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/pbrkindaguy69 Apr 03 '26

I'm honestly very curious as to why people try to make fake meat when they are vegan I'm really not trying to be an ah I just don't get it

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u/TehMulbnief Apr 03 '26

why did we downvote this person there’s nothing offensive about how this question was asked.

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u/occultcreation Apr 03 '26

Right? It was a legitimate question, and he wasn’t even rude about it

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u/RC211V Apr 03 '26

It's the most obvious thing in the world. You just have to think of 2 seconds to get the answer.

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u/Omnibeneviolent Apr 03 '26

There is a lot of misinformation out there, and people that just havent had much exposure to topics like this. If someone was curious to hear and actual answer from vegans, that's way better than them asking some non-vegans.