Quick Homemade Gluten

Title:
Quick Homemade Gluten

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Low-,
Fat




Ingredients:





     2 c  Gluten flour


     1 ts Garlic powder


     1 ts Ground ginger


 1 1/4 c  Water or vegetable stock


     3 tb Lite tamari; Braggs liquid


          -amino


          Acids, or soy sauce


     1 ts Toasted sesame oil


          -(optional); (1 to 3)


          Broth:


     4 c  Water


   1/4 c  Tamari or soy sauce


     1    Piece kombu (a type of


          -seaweed); (3 inch)


     3 sl Ginger (optional); (3 to 4)


          This is the basic recipe


          -for gluten.


          ; (Makes 1-1/4 to


          1-1/2 pounds or 2 to 2-1/2


          -cups)


          Add garlic powder and


          -ginger to flour and


          Stir.  Mix liquids together


          -and add to


          Flour mixture all at once.


          -Mix


          Vigorously with a fork.


          -When it forms a


          Stiff dough knead it 10 to


          -15 times.






 Let the dough rest 2 to 5 minutes, then knead it a few more times.  Let it


 rest another 15 minutes before proceeding. Cut gluten into 6 to 8 pieces


 and stretch into thin cutlets.  Simmer in broth for 30 to 60 minutes.


 Broth: Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.  Bring broth to a boil.


 Add cutlets one at a time.  Reduce heat to barely simmer when saucepan is


 covered.  Seitan may be used, refrigerated, or frozen at this point. Total


 Calories per 4 oz.  Serving:  77 Fat:  0 grams


 Recipe By     : Jill Nussinow, M.S., R.D.


 


 Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n164


 


 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:49:18 -0600


 


 From: "Robin Goldberg Isaacs"