Oven Roasted Seitan Food

SEITAN ROAST WITH SHITAKES AND LEEKS (VEGAN)

Steps:

• First prepare the filling:.
• Preheat a large pan, preferably cast iron, over medium heat. Saute the mushrooms and leeks in oil until soft, about 10 minutes. Add salt, pepper, garlic and thyme. Cook for about 2 more minutes, stirring often.
• Sprinkle in the breadcrumbs and toss to coat. Cook the mixture, stirring very often, until the breadcrumbs are toasty and the mixture is relatively dry. This should take about 5 minutes, and the breadcrumbs should turn a few shades darker.
• Drizzle in the broth and lemon juice and toss to coat until moist. If it still seems dry drizzle in a little extra olive oil. Set aside until ready to use.
• Prepare the roast:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F In a food processor, pulse the garlic until well chopped. Add the beans, broth, olive oil and soy sauce and puree until mostly smooth (a few pieces of bean are okay, but they should be no bigger than a pea.).
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, herbs and spices. Make a well in the center and add the bean mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts coming together to form a ball of dough. Knead until everything is well incorporated.
• Now we're going to roll out the seitan and form the roast. Place two pieces of tin foil (about 18 inches long) horizontally in front of you. The sheet further from you should overlap the closer sheet by about 6 inches. This way you have enough foil to wrap around the whole roast.
• On a separate surface, use your hands or a rolling pin to flatten the seitan into a roughly 12 x 10 rectangle. If any pieces rip, don't worry about it, just use a pinch of dough from the ends to repair any holes.
• Place the filling in the lower 1/3 of the seitan rectangle, leaving about 2 inches of space at both ends. Make sure the filling is compact, use your hands to form it into a nice, tight bundle.
• Now roll! Roll the bottom part of the seitan up and over the filling. Keep rolling until in it's in a log shape. Now pinch together the seam and pinch together the sides to seal. It doesn't have to be perfect, it will snap into shape when baking.
• Place the roll in the center of the tinfoil and roll up like a tootsie roll, making sure the ends are tightly wrapped. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake for an hour*. Rotate the roll every 20 minutes for even cooking.
• * I may update the time in this recipe because I've gotten a few comments that said it took up to 90 minutes to cook completely! So for now I would say just do a test my poking the roll with tongs. It should feel very very firm. If it doesn't, then bake further.
• Remove from oven and let cool. Unwrap, slice and serve! (See recipe notes for keeping moist and reheating.).
• NOTES FROM ISA:.
• ~For best results, use a salty homemade vegetable broth. Salt is integral to the flavor of the seitan, so if your broth isn't seasoned then add a teaspoon or so of salt to it.
• ~You'll also want to spoon broth over the roast before serving, to keep it from being dry. Of course you're going to be coating it in gravy, too. But the broth is a nice touch. If you're slicing and serving, ladle on spoonfuls of broth on each individual slice, too. You can't have too much juice, here!
• ~This roast reheats perfectly. Refrigerate in its wrapper for up to 3 days before hand. When ready to serve, preheat an oven to 350 F and cook for 20 minutes. This will dry it out a bit, so use the broth hints above for sure!
• ~Use a steak knife for the easiest slicing.
• ~I used storebought breadcrumbs but if you use homemade, use 3/4 cup.
• ~This makes enough for 6 hungry people. If it's not Thanksgiving or another holiday, and people are not totally stuffing their faces, it serves at least 8.

SEITAN ROAST RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• In food processor, combine pinto beans, garlic, soy sauce, and olive oil. Process until smooth.
• In medium-sized mixing bowl, combine vital wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, sage, rosemary, thyme, and pepper. Add in bean mixture and stir until combined.
• Make a well in the the mixture and pour in vegetable broth. Mix until dough gets thick.
• Once thick enough, use your hands to knead dough.
• Form dough into log, approximately 10 inches (25 cm) long and 5 inches (13 cm) thick. Roll up log in parchment paper, then in aluminum foil.
• Bake for 1 hour, flipping roast every 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with vegetarian gravy.
• Enjoy!

ROASTED SEITAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Divide the seitan in 4 pieces and brush the oil or marinade on the seitan.
• Place the seitan on a roasting rack in a large pan.
• Roast for 40 minutes, turning the seitan halfway through.

BAKED SEITAN LOG

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients well.
• In a smaller bowl, combine all liquid ingredients well.
• Add the liquids to the dry mix and combine well, then knead for a few minutes. If there's dry ingredients floating around, add extra cold water 1T, (or too wet 1T wheat gluten) at a time until it's like a moist sponge.
• Roll in a piece of foil making a log shape, twisting the ends.
• Bake for 90 minutes, flipping half way through.
• Let cool before using as desired.

BASIC SEITAN (BAKED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line an 8 inch square baking pan with two inch high sides with parchment paper. Lightly oil the parchment paper.
• Stir the flours, nutritional yeast, herbs, spices and salt in a largew bowl.
• Combine the water, oil and tamari in another bowl.
• Quickly stir the wet ingredients into the dry to make a very wet dough. It may seem like there is too much liquid, but it will all mix in with enough stirring.
• Transfer the dough to the prepared pan and smooth the top. Cover with tin foil.
• Place the pan of seitan dough in a larger roasting pan, then add water halfway up the side of the seitan pan.
• Bake for 2 hours until the seitan in firm on the top, adding more water to the pan as necessary.
• Cool to room temperature, cut and use or wrap to freeze. Unfrozen seitan will stay good for two days in the refridgerator.

EASY BAKED SEITAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir.
• Once all the dry ingredients are mixed in, knead the dough with your hands for several minutes until thoroughly mixed.
• Then, roll the dough into a log and cut it into 1/2 inch slices.
• Place each of the slices on a lightly greased baking sheet and spread the dough with your fingers to thin them. Bake on a low oven rack for 10 minutes.
• Flip the seitan strips and bake on the other side for five minutes.
• Once finished, dip them in ketchup or BBQ sauce, stuff them in a pita pocket as a sandwich, toss them into tacos or fajitas, or add them to your favorite salad or pasta. You can do almost anything with the as you would chicken strips.

ROASTED SEITAN AND WINTER VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly brown cubed seitan in a pan on medium heat using 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Put vegetables and browned seitan in a 9x13 glass baking dish and toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Add thyme, peppers, salt, garlic and vegetable broth and mix.
• Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
• Carefully remove from oven and drain liquid,.
• Bake for an addtional 15-20 minutes.