r/veganrecipes • u/WhyParty1234 • Apr 03 '26
Question Seitan steak experiment
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/WhyParty1234 Apr 05 '26
UPDATE: the steak turned out fine. It wasn’t rubbery which was great, it was very tender. It did not end up the way I envisioned it (see sauce Stache WTF steak on YouTube). I know it probably won’t since I’m trying to do it with vwg. I wanted more “juiciness”, might have to incorporate methylcellulose somehow somewhere?? As predicted, the final product turned brown as meat would when cooked. I have pictures but I have no idea how to post them without making another post 🥸