Hi! Thanks for making the recipe and such a great video. I’ve been watching you for years so this is so cool to see!!! I appreciate all you do and can’t wait to see more ❤️🔥🙏
Ahhhh the legend!! Man you are killing it with these recipes! I love what you are doing... keep on doing it!!!! I honestly can't wait to see what you make next!
Recipe Ingredients: Seitan 100 g Vital Wheat gluten 30 g all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp sage Sauce: 3 tbs sweet soy sauce (or 2 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs brown sugar, and 1/8 tsp ginger, melted 30 sec in microwave) sweet chili sauce 1-2 tsp sesame oil 1. Mix all dry seitan ingredients together 2. add warm water while mixing until you can form a dough ball (appx 1/2 cup). 3. Add enough oil to your pan to cover the bottom 4. tear off pieces of the seitan dough ball and add to the oil 5. brown seitan on all sides 6. cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes 7. lower the heat and add cover seitan with sweet chili sauce 8. add sweet soy sauce and sesame oil 9. toss the seitan with the sauce to mix 10. Plate with rice
We've made it a bunch of times! Try adding a bit more water to loosen up the gluten. Our first batch was hard to tear and super tough, too. Adding more water helps with that. (We also seasoned our water more to infuse flavor into the seitan itself) FutureLettuce is an internet sensation!
Should the dough feel a little wet? I added more water (about 3/4 cup total) to get it to come together and it still was tough to pull apart. It did crisp on the outside but when I covered it after initially frying, I took off the cover and it had puffed up 🤨. The sauce made it taste good but it was pretty chewy. I’m a seitan newbie and have only made sausages.
I have been thinking why not just use a broth instead of the water. Try it a few times with varying broth concentrations. It would still be in the neighborhood of the laziest quickest seitan!
Not a vegetarian or vegan but I’m gonna try this to see if my kids can tell the difference. They totally didn’t know the impossible burger wasn’t real meat and were completely surprised. Now when we go to restaurants my son always orders anything impossible. Thanks for the ideas on how to go more meatless without feeling like we’re going meatless
I had my parents over for dinner last weekend. They are both meat eaters and dont like much of the vegan meats or cheeses Ive forced them to try in the past. I took a risk and last minute decided to make this real quick for them. I substituted the rice for rice noodles and some steamed veggies, also I bought a premade general tso sauce. But this seitan absolutely BLEW THEM AWAY. I made a double batch and not a single piece of these delicious nuggets was left. This recipe was amazing it went straight into my recipe book thank you soooo much.
Someone asked him for measurements, and he said, "1/2 tsp of each spice and about 1/3 cup of sweet chili, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1-2 tsp sesame oil. Add more if needed." Definitely making this today. Thanks SauceStache!!🥰
Sorry about all the negative comments lately, just unhappy people trying to make others miserable with them. Love you and your content, thank you for always finding innovative ways to give us yummy food ❤️
@@SauceStache I just don't think that the idea of trying to trick someone into eating something different is nice, like we all have our own diets. But they shouldn't get mad either way
I've made this 5 times already! The first time I made it, the kids asked for more, so I had to make it again. Which was no hassle cause it's so quick. I think the part that's most interesting is that centre. The trick with seitan is to cook for ages and to let it rest. The pieces are so small that they cook in no time, but also I think it's on the rare side! I've eaten uncooked seitan, it's gross. But slightly undercooked seems to actually work!
And there's no chance of food poisoning either! As long as you're getting some heat in there, flour bacteria should die in no time. Think heat treating flour for edible cookie dough.
Just made this and it IS amazing! It’s the first faux meat I’ve ever made and it came out perfectly! I’ve always wanted to make seitan, but I’m very disabled and was always too worried about running out of stamina to try it. This is such a gift, thank you @FutureLettuce thank you @SauceStache ! Note: being a contrarian, and not having any sauces in the house, I made the dough with curry seasonings and made a quick curry sauce. If you are going to do that, I would recommend not adding the sauce to the seitan until you are ready to serve. I pulled out half of the seitan and the other half I added the sauce to to finish cooking. Those turned into curried dumplings (still awesome!). But all of this rambling to say that this is one fool-proof recipe 😂
Thank you Ms Debbie ! We love chickpea flour . Did you use vital wheat gluten ? I would appreciate it so much if you could spare some of your time and let us know your recipe . 😊
@@awesomerandomer1999 Ms Emilia be patient with me and I'll share some of our best sauces for this type of vegan meat or you can use veggies. Are you Vegan or would you like Vegetarian recipes as well?
@@helianthe3457 the thing with seitan (ive made a lot of seitan recipes using different creators' recipe) is that you have to rely on broth to get any flavour youre basing it to. Like if you want to get as close to "chicken" flavour, you have to use vegan chicken broths and seasonings. I made liv b's chicken seitan recipe and i used vegan chicken granules, and it does give off that chicken smell. Hope that helps 😅😂
Your impression of the adamant meat eater is spot on for someone I used to work with. Back when I was active duty, I had a salty old senior chief who was very much like that. He didn't eat any vegetables (except asparagus and potatoes) and was proud of that fact. And not because of allergies or anything, I specifically made sure (this becomes relevant later). He had extremely.. let's call them old fashioned views about meat and what eating or not eating it said about a person. He gave me regular grief for not eating meat, and not really in a playful kind of way. So of course at every opportunity at morale events, pot lucks, pig outs, etc, I'd get him to try whatever I made/brought. Never told him it was meatless, just played gopher when he had me fetch a burger or something. He never once figured it out, and actually claimed my chili was some of the best he'd ever had.
I just made this! My girlfriend loved it, she was convinced it was beef until I told her it wasn't! I was quite impressed too! Will certainly make this again and experiment with other meals :-)
Just made this and it turned out really well. I did what another commenter said and actually added about 3/4 cup water instead of 1/2 cup and it turned out perfect!!
Tried this one for lunch today, it was great! I added half a teaspoon of white wine vinegar to the seitan, as someone in the comments recommended. I do suggest that when you tear the pieces, you aim for a flattish shape. This gives you pieces with a high crunchy exterior/chewy center ratio, which I preferred.
It's blowing up which I think is so cool ! So many people are changing it and playing with the recipe. I love that less people are eating meat 💚 some people have added chick pea flour and tofu. It's gonna be fun to play with.
I made this tonight, I used slightly less gluten and cut in chick pea flour. I also used vegan chicken broth with a dash of apple cider vinegar to cut the wheat taste out. It came out lovely.
I'm sorry for the stupid question, but can I grind my own chick pea flour from the pre cooked, dry chick peas? I know that sounds really dumb, but I'm just learning. I have a nice big bag, thanks to not having cans in the pandemic. Thanks!
I've been meaning to try this but haven't yet. I did do the experiment to replicate this with WTF gluten and it was absolutely a disaster. You could cut it with kitchen scissors instead of tearing if it is too tough. Thanks for testing it. "I can tell . . . " LOL
Ive been using this recipe since you posted this. Its absolutely essential. Just a tip for anyone looking to try it, you can skip the frying part and toss your chunks in a very small amount of oil then toaster oven them (I use the air fryer setting at 425*) for 15 mins. When you take them out they will seem tough, thats fine. Add them to a saucepan with your general tsos on low heat, add a lid and let the magic happen. The sauce will absorb into the chunks and the lid will keep in moisture and rehydrate them in just a couple minutes. They will come out just as deliciously crunchy/ chewy as the full on fried method. Thank you again for this post, I have fed it to several non veggie friends and it ALWAYS amazes.
Ok I tried this switching up the spices and with a lemon glaze and it was bomb! Way better then what I normally make with gliten flour, chewyer and finnaly well cooked 😆 mine always comes out slimy 😆
Dude your imitation of the basic meat-eater was just incredible xD and the "Yeah, Ok" after it was amazing too. The recipe looks phenomenal, maybe I'll do it tonight :D
They can only tell when you tell them. I once got the vegan chicken at a Chinese restaurant near me and I thought they gave me the wrong thing so I asked some meat eaters to taste it for me. They told me "that's chicken. That's definitely chicken". Turned out it WASNT chicken, it really was the faux chicken. You can tell when compared to their chicken but on its own you wouldn't know.
Yay! I’m sooo glad this was a success. I always stayed away from seitan because it always seemed like a tedious process. NOW THIS I can get behind. Really appreciate the simplicity of this recipe. Thanks for figuring out the measurements!!
Bought vital wheat gluten and tried other recipes, but didn't like any. This one might save me! Gonna try these and other spices. But I'm definitely gonna try this one! Thank you man, you're an inspiration on your pursuit for the perfect vegan meat!
Have you tried Avocado and Ale's chickwheat or School Night Vegan's vegan chicken? Both are pretty easy and involve adding extra sources of protein but result in fantastic seitan
Gonna look out for these. Everything I made with vital wheat gluten until this day tasted too "floury", maybe it's something about the brand I got... In my country we don't have many of them, or lots of vegan options, so I decided to go on with the easiest ones to find (mostly grains).
I made this tonight, I used slightly less gluten and cut in chick pea flour. I also used vegan chicken broth with a dash of apple cider vinegar to cut the wheat taste out. It came out lovely.
@@kinderearthuk it came out amazing. As a matter of fact I made it again tonight!! What a coincidence! Tonight I made a no sodium general tso sauce by combining a no sodium soy sauce replacement and adding In the brown sugar, and chili flakes. For a first attempt it came out surprisingly good!! I have to play around with the sauce recipe next time but it’s a good start.!
I knew this was coming and I am very very grateful since: A) I love how quick it is and how many people truly liked the outcome B) with your experience you will be able to experiment with this idea and suggest us possible improvements/changes for what we might me be looking for in terms of use, taste or texture! C)I am not on Tik Tok and in spite of being on all the seitan fb groups I am usually late to the game :D . Thank you for testing this out for us! Sending you and Monica lots of love! Hoping she is feeling better at the moment!
I switched up the seasoning a bit and this was my first ever attempt at seitan, and it came out great! I added nutritional yeast, white pepper, and a smidge of MSG, fried them in ghee (I know, I know, but I'm not vegan or vegetarian, just someone looking for more non-meat protein alternatives) and they came out delicious. Thanks so much.
Seitan has a ton of protein; the 100 g of vital wheat gluten alone in this recipe has about 75 g of protein [all I did was google that] I give you a lot of credit for trying this out as a non vegan/ vegetarian, seriously!
@@sharit7970 oh for sure! I don't think I deserve any credit, I'm just someone trying to make small changes where I can for the health of my family and the world, so far we really like seitan and tofu, and I've been starting to mess around with TVP. this channel is so helpful and I enjoy experimenting :)
Made this last night after having bought 2 kilos of gluten flour months ago but not having the energy to start any seitan project.. My girlfriend loved it and I was blown away by the ease and also the fried chicken feeling! Now starts the tweaking! Thanks for sharing this - keep this awesome channel up!
This recipe definitely is a keeper. I altered the seasonings to use what I had on hand. I used Old Bay, a pinch of MSG, and traditional Caribbean green seasoning (Shadow benny, garlic, pimento pepper and scotch bonnet). For the sauce I used a mixture of sweet thai chilli sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, soy sauce. This tasted really great
Oh my, I made this tonight. My hubby cannot eat sugar and has begrudgingly changed to a vegan diet. Instead of the Tso's sauce, I used a sugar free teriyaki sauce. I quickly roasted some pineapple and broccoli to toss in with the sauce and served with a seven-grain mix. Hubby was totally impressed, had seconds and asked me to make a batch for his lunches next week. This is now on my rotation. Thanks posting this awesome recipe and I did go to @futurelettuce to comment. Absolute YUMMO
Thank you so much for this recipe!! I just finished making this for dinner and it was delicious! My boyfriend loved it too and he's mostly a meat eater. I made my sauce a little differently as I didn't have the sweet chilli sauce or sesame oil, but it was still scrumptious!! Thank you again :D!!
I really wanted to post a pic up here but I don't think I can. I made this and it is completely amazing, I really cannot believe how good it is. Thank you guys so much for rescuing us from the encyclopedia type recipe books about how to make seiten. I didn't have any issues with the texture but just for peoples information I have lived in some houses where the cooker just can't go low enough for seitan. I also did spend a few minutes beating on the dough pretty hard with an oil oil bottle. I made it at half quantity for a single. I also thought it had gotten to dark, burnt really but it really gives it an authentic texture and chew. I just used enough water to bring the dough together without being sticky.
Made this using arrowhead mills protein flour because i couldn’t find the stuff he was using and it worked just as well! It was delicious I wish I could post a pic of it because it looked just as amazing as it tasted!
I made the recipe as soon as I finished watching the video. I re-played the video to follow along and BAM dinner was made. The flavor and texture is insanely good. I'm very impressed. Thanks 😊
I make this all the time now and the whole family loves it! Pro-tip: form the seitan ball into a long strand and then cut off pieces with a knife or cleaver. Much easier and quicker than tearing by hand!
Game changer. I'm usually a soy curl kinda girl but friend is allergic to soy. I hate buying premade seitan cause I know it's so cheap to make but usually takes forever! This is awesome.
the "troll" edit of the guy saying its not meat was great! So cool too see you're starting to throw in some video editing tricks like what Davie504 does!
Holy moley, I made this tonight and it was a hit for both vegan and non vegans in the household served over white rice and gai lan. Def adding to my "oops, I forgot about dinner" go to list.
Nice - having a quick seitan recipe up my sleeves is welcomed. Thank you! I have a great digital pressure cooker (instant pot) seitan that does not fail. There are others online, but they will produce that sponge texture no one wants. A tip you should try is to add some vinegar to your raw dough to cut the gluten flavor out. For my 2 cup recipe I use 3tsp, so try 1tsp for this batch and see if you notice a difference. :)
@@lorr.jones8887 I would have to make video, but the key is to NOT BOIL, but STEAM it in a tight container. I use those metal stacking cake pans with lids for the instapot, but you can foil wrap any cake or loaf pan that will fit. I only load up the first/bottom pan so the water is halfway or less up the side. Sealed it acts like a double boiler, if that makes sense. High pressure for 125 minutes. Done
I made this and it’s amazing. I had them plain with no sauce and they are still amazing. Didn’t have sage so I used tarragon. Such an easy and delicious recipe.
I don't know if you've ever heard of the Chinese emperor, long time ago I'm not sure what dynasty, But he was young and he was a practicing Buddhist, he had some kind of feast for other people of the Kingdom who came and his servants made mock meats that according to the story The visitors could not tell that the food wasn't "real meat". Only after the feast he revealed, I'm not sure about that ingredients they use though I would love to know their recipe 👍 Anyways just figured you might be interested oh mama
That makes sense - seitan was invented by Buddhist monks centuries ago. The story goes that some monks would sneak out to town at night to get meat at the local restaurants. That stopped when it was discovered how good seitan was. Pressed tofu and konnyaku were also used to mimic meat & seafood.
I just finished eating a batch. Delicious! I subbed chickpea flour for the regular flour, fried it in peanut oil, drained off the excess grease from the pan and added Tsang ginger sriracha sauce. We will make this again.
Nice! Super easy! I’ve seen enough of your ideas to be able to make seitan without looking up a recipe but the specific dish you make in this video is so great. No doubt I’ll rewatch this and make this
Wow! I tried this last night but I substituted chickpea flour for the all purpose wheat flour and it came out delicious. That said, it needed a few hours in the fridge to become much more chewy (the way my wife and I prefer our seitan) but the truth is the speed that this technique works is incredible. Wow!!.
Love this! I'm not vegan but am trying to cut down on meat. I'm not quite brave enough to try your recipes yet (I feel like I would totally mess them up) but you have inspired me to try meat substitutes. Making Impossible tacos tonight! Keep up the great work!
I have a rec for you too! Try TVP (textured vegetable protein) for sloppy joes and taco meat! It's a fantastic substitute and really picks up flavor (and is a bit healthier than the beyond/impossible meats at that ahaha).
A great recipe! We replaced the salt with a tablespoon of nutritional yeast and its great. We even divide the batch into 4 balls and use it to make cheeseburger patties.
As a meat eater, could I tell this isn't meat if someone served it to me? Probably. Maybe I would be be surprised though, I have had vegan chicken nuggets that absolutely would have fooled me had I not bought them myself. Would I care? Not really, honestly that looks really good and I want to try it regardless.
I've never tried doing any of his recipes, i just cook real meat. I still watch his channel frequently it's just very interesting the science that goes into it.
Do share the chicken nugget brand! I'm plant-curious but most things that vegans claim are just like meat don't do it for me. I trust recommendations from meat eaters more.
Just made this. I didn't have sage, but I put some thyme in. It didn't ruin it, so I guess that worked. It was good, had very meaty texture, but it was very heavy. So I think if I make it again, I will make less, and mix some veggies in at the end. I used more water than this recipe though. :)
I made this for dinner last night. First time I ever made anything like this, it really was easy and came out great!!!! 🥢🍽🍜🥩 I served it on a bed of basmanti rice, sauteed carrots and broccoli🥦 🥕 with a staple in my house, Israeli salad on the side! 🍅🥒 Besides the tomato and cucumber, I also put bermuda/red onion in my Israeli salad! I should have taken a pic but everyone was so hungry. They all absolutely LOVED it and asked when I'll make it again!!!! Thank you!
I think I know why it came out a bit tough. There is another TH-cam channel "Irene the coco queen" look up her sweet sticky setain. She does a very similar technique. I think you will love the recipe. I'm trying to make a version like little KFC bits for KFC bowls.
Just made this, well a variant with the ingredients I had in the cupboard... Blown away by how good it was. I didn't have the sweet chilli or sesame so I used a bit of BBQ sauce, the sweetened soy sauce you made and some mango chutney. I also used a different seasoning mix, used salt, garlic, and Chinese five spice. Also added in a cheeky sprinkle of msg. It was absolutely delicious. Kinda came out like Chinese BBQ ribs
The gumminess has always been a turn off for me with seitan. I've seen this recipe a zillion times in the Seitan Appreciation Society group and it looks great every time! Will def give it a shot. I hope Monica gets to feeling better soon! ❤
She’s doing better, thank you!! It’s so good. I’ve seen a few people in the SAS say they felt this was gummy.. but km wondering if it had to do with the sizes of the pieces being too big or not cooking long enough. I made smaller bits and cooked on the longer side of the suggested and it was perfect
If you don't have kecap manis kicking around you absolutely can make it in a pinch with sugar and soy sauce, but don't microwave it, boil and reduce it. For a super quick version (going with your theme) I would probably use soy sauce + molasses. There is something magical about the sweet, sticky, salty deliciousness that is kecap manis.
I appreciate easy ,lazy vegan and good to know you approve !!! I don’t always feel like cooking and when I don’t have the energy to do much it can be a life saver .once in awhile I make vegan general shos chicken with my vegan general Shos sauce ! Now I can be lazy and try it on the seitan .Yours is better with no yucky additives !! Thank you ! ❤❤❤
My first proper meat replacement as a vegetarian was seitan. I had to call over the waiter to make sure I hadn't been served chicken! Once it's covered in sauce, and with the sides, it's really hard to properly judge.
As usual looks delicious 🙈! “I can tell!” 😂 -I was going to order your book today, but it’s still not available 😩… Don’t really like preordering, so I will patiently wait until it’s available.
Hi! Thanks for making the recipe and such a great video. I’ve been watching you for years so this is so cool to see!!! I appreciate all you do and can’t wait to see more ❤️🔥🙏
Ahhhh the legend!! Man you are killing it with these recipes! I love what you are doing... keep on doing it!!!! I honestly can't wait to see what you make next!
Future, it's your great grandpappy. Hope you're doing alright. Later.
idk who you are but thanks for the resippy :)
@@lettuceknow5427 you spelled "now" wrong xD
@@Refuzz-cz4tf ahh hahaaaaaaa, you NOW that ain't true
Recipe
Ingredients:
Seitan
100 g Vital Wheat gluten
30 g all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp sage
Sauce:
3 tbs sweet soy sauce (or 2 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs brown sugar, and 1/8 tsp ginger, melted 30 sec in microwave)
sweet chili sauce
1-2 tsp sesame oil
1. Mix all dry seitan ingredients together
2. add warm water while mixing until you can form a dough ball (appx 1/2 cup).
3. Add enough oil to your pan to cover the bottom
4. tear off pieces of the seitan dough ball and add to the oil
5. brown seitan on all sides
6. cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes
7. lower the heat and add cover seitan with sweet chili sauce
8. add sweet soy sauce and sesame oil
9. toss the seitan with the sauce to mix
10. Plate with rice
Awesome. Thank you.
We've made it a bunch of times! Try adding a bit more water to loosen up the gluten. Our first batch was hard to tear and super tough, too. Adding more water helps with that. (We also seasoned our water more to infuse flavor into the seitan itself) FutureLettuce is an internet sensation!
Should the dough feel a little wet? I added more water (about 3/4 cup total) to get it to come together and it still was tough to pull apart. It did crisp on the outside but when I covered it after initially frying, I took off the cover and it had puffed up 🤨. The sauce made it taste good but it was pretty chewy. I’m a seitan newbie and have only made sausages.
I have been thinking why not just use a broth instead of the water. Try it a few times with varying broth concentrations. It would still be in the neighborhood of the laziest quickest seitan!
Adding a tablespoon or two of instant mashed potato flakes gives it a little softer, less dense/chewy texture too.
@@Bluere11e thank you! I’m going to give that a try next time as I have potato flakes in the pantry.
A tablespoon of baking soda also makes a difference with the chewiness
Not a vegetarian or vegan but I’m gonna try this to see if my kids can tell the difference. They totally didn’t know the impossible burger wasn’t real meat and were completely surprised. Now when we go to restaurants my son always orders anything impossible. Thanks for the ideas on how to go more meatless without feeling like we’re going meatless
I'm not a vegan too, but thank you laura for making choices that are more sustainable and ethical towards the planet :)
@@paul8093 You're not actually saying wheat is less sustainable than meat right? It's not like almonds. Wheat grows easily.
Did they like it?
@@DW-fl3ee
Actually, wheat causes more damage to the Planet than beef.
Vegans are the most immoral people in the world
I had my parents over for dinner last weekend. They are both meat eaters and dont like much of the vegan meats or cheeses Ive forced them to try in the past. I took a risk and last minute decided to make this real quick for them. I substituted the rice for rice noodles and some steamed veggies, also I bought a premade general tso sauce. But this seitan absolutely BLEW THEM AWAY. I made a double batch and not a single piece of these delicious nuggets was left. This recipe was amazing it went straight into my recipe book thank you soooo much.
This comment made me so happy to read! Now I'm even more excited to try the recipe!!!
Holy schmoly, I've always wondered if you could cook seitan quickly like this! Gotta try, thanks for showing us Mark and thanks to Future Lettuce too!
Now I’m excited to see what you come up with!
I love your videos
Heck yeah, I was wondering the same. Glad this video cleared that up for us!
Someone asked him for measurements, and he said, "1/2 tsp of each spice and about 1/3 cup of sweet chili, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1-2 tsp sesame oil. Add more if needed."
Definitely making this today. Thanks SauceStache!!🥰
I made this and it was sooooo good. For the sauce I used sweet chilli, maple syrup, and crushed garlic.
Sorry about all the negative comments lately, just unhappy people trying to make others miserable with them. Love you and your content, thank you for always finding innovative ways to give us yummy food ❤️
I dont get why people get so mad at a recipe video hahah ill never understand it. lol Thank you so much!!
Meat industry spending all the ill gotten tax rebate and subsidy money on hate campaigns against non meaters.
This comment made me realize to comment something good. Happy vegan here that loves these recipes occasionally!
@@AC-qz3uj same here!
@@SauceStache I just don't think that the idea of trying to trick someone into eating something different is nice, like we all have our own diets. But they shouldn't get mad either way
I've made this 5 times already! The first time I made it, the kids asked for more, so I had to make it again. Which was no hassle cause it's so quick.
I think the part that's most interesting is that centre. The trick with seitan is to cook for ages and to let it rest.
The pieces are so small that they cook in no time, but also I think it's on the rare side! I've eaten uncooked seitan, it's gross. But slightly undercooked seems to actually work!
Idk I low key like eating raw dough so raw saitan is kinda nice lol
And there's no chance of food poisoning either! As long as you're getting some heat in there, flour bacteria should die in no time. Think heat treating flour for edible cookie dough.
@@nottsoserious Oh for sure, the centre is still heated through as the pieces are nice and thin!
Just made this and it IS amazing! It’s the first faux meat I’ve ever made and it came out perfectly! I’ve always wanted to make seitan, but I’m very disabled and was always too worried about running out of stamina to try it. This is such a gift, thank you @FutureLettuce thank you @SauceStache !
Note: being a contrarian, and not having any sauces in the house, I made the dough with curry seasonings and made a quick curry sauce. If you are going to do that, I would recommend not adding the sauce to the seitan until you are ready to serve. I pulled out half of the seitan and the other half I added the sauce to to finish cooking. Those turned into curried dumplings (still awesome!). But all of this rambling to say that this is one fool-proof recipe 😂
I made this last night with chickpea flour I had no reg flour, it was fantastic. I can't wait to see where you go with it
Thank you Ms Debbie ! We love chickpea flour . Did you use vital wheat gluten ? I would appreciate it so much if you could spare some of your time and let us know your recipe . 😊
@@syedhowell yes I would like to know this too!
@@awesomerandomer1999 Ms Emilia be patient with me and I'll share some of our best sauces for this type of vegan meat or you can use veggies. Are you Vegan or would you like Vegetarian recipes as well?
Did it have a more "chicken" like taste? I always get that vibe from chickpea flour.
@@helianthe3457 the thing with seitan (ive made a lot of seitan recipes using different creators' recipe) is that you have to rely on broth to get any flavour youre basing it to. Like if you want to get as close to "chicken" flavour, you have to use vegan chicken broths and seasonings. I made liv b's chicken seitan recipe and i used vegan chicken granules, and it does give off that chicken smell. Hope that helps 😅😂
Your impression of the adamant meat eater is spot on for someone I used to work with. Back when I was active duty, I had a salty old senior chief who was very much like that. He didn't eat any vegetables (except asparagus and potatoes) and was proud of that fact. And not because of allergies or anything, I specifically made sure (this becomes relevant later). He had extremely.. let's call them old fashioned views about meat and what eating or not eating it said about a person. He gave me regular grief for not eating meat, and not really in a playful kind of way. So of course at every opportunity at morale events, pot lucks, pig outs, etc, I'd get him to try whatever I made/brought. Never told him it was meatless, just played gopher when he had me fetch a burger or something. He never once figured it out, and actually claimed my chili was some of the best he'd ever had.
When I was going through a very hard time in my life a few years ago, your videos and joy always brought me out of my sadness. Thank you
I'll always prefer the flavor of washed flour, but this is a perfect example of why gluten is such an amazing staple. Great video, as always.
Gluten bad
meat good
@@maalikserebryakov eat my meat blood mouth boy
Lazy and quick are magic words for me 😂✨ This is great 💚
Hahahaha I know after watching most of my recipes lazy and quick was probably needed hahaha
I just made this! My girlfriend loved it, she was convinced it was beef until I told her it wasn't! I was quite impressed too! Will certainly make this again and experiment with other meals :-)
I was a bit sceptical about it not puffing up or being chewy, but I've tried it, and it really turned out great! It really does have a meat-like chew.
I’m not vegan, but I have vegan neighbors and this channel is amazing at helping me figure out how to cook for them!!!
You're awesome
Just made this and it turned out really well. I did what another commenter said and actually added about 3/4 cup water instead of 1/2 cup and it turned out perfect!!
i love the fact that by cutting it in small pieces, it cooks faster. I may try adding water to the pan and let it evaporate, then adding oil 🧐
Good idea.
No way, this is crazy! Glad my 5 kg of Seitan arrived today.
Tried this one for lunch today, it was great! I added half a teaspoon of white wine vinegar to the seitan, as someone in the comments recommended. I do suggest that when you tear the pieces, you aim for a flattish shape. This gives you pieces with a high crunchy exterior/chewy center ratio, which I preferred.
It's blowing up which I think is so cool ! So many people are changing it and playing with the recipe. I love that less people are eating meat 💚 some people have added chick pea flour and tofu. It's gonna be fun to play with.
I’ve seen a load of variations!!! I’m going to be trying them soon! It’s blowing up for a legit reason!
I usually add chickpea flour personally - I don't know the science, but it tastes better
I made this tonight, I used slightly less gluten and cut in chick pea flour. I also used vegan chicken broth with a dash of apple cider vinegar to cut the wheat taste out. It came out lovely.
I'm sorry for the stupid question, but can I grind my own chick pea flour from the pre cooked, dry chick peas? I know that sounds really dumb, but I'm just learning. I have a nice big bag, thanks to not having cans in the pandemic. Thanks!
That looks amazing Mark!!! I hope Monica got to try that!🤣
Thank you Emma!!!! she did!! She loved it!
I’m so glad she got to taste it. Hope she’s feeling better.
I did without sage and it came out bad where do I buy sage
@@xfallenxlostx3254 also came out to creamy
@@treasurehuntingwithgarcia1284 try Amazon
Tell Monica we miss her 🥺💚 I love her opinions on the food. I hope she's ok ❤️❤️
She’s doing much better!! Thank you!!!
I've been meaning to try this but haven't yet. I did do the experiment to replicate this with WTF gluten and it was absolutely a disaster. You could cut it with kitchen scissors instead of tearing if it is too tough. Thanks for testing it. "I can tell . . . " LOL
Ive been using this recipe since you posted this. Its absolutely essential. Just a tip for anyone looking to try it, you can skip the frying part and toss your chunks in a very small amount of oil then toaster oven them (I use the air fryer setting at 425*) for 15 mins. When you take them out they will seem tough, thats fine. Add them to a saucepan with your general tsos on low heat, add a lid and let the magic happen. The sauce will absorb into the chunks and the lid will keep in moisture and rehydrate them in just a couple minutes. They will come out just as deliciously crunchy/ chewy as the full on fried method. Thank you again for this post, I have fed it to several non veggie friends and it ALWAYS amazes.
Ok I tried this switching up the spices and with a lemon glaze and it was bomb! Way better then what I normally make with gliten flour, chewyer and finnaly well cooked 😆 mine always comes out slimy 😆
Dude your imitation of the basic meat-eater was just incredible xD and the "Yeah, Ok" after it was amazing too. The recipe looks phenomenal, maybe I'll do it tonight :D
Hahaha thank you
What Is a "basic meat eater" you mean a normal human?
Is this the impersonation of a basic vegan then?
@@GreenTizle Definitely not normal...
They can only tell when you tell them. I once got the vegan chicken at a Chinese restaurant near me and I thought they gave me the wrong thing so I asked some meat eaters to taste it for me. They told me "that's chicken. That's definitely chicken". Turned out it WASNT chicken, it really was the faux chicken. You can tell when compared to their chicken but on its own you wouldn't know.
Yay! I’m sooo glad this was a success. I always stayed away from seitan because it always seemed like a tedious process. NOW THIS I can get behind. Really appreciate the simplicity of this recipe. Thanks for figuring out the measurements!!
as a diabetic....you could use brown riceinstead of white and coconut aminos for your sauce...
Bought vital wheat gluten and tried other recipes, but didn't like any. This one might save me! Gonna try these and other spices. But I'm definitely gonna try this one! Thank you man, you're an inspiration on your pursuit for the perfect vegan meat!
Have you tried Avocado and Ale's chickwheat or School Night Vegan's vegan chicken? Both are pretty easy and involve adding extra sources of protein but result in fantastic seitan
The Vegan Stoner has a super easy seitan recipe that I like
Gonna look out for these. Everything I made with vital wheat gluten until this day tasted too "floury", maybe it's something about the brand I got... In my country we don't have many of them, or lots of vegan options, so I decided to go on with the easiest ones to find (mostly grains).
Please let us know how it turns out!
@@BJAguiar Adding vinegar to the liquid portion of a seitan recipe neutralizes the wheaty flavor of vital wheat gluten.
I tried it!!! It was so good. What an easy way to make seitan. Thanks so much. I want to add some orange flavor to it next time.
I made it again.
I made this tonight, I used slightly less gluten and cut in chick pea flour. I also used vegan chicken broth with a dash of apple cider vinegar to cut the wheat taste out. It came out lovely.
Yes i would also make these changes to it too, and looking forward to trying it out. How did yours turn out?
@@kinderearthuk it came out amazing. As a matter of fact I made it again tonight!! What a coincidence! Tonight I made a no sodium general tso sauce by combining a no sodium soy sauce replacement and adding In the brown sugar, and chili flakes. For a first attempt it came out surprisingly good!! I have to play around with the sauce recipe next time but it’s a good start.!
Add a few dried chilies before you cover it. It's fantastic and just like Gen Tso
I knew this was coming and I am very very grateful since:
A) I love how quick it is and how many people truly liked the outcome
B) with your experience you will be able to experiment with this idea and suggest us possible improvements/changes for what we might me be looking for in terms of use, taste or texture!
C)I am not on Tik Tok and in spite of being on all the seitan fb groups I am usually late to the game :D
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Thank you for testing this out for us!
Sending you and Monica lots of love! Hoping she is feeling better at the moment!
Thank you again!!! Yeah Monica is feeling a lot better!!
I switched up the seasoning a bit and this was my first ever attempt at seitan, and it came out great! I added nutritional yeast, white pepper, and a smidge of MSG, fried them in ghee (I know, I know, but I'm not vegan or vegetarian, just someone looking for more non-meat protein alternatives) and they came out delicious. Thanks so much.
Seitan has a ton of protein; the 100 g of vital wheat gluten alone in this recipe has about 75 g of protein [all I did was google that] I give you a lot of credit for trying this out as a non vegan/ vegetarian, seriously!
@@sharit7970 oh for sure! I don't think I deserve any credit, I'm just someone trying to make small changes where I can for the health of my family and the world, so far we really like seitan and tofu, and I've been starting to mess around with TVP. this channel is so helpful and I enjoy experimenting :)
I love how scientific, in-depth and educational your videos are.
Thank you!!!
Made this last night after having bought 2 kilos of gluten flour months ago but not having the energy to start any seitan project.. My girlfriend loved it and I was blown away by the ease and also the fried chicken feeling! Now starts the tweaking! Thanks for sharing this - keep this awesome channel up!
Oooh finally a seitan recipe that doesn't require days of prep! Gonna give this one a go
This recipe definitely is a keeper. I altered the seasonings to use what I had on hand. I used Old Bay, a pinch of MSG, and traditional Caribbean green seasoning (Shadow benny, garlic, pimento pepper and scotch bonnet). For the sauce I used a mixture of sweet thai chilli sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, soy sauce. This tasted really great
Looks delish! Feel better, Monica!
Thank you!!! She’s feeling better!!
Oh my, I made this tonight. My hubby cannot eat sugar and has begrudgingly changed to a vegan diet. Instead of the Tso's sauce, I used a sugar free teriyaki sauce. I quickly roasted some pineapple and broccoli to toss in with the sauce and served with a seven-grain mix. Hubby was totally impressed, had seconds and asked me to make a batch for his lunches next week. This is now on my rotation. Thanks posting this awesome recipe and I did go to @futurelettuce to comment. Absolute YUMMO
Thank you so much for this recipe!! I just finished making this for dinner and it was delicious! My boyfriend loved it too and he's mostly a meat eater. I made my sauce a little differently as I didn't have the sweet chilli sauce or sesame oil, but it was still scrumptious!! Thank you again :D!!
I really wanted to post a pic up here but I don't think I can. I made this and it is completely amazing, I really cannot believe how good it is. Thank you guys so much for rescuing us from the encyclopedia type recipe books about how to make seiten.
I didn't have any issues with the texture but just for peoples information I have lived in some houses where the cooker just can't go low enough for seitan. I also did spend a few minutes beating on the dough pretty hard with an oil oil bottle. I made it at half quantity for a single. I also thought it had gotten to dark, burnt really but it really gives it an authentic texture and chew. I just used enough water to bring the dough together without being sticky.
Made this using arrowhead mills protein flour because i couldn’t find the stuff he was using and it worked just as well! It was delicious I wish I could post a pic of it because it looked just as amazing as it tasted!
I made the recipe as soon as I finished watching the video. I re-played the video to follow along and BAM dinner was made. The flavor and texture is insanely good. I'm very impressed. Thanks 😊
I really want to try seitan, looks so fun to make.
I make this all the time now and the whole family loves it! Pro-tip: form the seitan ball into a long strand and then cut off pieces with a knife or cleaver. Much easier and quicker than tearing by hand!
Holy cow. This looks amazing!!!
Game changer. I'm usually a soy curl kinda girl but friend is allergic to soy. I hate buying premade seitan cause I know it's so cheap to make but usually takes forever! This is awesome.
the "troll" edit of the guy saying its not meat was great! So cool too see you're starting to throw in some video editing tricks like what Davie504 does!
Holy moley, I made this tonight and it was a hit for both vegan and non vegans in the household served over white rice and gai lan.
Def adding to my "oops, I forgot about dinner" go to list.
I love how honest you are! Will Defs try this, keep it up 👍🏼
I made this for my husband and he loved it!! He said it was great because it wasn't so tough.
Nice - having a quick seitan recipe up my sleeves is welcomed. Thank you! I have a great digital pressure cooker (instant pot) seitan that does not fail. There are others online, but they will produce that sponge texture no one wants. A tip you should try is to add some vinegar to your raw dough to cut the gluten flavor out. For my 2 cup recipe I use 3tsp, so try 1tsp for this batch and see if you notice a difference. :)
Hi! Wondering if you'd post your instant pot seitan recipe? I haven't been brave enough to try making it yet 😃
@@lorr.jones8887 I would have to make video, but the key is to NOT BOIL, but STEAM it in a tight container. I use those metal stacking cake pans with lids for the instapot, but you can foil wrap any cake or loaf pan that will fit. I only load up the first/bottom pan so the water is halfway or less up the side. Sealed it acts like a double boiler, if that makes sense. High pressure for 125 minutes. Done
I made this and it’s amazing. I had them plain with no sauce and they are still amazing. Didn’t have sage so I used tarragon. Such an easy and delicious recipe.
I don't know if you've ever heard of the Chinese emperor, long time ago I'm not sure what dynasty,
But he was young and he was a practicing Buddhist, he had some kind of feast for other people of the Kingdom who came and his servants made mock meats that according to the story The visitors could not tell that the food wasn't "real meat".
Only after the feast he revealed, I'm not sure about that ingredients they use though I would love to know their recipe
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Anyways just figured you might be interested oh mama
Oh wow! Sounds really interesting! If the recipe is at all available I’d love to see someone try it ☺️
That makes sense - seitan was invented by Buddhist monks centuries ago. The story goes that some monks would sneak out to town at night to get meat at the local restaurants. That stopped when it was discovered how good seitan was. Pressed tofu and konnyaku were also used to mimic meat & seafood.
@@sunrat1 👍 Very cool
I just finished eating a batch. Delicious! I subbed chickpea flour for the regular flour, fried it in peanut oil, drained off the excess grease from the pan and added Tsang ginger sriracha sauce. We will make this again.
Nice! Super easy! I’ve seen enough of your ideas to be able to make seitan without looking up a recipe but the specific dish you make in this video is so great. No doubt I’ll rewatch this and make this
Wow! I tried this last night but I substituted chickpea flour for the all purpose wheat flour and it came out delicious. That said, it needed a few hours in the fridge to become much more chewy (the way my wife and I prefer our seitan) but the truth is the speed that this technique works is incredible. Wow!!.
How...how did I end up here... I'm nothing close to vegan/vegetarian, but that looks good, maybe I'll try making some tomorrow.
Well maybe you should be :)
Of all the seitan recipes I’ve seen this is the one I’m most interested to try
Love this! I'm not vegan but am trying to cut down on meat. I'm not quite brave enough to try your recipes yet (I feel like I would totally mess them up) but you have inspired me to try meat substitutes. Making Impossible tacos tonight! Keep up the great work!
I have a rec for you too! Try TVP (textured vegetable protein) for sloppy joes and taco meat! It's a fantastic substitute and really picks up flavor (and is a bit healthier than the beyond/impossible meats at that ahaha).
You can't screw up this recipe, or at least it's been hard for me to so far!! Best homemade meat substitute I've had so far it's soo good!!!!!
A great recipe! We replaced the salt with a tablespoon of nutritional yeast and its great. We even divide the batch into 4 balls and use it to make cheeseburger patties.
I think the flavor and texture of this seitan on its own would be perfect as a chicken fried steak with gravy!
Sounds great while running after a 2 and 6 year grands this summer!
It’s easy and awesome!! Can’t wait for you to try it…. And get a break ;)
This doesn't involve the water bath!!! This is awesome!!!
I need to make this like..NOWW! It looks so simple but incredible!
This. Was. AMAZING!!! Best seiten recipe I've ever tried. Thank you Future Lettuce and Sauce Stache!!
This is amazing. I cannot wait to try for myself. I can actually see myself making this.
100 g vital wheat gluten
30 g flour
.5 tps salt
.5 tps pepper
1 tpsgarlic
1 tps sage
~.5 cup water
That looks really nice. It would be nice with broccoli, I bet.
Best idea on here can’t wait to make this!!
Omg, yes!
Thought the same.
Thanks for recommending this for me! Amazing
As a meat eater, could I tell this isn't meat if someone served it to me? Probably. Maybe I would be be surprised though, I have had vegan chicken nuggets that absolutely would have fooled me had I not bought them myself.
Would I care? Not really, honestly that looks really good and I want to try it regardless.
I've never tried doing any of his recipes, i just cook real meat. I still watch his channel frequently it's just very interesting the science that goes into it.
Do share the chicken nugget brand! I'm plant-curious but most things that vegans claim are just like meat don't do it for me. I trust recommendations from meat eaters more.
@@kimdavis2433 The brand was Yves
Just made this. I didn't have sage, but I put some thyme in. It didn't ruin it, so I guess that worked. It was good, had very meaty texture, but it was very heavy. So I think if I make it again, I will make less, and mix some veggies in at the end. I used more water than this recipe though. :)
Love the idea of quick and lazy! I’d love to see a few more like this in the future for weeknight dinners 🙂
I made this for dinner last night. First time I ever made anything like this, it really was easy and came out great!!!!
🥢🍽🍜🥩
I served it on a bed of basmanti rice, sauteed carrots and broccoli🥦 🥕 with a staple in my house, Israeli salad on the side!
🍅🥒 Besides the tomato and cucumber, I also put bermuda/red onion in my Israeli salad!
I should have taken a pic but everyone was so hungry. They
all absolutely LOVED it and asked when I'll make it again!!!!
Thank you!
I think I know why it came out a bit tough. There is another TH-cam channel "Irene the coco queen" look up her sweet sticky setain. She does a very similar technique. I think you will love the recipe. I'm trying to make a version like little KFC bits for KFC bowls.
I've done that.... it's a beautiful thing!
(Thanks for the rec! I've followed her now too!)
Just made this, well a variant with the ingredients I had in the cupboard... Blown away by how good it was. I didn't have the sweet chilli or sesame so I used a bit of BBQ sauce, the sweetened soy sauce you made and some mango chutney. I also used a different seasoning mix, used salt, garlic, and Chinese five spice. Also added in a cheeky sprinkle of msg. It was absolutely delicious. Kinda came out like Chinese BBQ ribs
The gumminess has always been a turn off for me with seitan. I've seen this recipe a zillion times in the Seitan Appreciation Society group and it looks great every time! Will def give it a shot.
I hope Monica gets to feeling better soon! ❤
She’s doing better, thank you!! It’s so good. I’ve seen a few people in the SAS say they felt this was gummy.. but km wondering if it had to do with the sizes of the pieces being too big or not cooking long enough. I made smaller bits and cooked on the longer side of the suggested and it was perfect
If you don't have kecap manis kicking around you absolutely can make it in a pinch with sugar and soy sauce, but don't microwave it, boil and reduce it. For a super quick version (going with your theme) I would probably use soy sauce + molasses. There is something magical about the sweet, sticky, salty deliciousness that is kecap manis.
Welp, lunch is covered today. Thanks Mark and Future Lettuce!!
Awesome!!! You’re going to love it
Omgg this is so easy and soo good. Thank you so much!!
Looks delicious. Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Just made this for dinner. It is great! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I’m not vegan but making this seems fun and easy
I make this a lot at home (just like that) and it's a lot easier when you use a knife and cut it in small slices.
I’m going to try it, but I haven’t been successful at making seitan hopefully I will have better success this time
This was mind blowingly exceptional! It has the texture of crispy pork! Thank you so much for this. It is definitely a new staple in our house.
Gonna try this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing the amazing recipe 👍👍👍
Yes!!!
I appreciate easy ,lazy vegan and good to know you approve !!! I don’t always feel like cooking and when I don’t have the energy to do much it can be a life saver .once in awhile I make vegan general shos chicken with my vegan general Shos sauce ! Now I can be lazy and try it on the seitan .Yours is better with no yucky additives !! Thank you ! ❤❤❤
The People left veganism because it was too hard
This is literally so good i dont need chicken nuggets anymore
My first proper meat replacement as a vegetarian was seitan. I had to call over the waiter to make sure I hadn't been served chicken!
Once it's covered in sauce, and with the sides, it's really hard to properly judge.
As usual looks delicious 🙈! “I can tell!” 😂
-I was going to order your book today, but it’s still not available 😩… Don’t really like preordering, so I will patiently wait until it’s available.
Just tried this one for the first time, made a couple small mistakes but it still turned out pretty damn good!
Gonna make this so much lol
The more I watch your vids the more interested I become in the vegan diet, I love watching everything come together into something delicious ^_^
Thank you for sharing your recipe 😊. It sounds and looks great. I love watching your channel. I am vegan and when I have time love to cook. 👍 👍
You are so funny, "I can tell that it's not meat" 😂