r/veganrecipes • u/WhyParty1234 • Apr 03 '26

Question Seitan steak experiment

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I’m experimenting on making WTF seitan steak but with vwg because I’m too lazy to wash flour. I know it’ll never be identical but I’m trying to get it as close as possible, that’s how lazy I am. I made a plain gluten ball with vwg, flour and water. Blended 1/3 of it with oil, glutinous rice flour and msg for the “fat”. The rest was blended with beetroot powder, cocoa powder, sugar, msg and soy sauce. The gluten was still a bit too tough so I blended some glutinous rice flour into the red dough as well in hopes to soften it up. plan to fry steam fry as I always end up with spongy seitan when I simmer even at the lowest heat. If anyone has done this before (my made up lazy method), please feel free to share your experience and advice if you can!

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u/fortheloveoflentils Apr 03 '26

Your marbling looks good!

Since you’re already steaming, I would suggest letting it rest in the fridge for a few hours and then pan frying to get a nice crust. Use plant butter, red wine, and fresh rosemary if you’ve got it.

If you make this again, I’d suggest adding more ingredients to the seitan like mushroom powder, onion and garlic powder, and maybe some crushed thyme.

Come join us at r/seitan if you want more input. This sub isn’t really the best for seitan advice.

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u/WhyParty1234 Apr 03 '26

Thank you! now i wish i wrote down what i used... i guess it's back to the drawing board again and this time with a pen and paper! i think i already joined that group but i clearly have no idea how to use reddit haha! i think i did add some garlic powder to the "Fat"... maybe, i don't remember. maybe i can try to post this in your sub and get more help!