Easiest Chicken Style Seitan Food

EASIEST CHICKEN STYLE SEITAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Process the chickpea, tofu, and all other ingredients except vital wheat gluten in a food processor or a blender.
• Now add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and process for 2 minutes until a dough is formed.
• Knead in the processor for 3 more minutes and allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes.
• Knead the dough again for few more minutes and divide the dough into two to four sections.
• If you want, you can shape the dough into thin cutlet, drumstick or chicken fillet like shapes at this point.
• Or, just use the divided dough in the same shape as it is.
• For fillets and drumsticks - place the divided and shaped dough on a steam rack.
• For shredded style, pack the divided dough loosely in aluminum foil and secure. As the dough will expand while steaming, you need to pack it loosely.
• Place the instant pot trivet and keep the steam rack on the trivets. Do not overlap the seitan fillets, drumsticks or foil packets.
• If you want to make the Basic Seitan mentioned above, then add the shaped seitan fillets to broth(refer to the video) and place it on the trivet inside the instant pot.
• Set the instant pot to pressure cooking for 60 minutes and for shredded seitan chicken 120 minutes.
• The more the cook time, the chewier the texture will be.
• After 60-120 minutes, allow natural pressure release.
• Remove the seitan and allow them to cool down. If you want, you can shred theseitan chicken once at room temperature or slice it into thin fillet like slices or pieces.
• Your instant pot chicken seitan is ready.
• To prepare the dough, mix all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix all wet ingredients in a bowl.
• Mix the wet and dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
• Take the dough on a cutting board, and knead well. Stretch and knead to allow the gluten to develop.
• Rest the dough for ten minutes.
• Add two cups of vegetable broth in a pan and add a bay leaf.
• Now add a tsp of vegetable bouillon paste to the liquid and mix well.
• Bring the liquid to a boil.
• Cut the basic chicken style seitan into pieces and drop into the liquid.
• Cover and cook for 45 minutes.
• For the chewy style seitan: cut the dough into half.
• Shape each half into cylinder shape and wrap in aluminum foil and seal the ends.
• In a pan, bring filter water to a boiling temperature.
• Add the seitan packets to the hot liquid and cover and cook in medium temperature.
• After 10 minutes, flip the packs and cover and cook again for up to 30 minutes. or you can steam them in a steam basket.
• Turn the heat off and allow the packs to cool.
• Your easiest chicken style seitan is ready.

THE QUICKEST & EASIEST SEITAN RECIPE!! (VEGAN CHICKEN!)

Steps:

• Add about an inch of water to a pot with a steamer basket and bring to a light boil.
• In the meantime, whisk together the vital wheat gluten, flour, vegetable broth powder, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Pour in the water and mix to form a ball of dough. Lightly grease the steamer basket, then tear off bite-sized pieces of the seitan dough and place them in a single layer in the steamer basket. Cover, and steam the seitan for 10 minutes.
• In the meantime, in a small bowl or a measuring glass, mix together the Thai sweet chili sauce, hoisin, soy sauce, water, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Set aside. (See notes for other sauce options).
• When the seitan is done steaming, heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet or non-stick pan. Use tongs to remove the seitan bites from the steamer basket, and place them into the hot oil in the pan. Be careful as it may splatter. Cook the seitan bites a few minutes per side until they are golden brown and crispy. Remove from the heat and add the sauce and toss to coat. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired and serve hot.

CHICKEN STYLE SEITAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Line a 8 inch square pan with parchment paper making sure the sides are 2 inches high.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in heavy skillet over med. Add onion and garlic and saute until tender. Set aside.
• Stir flours, yeast and salt in large bowl. Puree the beans with 1/2 cup canola oil, tamari and onions in blender until smooth adding water to make a smooth creamy bean puree then whisk remaining water into puree in bowl. Quickly stir bean into flour until you have a wet dough. Transfer to pan and smooth. Cover with foil.
• Place this in a water bath. Put pan in larger pan and add enough water to come up halfway on sides. This is to ensure even cooking. Bake for 2 hours or until seitan is firm on top. Add water to pan if needed to maintain half level.
• Cool seitan to room temperature Quarter. You should have four 1 pound squares.
• Keep covered and refrigerated for up to two days.
• Frozen: wrap separately in plastic and place in resealable bag. keeps one week.

SEITAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk the first 9 ingredients; stir in broth and oil until mixture pulls away from sides of bowl and form a ball. Turn onto a surface lightly floured with vital wheat gluten flour. Knead 3-5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rest 10 minutes., Divide dough into 4 equal portions. Shape into 1/2-in.-thick ovals, roughly 3 x 5-in. Place each patty in the center of a 12 x12-in. piece of foil. Loosely fold foil around patties and crimp edges to seal, making 4 packets (leave room in packets for patties to expand while cooking). , In a large saucepan, place a steamer basket over 1 in. of water. Place packets in basket, overlapping as needed. Bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer; steam, covered, until firm and no longer sticky, 35-40 minutes. Remove from steamer basket. Leaving in foil packets, refrigerate until cool, about 1 hour. , In a shallow bowl, mix flour, corn meal and seafood seasoning. Pour soy milk in a separate shallow bowl. Dip in milk, then in flour mixture, patting to help coating adhere. , In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add patties. Cook until lightly browned and heated through, 3-5 minutes on each side.