- Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm.
Hi friends, it's Sam,
and today, I'm gonna make
vegan seitan steaks.
I know, crazy, I can hear
the internet going wild now.
Whoa, what is this madness you're making.
Yes, that is vegan, vegan,
100% vegan right there.
I know, it's crazy, just wait,
it's gonna be so exciting.
So many questions, so many questions,
I can feel them coming at me already.
What is a vegan steak?
What is seitan?
Did I say Satan?
(demonic laugh)
No, I said seitan.
Totally different except
very similar sounding.
And I know there's gonna be
a couple of you out there
who are thinking something
along the lines of,
if vegans don't wanna eat animal products,
they shouldn't eat things that
replicate animal products.
Now for those people, I
will address that comment
in the end of this video,
but for now, let's just get
to making vegan seitan steaks.
So seitan, not Satan
(demonic laugh)
is a product using vital wheat gluten,
which makes a chewy,
meaty, protein-rich product
that has a very, very meaty
like texture, it's pretty cool.
It's pretty easy for a seitan
recipe, just follow along
in the directions and you'll end up
with these amazing, juicy,
tender, delicious steaks.
Alright, dig time.
So the first ingredient you'll
need is vital wheat gluten.
There's no substitute
for this, this is really,
you really need this stuff,
there's no substitute,
I don't know what I'm saying.
If you can't find it in
your regular grocery store,
a health food store will
have it or I'll pop a link
down below where you can
order it off of Amazon.
I know it has a weird sounding
name, but just ignore it.
So we're just gonna add
all of these ingredients
into the food processor.
Cooked lentils, I'm gonna
used canned lentils today
but if you prefer cooking
your own lentils from scratch
you can definitely do that.
Lentils, delicious.
Water,
now this is more like baking
than it is like cooking
so make sure you get the
measurements accurate.
I'll put a link down
below to the full recipe
with all the measurements
and the instructions
so you don't have to worry
about writing any of it down
or anything like that.
Nutritional yeast,
I know, another weird-sounding ingredient
but move along, move along.
Tomato paste.
Why won't you open normally?
There.
Now I've really been noticing
a trend of vegan steaks
going around the internet
so I was like oh,
I better get on it and get
my own recipe out there.
So there are definitely
other vegan steak recipes
which are amazing.
I know Veggie Rose did one
and the Happy Pear did one.
I'll pop a link to their
videos down below, definitely
check them out.
But this is my variation
and my favorite obviously
because it's my version.
So that was soy sauce, garlic powder,
chili powder, and liquid smoke.
And lastly, black pepper.
Smells delicious already.
So all you have to do is pulse this all up
and combine it.
If you don't have a food
processor, you can also make this,
just use a big bowl,
start with the lentils,
and give them a mash with a potato masher,
and then add everything else.
You're gonna get some
real elbow grease in there
'cause this is a very stiff
dough but it's totally doable
without a food processor as well.
So now just combine everything together.
So it's gonna look kind
of weird and crumbly
but if you pick up some dough and pinch it
between your fingers,
it'll stick together,
so that's perfect.
Everything's mixed beautifully together,
I'm just gonna clear up this
space and then we're gonna
knead the dough.
Turn out this mixture onto
a clean work surface, ooh,
get out of there, ugh.
Every last bit's gonna be so delicious.
And now gather everything together
and you're gonna start
kneading it into a ball.
It might be a little bit crumbly at first
but just keep working it, get
some elbow grease in there
and it'll start forming a ball.
It's a really tight dough.
So there we go,
you can see it's like a really
nice, smack it kinda dough.
Yeah, don't even mind me.
Have this dough, I'm gonna
cut it into four even pieces.
And then take one piece and a rolling pin
and just start smushing it and rolling it
into a steak shape.
It'll kind of naturally
just become a funny-looking
steak shape.
Now this is a really tough, stretchy dough
and it's gonna want to go
back to its original shape
so just keep working at it and
you'll get there eventually.
This takes a little bit of patience.
You'll just want to get them
about half an inch thick.
This is good, it's like an arm workout.
Alright, so then you kinda
get this funny little
steak shape and then just repeat that
with the remaining four doughs.
So I've got my four vegan steaks here,
all so cute and steak
looking like, sort of,
we'll get there, they're
gonna get more steak looking
like soon.
Now to make this seitan
a delicious texture
we have to steep it.
I know that seems kind of
weird, I mean this whole recipe
is kinda weird, right?
So hey.
So let's hop over to
the stove and steam up
this seitan.
Uh, that doesn't sound very delicious.
Whatever.
I've got my steamer going
here so this is a pot
with a steam basket over top.
Pop my steaks in here, it's totally fine
if they're overlapping
or touching a little bit
so I'm just gonna let
them steam for 25 minutes,
flipping the steaks halfway through.
So while those are steaming,
I'm just gonna prepare
the marinade.
Here's my hack for this.
I like to pop my Ziploc
bags into a measuring cup.
There, so it all stands up
and I don't have to worry
about it falling over and
sauce is going everywhere.
For the marinade I'm just gonna add water,
soy sauce, olive oil, and
maple syrup, Canadian gold.
You could also sub agave if
you don't have maple syrup.
Okay, now I'm gonna mix this together,
I'm just gonna do a little
of this, I think that's
gonna be good enough.
And there we go.
Alright, so my seitan steaks
are done steaming now,
you can see that they've doubled in size.
So now I'm just gonna pop
them into the marinade.
Get in there, look how big they are now!
I just wanna move it around
so that they're all covered
in the marinade nicely, careful,
they're still pretty hot.
At this point you can just
let it marinade for 30 minutes
and then begin cooking with
them or you can leave them
in the fridge for like up
to a week or you can just
pop this whole bag
straight into the freezer
and freeze it right in the marinade.
I wanna eat them today so I
will see you in 30 minutes
after these have marinated.
- [Announcer] Later.
- Turn on my grill pan.
So you can use a frying
pan, you can use a grill pan
like I have or you can use
a barbecue, however you want
to prepare your steak,
that's how you do it.
And when that's hot, put on the steak.
Yeah, hear that sizzle, love it.
Now the seitan is already cooked obviously
from steaming it but
grilling it or frying it
or putting it on the barbecue
is just gonna finish it up.
It's gonna give it a gorgeous
crust on the outside,
a little bit of color and
really make it sing, whoo.
Whoo-wee, look at those grill marks.
Gorgeous.
Now as it's cooking, brush on
some of the leftover marinade
to keep it moist and juicy.
Alright, there is my steak,
isn't that so crazy cool?
A vegan seitan steak, yes, please.
Now I've served this steak to my dad
who is not yet a vegan and
he loved it, wanted more,
asked me to make a whole bunch
to stock his freezer full
because it is good whether
you're vegan or not.
I'm just gonna taste this alone as a steak
but you could serve it any way you like.
You could chop it up and
put it in a sandwich,
a little steak sandwich, you
could have a steak salad,
but enough with the yammering,
let's get to tasting
the vegan steak.
I'm excited, it smells so good.
Yes.
Look at that, doesn't
that look yummy, yes.
Mm, that is so good.
So good.
Oh, I'm excited to eat the whole thing.
It's got such rich, hearty, umami flavors,
it's got a knife resistance
when you cut into it,
but it's also very
tender, chewy, gorgeous,
so yummy, I'm waving
around forks and knives
like a crazy person.
Okay, gotta have another taste.
Mm, mm, mm, mm.
That is just such a fun dish to make.
Okay, now to address the comment,
if vegans don't want
to eat animal products,
if vegans don't want to eat
meat, they shouldn't eat
things that replicate meat.
I've gotten this comment a lot
and I'm sure other vegans
have gotten it too.
I love how people always
think vegans are preachy
but then here are these
people telling vegans
how they should eat.
But aside from that, here's the thing.
Most people are not born and raised vegan.
I was definitely not
born and raised vegan,
I grew up in a very meat-heavy family.
I ate meat and cheese and
all the animal products
for most of my life,
it's only been the last
five and a half years
that I've been vegan.
But when I went vegan,
I had to switch my diet
and find foods that were just
as delicious and satisfying
to me, now I don't know a
single person who went vegan
because they hated the
taste of animal products.
Most people go vegan for the
animals, for the environment,
or for their health or a
combination of the above.
Not because they suddenly
grew a hate for the taste
of animal products.
Now sometimes people may
crave an animal product
they used to enjoy or
certain foods could be
associated with traditions or memories.
For example, maybe you
have a memory of sharing
a steak with your family on Tuesday nights
or maybe you really like
throwing a steak on the barbecue.
Food is so much more than
just calories and sustenance.
It is about family, it is about tradition,
it is about comfort,
it's about familiarity,
recipes like this allow
people to still enjoy
some of their favorite foods
while still being aligned
with their values, not
harming any animals,
bettering the environment,
bettering their health,
so it's really win win.
You can literally have your
steak and stay vegan too.
(Children cheer)
Now if you're vegan or vegetarian
and you don't wanna eat
things like vegan seitan
steaks, you don't have to.
(laughs)
You can be vegan however
you wanna be vegan
but this is for the people
who it does interest,
whether they're vegan or not.
I hope that sheds some
light on the situation.
I hope you like this
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I'll see you next week, bon appetegan!
(chicken clucks)
Mm, that's good, I was hungry.
I'm gonna sit here and
eat this whole thing.
Mm, delish, really good.
