Vickys Vegan Basic Homemade Seitan

• 1 cup vital wheat gluten
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp soy sauce or see my profile (vic20adamant) for soy-free soy sauce
• 1620 ml strong vegetable broth

1. In a bowl add the vital flour,onion and garlic powders
2. In another bowl add the soy sauce to 180mls of the stock
3. Slowly add this to the flour mixing with your hands until the flour is combined.
4. You should have a big rubbery ball of dough and you might need more or less stock
5. Knead the dough a bit to make it smooth, let it rest a few minutes, then knead again
6. Divide the dough into the shape you need for your recipe.
7. Inch cube pieces are good for casseroles, shape into patties for burgers, oblongs for mock steaks or chicken breasts etc
8. Slowly simmer in the rest of the stock in a large pot for an hour on a low heat.
9. Seitan expands when it cooks so you need a large pot
10. This recipe is for basic seitan, it won't taste nice eaten like this.
11. Use it in any recipe that calls for seitan.
12. It will take on any flavour, you can have it curried, sweet n sour, bbq.
13. Check my profile for more ideas on how to use it
14. For chickeny flavoured seitan add a half tsp of sage and a quarter tsp of thyme in the 1st step

vital wheat gluten, onion, garlic, soy sauce, vegetable broth

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/333541-vickys-vegan-basic-homemade-seitan (may not work)