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Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.
James Strange

Twice cooked seitan recipe

Seitan cooked in the style of twice cooked pork. The sauce is spicy, salty and a little funky.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 367
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Broad bean paste
  • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
Vegetables
  • 1 bunch Green onions white and green parts separated
  • 1 Cup Red bell pepper
  • 1 Cup Green bell pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Ginger Fresh, roughly chopped
Other
  • 12 oz seitan
  • 1.5 Tablespoons oil

Method
 

Make the sauce
  1. mix two Tablespoons of the broad bean paste, one Tablespoon soy sauce, one teaspoon sugar and one Tablespoon Shaoshing wine
    Ingredients for spicy seitan on a table
Prep the veggies
  1. Peel and roughly chop one Tablespoon of fresh ginger
    Ingredients for spicy seitan on a table
  2. Roughly chop red and green bell peppers
    Package of bean paste, bell peppers and green onion on a table
  3. Clean the green onions. Cut off the roots. Remove the top inch or so of the green part. Peel off any ugly looking parts. Then wash thoroughly. Cut into two inch pieces. Separate the white and green parts.
    Ingredients for spicy seitan on a table
Cooking
  1. With the pan on medium heat add one Tablespoon of oil.
    Lightly browned seitan in a pan
  2. Add the seitan and turn the heat up to medium high to high. Cook the seitan until it gets some nice brown color. Remove from the pan and sit it aside.
    Lightly browned seitan in a pan
  3. Add 1/2 Tablespoon of oil to the pan on medium heat. Into the oil add the chopped ginger. Let the ginger cook in the oil for thirty to forty five seconds.
    Bell peppers, green onion, garlic and ginger in a pan on a table.
  4. Add the bell peppers and cook for two minutes.
    Bell peppers, green onion, garlic and ginger in a pan on a table.
  5. Add the white part of the green onions, cook for one minute.
    Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.
  6. Add the seitan and stir.
    Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.
  7. Add the sauce and mix until everything is coated.
    Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.
  8. Then add the green onions and cook for one minute.
    Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.
  9. The dish is now ready to serve.
    Seitan and vegetables in a spicy sauce in a pan.