Oh man, the vital wheat gluten vs vital wheat gluten flour confusion has totally been keeping me from making those ribz! Now I know they're the same thing I'm totally going to get on it.
Yeah, apparently food manufacturers just like to confuse us by giving one product 1500 different names. Bastards! ; )
Stay tuned this week for more rib-related pics and details--I tried out some different ways of making them on Thursday that you might be interested in!
Seriously. I agree. I am seeing logs everywhere! I love it, though, and that recipe you've posted really IS easy. Makes me want to post a log, too. :0)
Ha ha ha. My fella was just telling me at lunch that it sounds a bit creepy (and presumably dookey-like) to keep calling it a "log." I think your comment verified that. ; )
yes everyone is talking about it! your looks good.
Welcome to the seitan of greatness club! ; )
I feel so honored. *Blushing and sniffling a little*
I have been trying to find the ingredients to make the logs myself... I have never made seitan before. I only found "wheat gluten flour" at my health food store... is it the same as the vital flour? By the way, I love your blog. One of my favorites amongst the numerous I read. You have a great sense of humor.
Ok, just to add to the seitan o'greatness madness... I made this (SusanV's pepperoni version) and my husband and I had a great time rolling it out, trying to shape it, and giggling like little schoolgirls about the instructions to get it to "about seven inches." Hee hee- I said seven inches. You said log. teeee hee.
Thanks, Chantal. You so sweet. =)
On the Cook's Thesaurus, it appears to use gluten flour, instant gluten flour, pure gluten flour, vital wheat gluten, and vital wheat gluten flour interchangeably. (Check it out HERE if you wanna read more.) I think it's probably the same damn thing, just with yet ANOTHER variation on its stupid name. So I think you should be ok. =)
Wow, literally, 2 days after seeing this recipe EVERYONE in the western hemisphere is talking about it. *sniffle* I wuv vegans...
I did add about 2 Tbsp of liquid God, also known as liquid smoke. It works in the better'n bacon recipe and it definitely works here, i suggest you try it next time.
Awesome. I definitely will--hadn't thought to do that. Yeah, next time I'll probably nix the cinnamon as well. Oh fun fun. Can't wait to toy with it more. =)
Thanks for the info and the link.
Holy crap I must make this seitan, it looks perfection!
I lost my veg-web-scouring addiction when I moved away from cubicle land. Sometimes I miss the hours and hours (and hours and hours) of dinner-dreaming and dessert-drooling while pretending to be Working On Very Important Things.
You're my condensed version, so I suppose I should jump on the vis-a-vis bandwagon and try this out. Ever since I made Ribz for the first time, I became convinced that we were all making way too big a deal about the complicatedness of seitan. Vegans revolt! The truth shall be known!
(And it shall smell like ass covered in festering wounds and smeared with rotten tofu.)
wahahaha! you can blind someone?
I'm currently begging the clock to "hurry up, hurry up" for my mad scientist attempts at this recipe. I made a "beef" version, using veggie instant beef broth and a glug of Kitchen Bouquet, and a "chicken" version, using veggie instant chicken broth, less paprika, a smidge of turmeric, and a half teaspoon of poultry seasoning.
And to counteract (somewhat) the gas warfare effect, I added EPAZOTE, a Mexican seasoning/tea. I crumbled some of the dried leaves in with the dry ingredients. Look for this stuff in Mexican specialty markets, with the herbal teas. It is traditionally cooked with black beans to make them more "digestible," and the tea is brewed to ease stomach ailments.
I will post again to give final results!
~VOW
Update: Both "chicken" and "beef" were successes! The chicken especially turned out great using turmeric instead of paprika for coloring.
Oh, and the Epazote flavoring is really not pronounced. Further experimentation using more Epazote will be forthcoming, hopefully with gas-relieving results!
The EASE of this recipe was stupendous. I WILL be making this often!
Thanks so much for perpetuating this recipe!
~VOW
I just made this log today and I must stay i'm making 10 tomorrow! I fried them in teriyaki sauce... over jasmin rice.. you must try!
Thanks so much for this amazing recipe!
Good god. This Seitan reipe was...well quite frankly the shit. I had your obsessive poking "Aww whose a cute little loggy-log!"
Its nice and spicy, and I keep eating it. I want to make more!
Did you omit or substitute the 1 tbsp of tamari?
Hmmm. Adriana: I made this SOOOO long ago that I honestly am not sure. I suspect that I *DID* leave it out if I didn't list it. But I'm guessing--since it's only 1 T.--it shouldn't make too huge a difference whether you omit or include.
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I found this recipe earlier today, and totally couldn't resist the urge to make it right away: holy crap it's good!!!
I just wanted to leave a comment cause I read elsewhere on your blog that you hate recipes that involve kneading, and I am happy to inform you: I made this with NO kneading!! I've seen seitan recipes before where people tell you to just combine the dry and wet ingredients quickly and then shape the log before it gets all hard to handle, so that's what I did. Came out awesome! Thought you'd like to know! =D
Well, rock on to that, Cait! I actually used my breadmaker to make some this weekend as well. HELLS YES TO NO KNEADING!
I'll try the recipe but really, I LOVE the post! That was hilarious!
i've been wanting to make seitan for a while, and after googling different recipes, this one is by far the easiest sounding! and not only that...but your log looks HANDS DOWN the most appetizing. i saw a couple pictures gray, blob-like seitan. uh, no thank you. i can't wait to follow your recipe, probably eat the whole load myself since i'm the only vegan in my house, and then torture my cat with the aftermath. hehe.
and by the way, i just took a look at some of your more recent posts. your food looks fabulous. i'm following your blog from this day forward.
-JB
p.s. i'll let you know how the seitan turns out as soon as i get around to making it! (which knowing me might not happen for a while, even though i'm aiming for sometime in the next few days.)
i only left you that last comment the day before yesterday, but i already made the seitan! so i thought i'd let you know how amazing it turned out! here's my post on it:
http://cardiovegsular.wordpress..../07/02/say-tan/
thank you for this recipe! even my mom loved the seitan, and she's not vegan.
Hey, thanks, JB! Gonna go check out your post shortly. Glad it turned out well though! WOOT!
Take Kals "Bean Relief" double the dose! Then fart-no-more!
I am doing this tomorrow. Tonight I made the "Vegan Brunch" cherry sausage. That is an orgasm for your mouth! Not joking. I baked them instead of steamed at 400 F for 50 min. Other than that, I followed the recipe to the letter. Let cool and unroll the sausages. Then if you fridge them for 1 hour, they will even be firmer and more meaty. Freaking amazing. Then I made the collard greens found a couple pages later.
I literally have my first "log" in the oven as we speak. Your blog is fab - I'm so glad I found it!
Your fan in Belgium,
Jovanka
Awww thanks, hon! *Blushing just a little*
Update! I just used it to make a stir-fry and fed it to The Husband when he came home for lunch and he now thinks I'm a cooking genius. All my seitan tasted like rubber before this so thanks again!
J
I'll try the recipe but really, I LOVE the post! That was hilarious!
I love how easy making your own seitan can be - I make various versions a couple times a week. This one works awesomely for pulled pork. Slice it really thin, marinate in some bbq sauce and toss in a pot with a cup or two of veggie broth, simmering for maybe 20 minutes.
I haven't had any issues with farting, though; my husband and I have both been veggies for over twenty years, and never have found this to be an issue. If anything, I feel like (basing this mostly upon an old roommate's very-carnivore bf) meat eaters might have a tendency to be stinkier. But maybe those of you who are finding yourselves gassier than you'd like might consider taking vegan probiotic supplements?
I was looking for a new and different seitan recipe and found this one. it's fantastic! i really love it. thank you!
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