Seitan

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Hello All,

 

Tonight I cooked seitan (in a recipe) for the first time ever and the recipe was

not very good. The seitan was the best thing about the dish. Here is what

I cooked from http://www.fatfree.com/ and this is the description of the

recipe....

 

 

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Vegan Liver and onions!!

 

Ingredients:

 

1 14oz can Cedar Lake Seitan (they call them chops)

(Cedar Lake-MGM Foods--Cedar Lake, MI 48812)

You can substitute any other form of Seitan,

or even home made--but the Cedar Lake " Chops " are perfect

We found it at an SDA grocery store (Seventh Day Adventist)

1 whole large onion-chopped

3 cloves fresh garlic-chopped

1 cup sour kraut, partially drained, or not drained

Paprika

Dixie Diner's Zinfandel seasoning (optional)

 

Prepare:

 

Saute onions and sour kraut in a non-stick pan. Spraying

the pan with oil should be unnecessary, just keep the

heat low or medium, and keep the pan covered. After the onions

start to soften, just add everything else, and put

on lots of paprika. Stir frequently to keep it from

adhering to the bottom of the pan.

 

Serving:

 

I like this with fresh mashed potatoes or rice,

and a side of salad greens. We served it with Hain

vegetarian brown gravy, which comes in a little

package (it's vegan also).

 

Some confirmed vegetarians would probably not eat

this, because it is so close to real liver and

onions. But it is NOT m**t. It just looks, smells

and tastes like it. This is very quick and

easy to make, but not recommended for people

who wouldn't like the taste of liver and onions.

 

In my SAD days, I loved liver and onions, but

since I have not had liver for over 25 years,(in

any form), I could hardly see myself eating the

real thing, even if I like the taste of it...

 

For Jewish readers or others, this might be

a start for vegan chopped liver! The Seitan

is fat free.

 

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Ok, to me the sour kraut totally took over the dish... it was VERY tangy and I

could not even taste the onions because of the strong sour kraut taste. And the

seitan was great but didn't taste ONE THING like liver, lol... Anyway, I guess

that's what I get for straying away from out tried and true recipes in the

files.

What could have gone wrong, or was this just not as good a recipe as claimed?!?

 

 

Nikita