Crispy Sweet and Sour Seitan

By jeenikeen

Ingredients

• 8 oz Seitan, chopped into strips (a loose 2 cups after chopping)
• 1 tsp Ener-g Egg Replacer
• 1/4 Cup Cornstarch
• 1/4 Cup Peanut Oil
• Steamed Broccoli
• Sesame Seeds for garnish
• Sauce***
• 3 1/2 Tbs Seasoned Rice Vinegar (you can eyeball the 1/2 Tbs)
• 1/4 Cup Water
• 2 Tbs + 2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Tbs Tamari
• 1 Tbs Ketchup
• 1 tsp Molasses
• 1/4 tsp Ginger Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 1/2 Tbs Cornstarch + 2 Tbs water

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from veganyumyum.com

Preparation

Step 1

Add all the sauce ingredients except for the cornstarch and water into a small saucepan and heat on low until sugar dissolves. Mix cornstarch with 2 Tbs water and add to sauce. Turn up heat to medium-high and whisk until sauce thickens. Sauce should be moderately thick, but not so thick it’s gel like. If you scrape a spoon down the middle of the pan, it should take a second for it to fill in the groove you made, but it should fill back in. Add more cornstarch to make it thicker if needed, or add water (or seitan juice) to thin it out if it gets too thick. Take off heat and set aside.

Heat 1/4 cup of peanut oil on HIGH in a large skillet, non-stick if you have it. Place chopped seitan in a large bowl. Sprinkle with egg replacer powder and mix well. It should dissolve from the moisture of the seitan. Add cornstartch and toss seitan until it’s completely coated.

Test oil with a piece of seitan. If the oil bubbles up immediately when you drop a piece in, you’re good to go. Add seitan to oil in one layer – you might need to do batches depending on how big your pan is. Fry on high for 5-7 minutes, stirring and turning the pieces often, until crispy and golden. Drain oil out of pan.

Put the pan back on the stove with the seitan in it, but NOT over heat. Wait a sec for the pan to cool down, then add sauce. Use a rubber spatula to get out every last bit, as the recipe makes just enough to coat. Toss to coat seitan and serve immediately.

Serve with steamed broccoli and top with sesame seeds.