SIMPLY SENSATIONAL SEITAN

Welcome back to our High Protein Eco Recipe series, where we empower you to make delicious and sustainable food choices! 🌎

Check out EcoCooks Educator Lilli making Simply Sensational Seitan. Surprisingly easy to make and a party for your taste buds! 🍔 It’s also a whopping 72g of protein! 💪🏽

This recipe is super versatile, use in burgers, salads, wraps or even as a side with dipping sauce.😋 Seitan is similar to chicken, but has a much lower carbon footprint, so you can take climate action with every delicious bite! 🤩

You can find the key ingredient, vital wheat gluten at your local bulk foods store. Keep an eye out because it might be called gluten flour. 🌱

***Simply Sensation Seitan***

Ingredients:

🌱3/4 cups vital wheat gluten (also called gluten flour)

🌱1/4 cup all purpose flour 

🌱1 tsp vegetable broth

🌱3/4 tsp onion powder 

🌱3/4 tsp garlic powder 

🌱1/4 tsp salt

🌱2/3 cup water 

🌱1 tbsp oil 

Method:

🌱 Fill a pot with an inch or two of water and bring it to a light boil with a steamer basket.

🌱 In a medium bowl, combine wheat gluten, flour, vegetable broth powder, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and water to form a dough.

🌱 Lightly grease the steamer basket.

🌱 Tear off bite-sized pieces of the seitan dough and arrange them in a single layer in the steamer basket.

🌱 Cover and steam for 10 minutes.

🌱 Heat oil in a pan and fry the steamed seitan pieces

🌱Add your preferred sauce or spices. For this burger Lilli used BBQ sauce and ½ tsp liquid smoke to coat the seitan.

🌱Serve on burgers, wraps, salads or as a side.

Enjoy!!😋

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