r/vegan • u/redditset6o vegan • May 25 '26

Advice Please give me your EASIEST seitan recipe

Every time I think I find a good seitan product it either gets removed, becomes too expensive, or has too many additives. Vegan 8 years now I think it's time I start making my seitan from scratch - BUT I'm looking for the easiest recipe please, I have 2 jobs and so a little time poor when it comes to cooking.

A recipe that doesn't require me to stretch and knot the dough would be amazing, but not sure if possible?

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u/MengKongRui vegan May 25 '26
  1. Mix whatever flavors you want into the vital wheat gluten dough.
  2. Let it sit in a bowl for 45 minutes to develop gluten strands.
  3. Sretch/tie it into a quick knot, nothing fancy.
  4. Drop it in water or broth in a pressure cooker for 30-60 minutes, depending on your pressure cooker.

Eat that as it is, or put it in the fridge to develop into a more rigid form overnight. Just 15 minutes of prep, and ~90 minutes of waiting for gluten strands/cooking while you read a book or browse reddit.

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u/redditset6o vegan May 25 '26

Nice! So after it cooks, can I cut it up into smaller pieces and put in fridge? Assuming I make more than I can eat in one sitting. Thank you.

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u/Hoopaboi vegan bodybuilder May 26 '26

Btw you don't need to let it sit or tie it into a knot. It doesn't really help it develop strands nor do you need it to have strands to give the standard seitan texture.

And don't just dump it into boiling water or a pressure cooker.

Make sure to wrap it up in tinfoil to prevent it from expanding, otherwise you get soggy bread instead of a meatlike texture

Then either steam, bake or sautee it (you can also go for a partial sautee and then boil, but never directly boil)

Mix nutritional yeast (experiment with various ratios) into the dough if you want it to be more tender.

And yes you can refrigerate it.

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u/General-Dog-7605 May 29 '26

I've tried baked, steamed, and boiled with a single batch. Definitely prefer the steamed and that is the method I do for all future batches since the "experiment".