Y'all know Vic, right? Over at The Life? He recently posted a recipe for seitan deli slices that piqued my interest, as I've been meaning to try a steamed seitan for a while now. Vic's recipe was really easy to make, and the combo of steaming and baking managed to cook the huge seitan log all the way through, with no doughy softness in the middle. The flavor is nice, if a bit basic. It's going to be fun to play with different flavor combinations, maybe one with lots of tomato, basil and garlic for an Italian loaf? This is about as economical as you can get too. The recipe makes an enormous loaf of protein, maybe two pounds worth if I had to guess. I bet the ingredients cost me around $4.00. I have no doubt that the seitan loaf freezes well, so this is on my list of foods to make and freeze before the baby comes in March.
Go check out Vic's deli slices. Dude's had a vegan cookbook in the works since before every vegan and their mother put one out!
My seitan slices. Sorry about the craptastic picture, cooking at midnight makes for bad lighting.
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I'm still looking for a fool-proof seitan recipe. Maybe I'll try this one out!
I've had my eye on this since it was first posted - yours looks good.
*points up*
That was me
Your deli slices look awesome! Yay for easy peasy vegan meats!
Awww! Thank you! I agree, the flavor was very basic. That was kind of my goal, like a jumping off point for changing the flavor style later. I was thinking of making one with corn, cumin, and black beans for like a tex-mex type slices! Thank you so much for the props! :)
You're right Vic, it's a perfect jumping off point for more complex flavors depending on your taste. I love it, and Ken does too!
Before you freeze your logs, you can bring them down and use our slicer if you like.
Your slicer does make deli meat extra special. Thanks!
I bought the main ingredient last week, meaning to make the deli slices, but didn't get a chance. I am totally making one soon. I have a kick-ass idea how to add some extra flavor and will post it with pictures soon. It will make me mad if the idea does not work!
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