Joe's Big Batch Seitan

This is a great batch of seitan. I really like the versitility of the recipe as you can put in flavorings you like. This one really goes well with spanish or mexican dishes.

Joes big batch recipe

4.5 cups of Vital Wheat Gluten
1/2 cup nutritional yeast

Stir well

1 Tbls Safflower stems
1 Tbls paprika
1 Tbls Webber's Smokey Mesquite
1 Tbls garlic powder
1 Tbls black pepper
1 Tbls onion powder
1 Tbls sea salt
1 packet Sazón Goya
get in the Latin sections of grocery or Mexican /Spanish store

In a 2 cup measuring cup add
1/4 to 1/2 cup soy sauce or Tamari or Bragg
1/2 cup molasses
then fill the cup with cold water to make two cups and pour on top of the wheat mixture
then add 2 more cups of water to the mix

Start out by mixing gently then as it soaks up the liquids you can mix it harder and knead it well. If it is too wet you can just ad more vital wheat but do it by a couple of spoons full at a time.

Get a couple of big pots with water boiling only about two thirds full of water

Shape the mixture into a fat log and cut it into fat cutlets and drop them into the boiling water
Boil them for 110 minutes

Get the water to come to a full boil again after dropping them in and then you can turn them down so they do not boil over and cook uncovered for the rest of the 110 minutes.

Get ready to take them out. You should have a couple of wire racks set up with a catch tray under them.

Joe puts them into plastic bags and freezes them into meal portions. he saves the broth that the seitan was cooked in as it is very flavorful. He says he cuts a couple of the fat cutlets up and pours some of the broth over them, seals the bag and freezes them like that. He uses this product for many dishes - I saw him making tacos with some that he had crumbled up!

He said if you want other seasonings in the mix rather than the ones he uses just go ahead and add what you want an omit what you think you would not like from the ingredients. He said he is always experimenting with the flavors.

He was fun to watch and I hope he stops by to make my weekly supply of seitan!