the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and the wet ones in a small bowl. Add wet to dry and mix together, then knead for just a minute until it's all cohesive.

Next, you can simmer, steam, or bake the gluten to make seitan.

STEAM: Cut into three or four roughly equal pieces, then wrap each piece (you can shape it into a sausage shape or a cutlet first if you want) in aluminum foil. Wrap well and steam 30-40 minutes. Keeps well.

BAKE: Make the whole thing into a log shape, wrap in foil, and bake at 325 for 90 minutes. Allow to cool before unwrapping. Keeps well.

SIMMER: Cut into 3 or 4 roughly equal pieces. Add to a pot containing 10 cups of COLD water and 1/2 cup (optional) of soy sauce. Bring to a boil gently, then partly cover the pan and let the gluten simmer GENTLY for 1 hour. You can store boiled seitan in the fridge in its boiling liquid for a couple days. If you want to store it longer, bring it back to a boil every couple of days, and it'll keep for a week or two.

Here is how you make Basic seitan:

Makes something like 12 servings, so let's just say 12. It depends on how much you want, of course, but I need a number for the nutritional analysis.(Nutritional info is calculated using 1 cup water and 1/4 cup ketchup.)Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SERENE-VANNOY.

The nutritional information for Basic seitan is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 72.8

• Total Fat: 0.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 69.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 5.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 12.8 g

The dietary needs meet for Basic seitan is Vegan