Korean BBQ Seitan Chicken

This Seitan recipe has the texture of chicken and is super crispy.

Prep: 3hr 10min Cook: 20min Total: 3hr 30min Servings: 8

Ingredients:

Seitan

1 & 1/2 cups wheat gluten

3 tbsp nutritional yeast

1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 & 3/4 cups of water

Sauce

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp chili paste or chili flakes

6 cloves of minced garlic

a thumb of minced ginger

2 tbsp sesame oil

Cooking

1/4 cup canola oil

3 tbsp sesame seeds

1/2 cup green onion

Instructions:

Make your seitan - In a medium bowl add your wheat gluten, nutritional yeast, baking powder, salt, mix thoroughly then add water, form a ball of seitan, do not knead the seitan, break apart into pieces about the size of half your thumb, place on parchment paper on a baking sheet and let freeze for at least 3 hours.

Prepare your Sauce - Add soy sauce, brown sugar, chili paste or chili flakes, minced garlic, minced ginger, and sesame oil.

Cooking - Take the seitan out of the freezer and heat a large pan to high heat, fry the frozen seitan in canola oil or any other flavorless oil, turn over when golden brown using long cooking chopsticks or tongs, lower the heat a little if the there is any burning, once everything is crispy, lower the heat to a simmer, add in your sauce and coat each piece of seitan making sure there is an even glaze, once everything has a nice caramelized coat turn off heat top with sesame seeds and green onion.and serve over white rice.

Nutrition

154g protein