BBQ Gluten Strips
- 1 cup vital wheat gluten
- 2 teaspoons spanish smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 34 cup water
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter or 2 tablespoons other nut butter
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Start the coals in the grill.
- Lightly spray an 8x8 square pan with oil.
- Mix the first 5 ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Mix the water with the nut butter, Liquid Smoke, and soy sauce and add it to the dry ingredients.
- Stir to mix well and then knead lightly in the bowl for a couple of minutes.
- Put the dough into the baking dish and flatten it so that it evenly fills the pan.
- I found this to be a bit challenging the first time as the gluten is quite elastic and does not want to settle down.
- Be patient and keep trying.
- It will lay flat after a few minutes of trying.
- Mend any holes in the gluten by pressing it back to shape.
- Take a sharp knife and cut it into 8 strips; then turn the pan and cut those strips in half to form 16 pieces.
- This is also hard to do, just do the best you can as you will have the opportunity to re-cut later.
- Put it in the oven and bake for 25 minutes, uncovered.
- Remove it from the oven and carefully re-cut each strip, going over each cut to make sure that the strips will pull apart easily later.
- Generously brush the top with barbecue sauce.
- Take it to the grill and invert the whole baking dish onto the grill (or use a large spatula to lift the strips out, placing it sauce-side down on the grill).
- Brush the top of the strips with more sauce.
- Watch it closely to make sure that it doesn't burn.
- When it's sufficiently brown on one side, turn over and cook the other side, adding more sauce, if necessary.
- When done, remove to a platter and cut or pull apart the individual strips to serve.
- Enjoy!
vital wheat gluten, spanish smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic, water, peanut butter, liquid smoke, soy sauce, barbecue sauce
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bbq-gluten-strips-231971 (may not work)