Description

This baked bbq seitan is super simple and involves no boiling! A plant based protein option that gives you a nice meaty texture. Can also be grilled!

Ingredients

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1 cup vital wheat gluten
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tahini
1 cup veggie broth
1/3 cup BBQ sauce of choice

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a mixing bowl, add in vital wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and onion powder then with a fork mix well to combine.
Add in soy sauce, tahini and vegetable broth, then with your fork, whisk to combine liquid into the flour until a dough like ball forms.
With your hands, gently knead gluten ball a few times making sure not to over do it. Should take no more than a minute.
Transfer dough to a lined baking sheet. Flatten and spread dough out until it is half an inch thick.
Place baking sheet in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
Remove seitan from the oven and brush both sides with your favorite BBQ sauce. At this stage you can either grill or rebake your seitan.
Place seitan back in the oven for another 10 minutes. You may also opt to broil on high for about 2-3 minutes to help give a little char to the ends of your seitan.
Place seitan on a preheated electric grill and allow to cook and sear for about 4-5 minutes on each side or until grill marks appear on the surface of the seitan.
Once seitan is cooked, place on a clean surface or plate to rest for 3-5 minutes, then cut and serve as desired.

Notes

DO NOT OVER KNEAD YOUR DOUGH. With this dough, less is more and I wouldn’t go beyond 1 minute of kneading. Over kneading will leave you with a tougher end product.

You can sub out the tahini for any nut and seed butter you prefer. Try to make sure to opt for natural nut/seed butters as they will blend into the dough a lot easier.