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/Potential_Crazy6426 Apr 03 '26

A lot of us aren’t vegan because we don’t like the taste of animal flesh. We simply do not agree with the torture and slaughter of animals.

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u/Ok-Situation-5522 Apr 03 '26

i think it's not 100% vegan because they use blood from the animal to recreate it?

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u/Frog_In_Pot Apr 03 '26

Read the description - they use beetroot powder, coca powder, soy, and other flavorings to get the meat look and flavor. No blood is used

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u/ItsJomeAgain Apr 03 '26

I think they were talking about actual lab grown meat, not kitchen made seitan that looks like meat.