Homemade Gluten Or Seitan

Total Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups gluten flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1/4 cups water or 1 1/4 cups vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons lite tamari or 3 tablespoons braggs liquid aminos or 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 -3 teaspoon toasted sesame oil (optional)
• 4 cups water
• 1/4 cup tamari or 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 3 inches piece kombu seaweed, dried
• 3 -4 slices fresh ginger (optional)

Recipe

• 1 basic recipe for gluten:.
• 2 add garlic powder and ginger to flour and stir. mix liquids together and add to flour mixture all at once. mix vigorously with a fork. when it forms a stiff dough, knead it 10 to 15 times.
• 3 let the dough rest 2 to 5 minutes, then knead it a few more times. let it rest another 15 minutes before proceeding.
• 4 cut gluten into 6 to 8 pieces and stretch into thin cutlets. simmer in broth for 30 to 60 minutes.
• 5 broth:.
• 6 combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. bring broth to a boil. add cutlets one at a time. reduce heat to barely simmer when saucepan is covered. seitan may be used, refrigerated, or frozen at this point.