Mandarin Seitan

Mandarin Seitan 


Serves 4-6
Total cook/prep time: 40 minutes + prep/cooking time for seitan itself.

1. Double a recipe for seitan
2. 2tbs vegetable oil
3. 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
4. 1 teaspoon pepper
5. 1/2 cup orange marmalade
6. 1/2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
7. 1/4 cup soy sauce
8. 2 tablespoons honey
9. 2 garlic cloves, minced
10. 2 1/4 teaspoons ground mustard
11. 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

After the seitan is made, cut it into bite sized pieces. Fry these pieces in a large pan along with 2tbsp vegetable oil until crispy (10 mins). After this is done, remove from heat. 

Add all of the ingredients, save the seitan, in a loaf pan. Stir until well mixed and then add seitan. 

Bake at 350˚F for 30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes to coat the seitan in the sauce.

Serve on a bed of plain rice.

This recipe is based off an existing recipe that can be found here. 

Week 1: "Chinese"/"What We Think Chinese Food Is"

Ingredients we needed to buy*:
Apples, wine vinegar, corn starch, marmalade, carrots, orange juice concentrate, bok choy, green onion, garlic, celery, tofu (one firm, one soft), bean sprouts, 3 bell peppers, mushrooms, cabbage.
Cost: $37.53

So, here's on the hit list for the week:
-Mandarin Seitan
-Hot and Sour Soup
-Sesame Tofu
-Singapore Noodles
-Steamed Buns
-Cabbage Salad
-Fried Rice


*This assumes you own basic ingredients such as salt, soy sauce, sugar, rice etc...