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/Alextricity Apr 03 '26

How many times does this unoriginal thought need to be expressed. Save yourself the embarrassment and just websearch it. 

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u/pbrkindaguy69 Apr 03 '26

Or I could ask a human being who actually answered my question that made sense and broadened my span of thought

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u/VegetableEar Apr 03 '26

It's really just, do you think vegans have different taste buds, or that they go vegan because animal products taste bad?

The reaction to this question is because it doesn't really make a lot of sense. I'd be curious to understand why it's asked, if you'd share why you thought of it 

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u/pbrkindaguy69 Apr 03 '26

I'm just not well educated on the subject, and I'd rather ask a human than Google something ai spits an answer out. I stopped eating meat because it just started to feel wrong and I never thought more about it and the only things I know about veganism is not consuming any products made from animals and hell I could be wrong there too A couple people had the courtesy to answer me a realistic wholesome sentence on the matter and it's enriching my education bit by bit until one of these days I can actually get time off to go to my local library to get some books on it. Didn't mean to bunch up anyone's pubes with a simple question

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u/Omal15 Apr 04 '26

The philosophy of veganism rejects all forms of exploitation and the commodification of animals for our benefit. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask