# Homemade Seitan

A delicious and unique homemade seitan made from flour, which is a gluten extracted from wheat flour.

- Language: en

## Ingredients

- flour
- salt
- water
- red onion
- thyme
- fennel seeds
- bay leaf
- garlic
- sauce

## Instructions

1. Add water to the flour in a wooden bowl and mix until you form a dough.
2. Wash the dough under running water in a sink until all the starch is gone and you are left with just the protein.
3. Add red onion, thyme, fennel seeds, and bay leaf to a pot of water.
4. Stretch the dough, cut it, and braid it into knots.
5. Add the braided dough to the pot with the broth and boil until doubled in size.
6. Drain the seitan and cut it into small pieces.
7. Pan-fry the seitan pieces with garlic.
8. Add the sauce to the seitan.

## Equipment

- wooden bowl
- kitchen sink
- metal bowl
- chopping board
- knife
- pot
- pan
- spatula

## Tips

- The artisanal way of making seitan is extracting the gluten from flour by washing a dough made of flour, salt, and water underwater until all the starch is gone and you're left with the protein.
- The result is a stretchy, rubbery mixture that is braided and tied into knots and boiled in a flavorful broth until doubled in size.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7R2D4vK7fD/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/770ea825-5bdd-40eb-b38d-8d8c23e2537e
- Extracted: 2025-09-23

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