Vegan Steaks

Instructions

1. First we will make the seitan. Mash the white beans.
2. Next we will combine all the ingredients for the seitan, except the vegetable stock.
3. Once all the ingredients are in there, it's about to get messy. Start kneading your hand in it, the texture will get fleshy, slowly start adding in your vegetable stock.
4. You don't want the seitan mixture to be too juicy, or too dry, so add more vital wheat gluten if it gets to juicy, and if it seems to dry add more vegetable stock.
5. You have to knead this until its all mixed up for like 3-5 minutes.
6. Once it looks like a whole meatloaf thingy, You will know you are ready to go. Honestly, your hands will tell you when it's time. You earn a new hand muscle for this portion. (lol)
7. Now you are going to cut that whole meatloaf looking thingy in to four, you may end up with a few extras. You are cutting a small piece so you can roll it out with the rolling pin on the cutting board. It's about to get messy! If you don't want to cook it all now, freeze what you don't want to use now before you steam them.
8. Feel free to use extra vital wheat gluten on your rolling pin and cutting board because your pieces are going to want to stick.
9. Roll each one out into a slice that's no more than 1 inch. The "hulk" up in the oven while they are steaming.
10. Once you have them all rolled out, place them on the steamer. They need to steam for 45 minutes (you can always make a steamer out of the pan that comes with every oven, literally put water in the bottom, and put the rolled out slices on top, and cover it with foil). Do not stack them on top of each other. If you do it you will not be able to pull them apart.
11. While those are steaming, lets make the marinade.
12. Combine all the marinade items in a bowl and whisk it for 2-3 minutes. You can let it sit until the seitan is done steaming.
13. Once the seitan is done, let them cool off for a little bit, like 5 mins or so, and you place them in the zip lock bag and pour the marinade on top. Make sure the mixture is all over the seitan in the bag.
14. They need to marinade for 1 hour. Please not, depending on your hunger... if you can not wait, I have been suppppperrrrr greedy, and taken them out in 32 mins, due to the growl of my stomach, and cooked them, and they were fine... #justsayin
15. Back to the recipe, once they are done marinading, break out your frying pan.
16. Add olive oil not too much, because you are just going to pan sear them. Coat the bottom of the pan for sure.
17. Smash a couple cloves of garlic in the olive oil, (you don't have to mince it, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't), then add a few sprigs of fresh thyme to the oil as well
18. The aroma is going to drive you insane, now take one of the vegan steaks, and place it in the pan. Depending on how big your pan is, you could cook 2 or 3 at a time.
19. You are going to pan fry them until they have a little sear mark on them.
20. Flip them onto the other side and do the same. They are going to be soo good. Keep adding garlic and fresh thyme to each batch you cook.
21. Once you are done pan frying them instead of emptying that pan out, cook more veggies in it. I am obsessed with portobello mushrooms, you can sauté them in the pan with all those amazing flavors, and then top your Vegan Steaks with them and fresh sprigs of Thyme.
22. Now... #PlateIt and enjoy the fruits of your labor! This is my favvvvvvvvvvve and it tastes so good! When you make it, snap a pic and tag @CookingwithQue

• Servings : 4
• Course : Main
• Recipe Type : Dinner