Easy Seitan Recipe For Beginners: How To Make Seitan (Vegan Chicken)

🍗 Crispy Spicy Seitan Tenders — from scratch! These chick’n tenders are 100% plant-based, high-protein, and ridiculously meaty. And most importantly, easy to make. Made from wheat gluten and beans, steamed for that perfect bite, breaded, pan-fried, and tossed in a sweet-spicy-umami sauce. You’ll never miss chicken again. ✨ Here’s my recipe for crispy spicy seitan tenders from scratch (8 pieces) For the dough: – 250g wheat gluten – 125g white beans – 25g nutritional yeast (optional: to improve t

It’s meaty, high in protein, and honestly… surprisingly easy to make at home. Seitan is made from vital wheat gluten: wheat flour with the starch removed. What’s left is over 75% protein, which makes it one of the most powerful whole-food meat alternatives you can make from scratch. As a food scientist, I’ve tested so many versions — and these two tweaks changed everything for me: 1) Add beans and nutritional yeast This improves the texture (more tender!), adds depth of flavour, and boosts the n