Italian Sausage Cutlets

Note: I've done Southern Fried Seitan (pictured to the right), where I bread and fry the cutlets.  I've made Seitan Parmigiana, which is a breaded and baked cutlet with melted vegan mozzarella served with pasta and tomato sauce.  They are also just great to snack on. This recipe is adapted from Vegan Diner by Julie Hasson.  Her book has the BEST seitan recipes and I highly recommend adding it to your collection. I've made all sorts of recipes with these.


Ingredients:

2 cups vital wheat gluten
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup chickpea flour
1 tablespoon fennel seed
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried chili flakes
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups cool water
3 tablespoons soy sauce

Directions:

1. Fill the bottom of a large steamer with later and preheat.  
2. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients and mix well.
3. Add the water and soy sauce.  gently combine until all the flour mixture is in the dough.  Do not over mix.
4. Scoop about 1/3 cup of the dough onto an approximately 6x6 inch piece of aluminum foil.  Continue until all the dough is used.  It should make 8-9 cutlets.
5. Place the cutlets in the steamer.  It's okay to stack them on top of each other. 
6. Steam for about 45 minutes or until the cutlets are firm.  
7. Transfer to a plate to cool.  Then refrigerate until ready to eat, or just snack on them as I do.