There is a lot of bad press these days on tofu and tofu containing products. I won’t elaborate here. My intent is to offer a great alternative for your space!
Seitan is made from wheat but does not have a lot in common with flour or bread. Many know it as “wheat meat”, “wheat gluten” or simply “gluten”. If you have a wheat sensitivity or allergy, of course avoid this product. If not, why not give it a try? The texture is very similar to meat when cooked and it is high in protein.
If you have tried Tofurky, you have had seitan!
You can purchase it already prepared in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, or you can make it yourself by hand, there is a process to doing it and it takes a little time.
Here are a few starter recipes for you!
Seitan Mean and Fruit Kababs
Wash and cut kiwi, melon and strawberries,
Prepare 1 pack of seitan (about 1 pound) in a bowl and add ½ tsp of garlic powder, 1/2 tsp of chili powder, ½ tsp of cumin powder, ½ tsp of paprika.
Mix it up and create little balls. Lightly cook In a oiled pan.
Remove seitan from the pan and let it cool a little. Skewer your food up and you are ready to eat. This is a quick recipe goes nice with a glass of white wine!
Spicy Seitan Wings
These are so good, be careful they may fly away before you can eat them!
Cut 1 pack of seitan (about 1 pound) into strips. Add 2 tsp of garlic powder, ½ tsp of sea salt and 1 ½ tsp of onion powder in a bowl. Roll seitan around in this mixture until completely covered. Lightly pan fry the seitan in olive oil for about 7 minutes.
Melt 1/3 cup of butter and stir in ½ cup of hot sauce, move to a bowl.
Add your cooked seitan into this bowl and stir it up to coat well.
Serve with organic ranch dressing.
Enjoy!
Organically Yours,
Renay Matthews
Www.organeefoodcoach.com
The seitan hot wings sound AMAZING. Thanks for these alternatives. I was starting to get sick of eating tofu and veggie burger all the time.
Thanks Yumi!
I think you just might end up preferring seitan over tofu, let me know. :0)
With Love,
Renay
Hey Renay!
Is seitan (Dana Carvey is the churchlady) a fermented product? Would it be good in combination with tofu in tofu recipies?
Blessings,
Ed
Hi Ed! Hope you are well, thanks for reading my post dear brother.
It is actually not fermented. There is a way to create it, not so hard…with instant gluten flour (wheat flour) and nutritional yeast flakes, garlic granules and onion granules…
I found an easy boil recipe here for you:
http://www.veganoutreach.org/guide/seitan.html
I have never seen it mixed with tofu, but you can sure give it a try!
Let me know.
With Love,
Renay
Renay, dear I enjoyed your recepies, but I am going to substitute seiten with tofu or some other vegitarian stuff, e.g. read bean paste, since seiten is not available in Armenia.
However, I have a question, which I hope you will answer sincerely. Why do vegetarians go for creation of meat-like substitutes for proteins? Isn't it, that once you break yourself of the habit of devouring flesh, you develop odium towards its structure, taste and appearence? Aren't we fooling ourselves with products like seitin?
Thanks for a reply,
loving you
Rouzanna
What a great question Rousanna!
I would say it is cultural in some ways. I can only speak from personal experience. I have the kind of mother that says "you need to eat meat". I am often there for dinner and meat is served every night, in rich sauces with beautiful vegetables, she is an incredible cook! My 2 year old son sits savoring his organic tofu corn dog (his new favorite)…looks like a corn dog…I am teaching him your point exactly…and I will now eat the veggies and bring over a meat substitute, which looks like meat!
I never really thought about it before. Many products geared towards consumers look like meat. I even have a seitan roast "like" in my refrigerator. For me, it