Recipe: Yummy Basic Homemade Seitan

Basic Homemade Seitan.

You can have Basic Homemade Seitan using 3 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basic Homemade Seitan

1. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of vital wheat gluten.
2. It's 1 cup of cold water or vegetable stock.
3. You need 3 tsp of mushroom bouillon or any other seasoning blend.

Basic Homemade Seitan step by step

1. Mix 11/2 cups of vital wheat gluten with 3 tsp mushroom bouillon or any other seasoning blend. Added slowly the cold water until it becomes more firm and a little bit springy. The dough will be quite loose and moist, so this won’t feel similar to kneading bread..
2. Form the dough into a vaguely log shaped blob and then roll it up tightly in a piece of tinfoil, twisting the ends tightly..
3. Prepare boiling water and a steamer. Make sure to add plenty of water since this will be steaming for long time. Once the water is boiling, steam the wrapped gluten dough for 1 hour, carefully flipping it over halfway through..
4. Let the cooked seitan cool to room temperature, then unwrap it and place it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours. For best result, slice seitan as needed for recipes rather than pre slicing it. The homemade seitan in log form will keep in the fridge for up to a week..