Homemade Gluten or Seitan

The Veg Soc recipe for Seitan or Gluten with broth. This recipes is to make Seitan from scratch. Remember you can always use a different broth if you want.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

• 2  cups gluten flour
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1⁄4 cups water or 1 1⁄4 cups  vegetable stock
• 3  tablespoons  lite tamari or 3  tablespoons  Braggs liquid aminos or 3  tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 -3  teaspoon  toasted sesame oil (optional)

• Broth

• 4  cups water
• 1⁄4 cup tamari or 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 3  inches  piece  kombu seaweed, dried
• 3 -4  slices fresh ginger (optional)

Directions

1. Basic recipe for Gluten:
2. Add garlic powder and ginger to flour and stir. Mix liquids together and add to flour mixture all at once. Mix vigorously with a fork. When it forms a stiff dough, knead it 10 to 15 times.
3. Let the dough rest 2 to 5 minutes, then knead it a few more times. Let it rest another 15 minutes before proceeding.
4. Cut gluten into 6 to 8 pieces and stretch into thin cutlets. Simmer in broth for 30 to 60 minutes.
5. Broth:
6. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring broth to a boil. Add cutlets one at a time. Reduce heat to barely simmer when saucepan is covered. Seitan may be used, refrigerated, or frozen at this point.