Slow Cooker Seitan (maple snausage)
srv 2
3/4 cup vital wheat gluten
1/4 cup chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp ground sage
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 1/4 cups water, divided, 1/4 cup for the seitan and 1 cup for the crock pot
2 Tbl tomato sauce
1 Tbl maple syrup
1 Tbl ketchup
1/2 tsp coconut oil
16 ounces vegetable broth
To Make a Snausage Sandwich:
1/2 Tbl oil for sauteing
1/4 cup yellow onion, diced
1/4 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
1/2 Tbl butter or oil
1/2 cup seitan maple links
1/2 avocado, sliced at the last minute
2 slices whole wheat bread
Links:
This recipe makes 16 little links. This is more than needed for a sandwich, but then, I can have snausages for breakfast
Add the first 6 ingredients to a large bowl. Mix well.
In a separate small bowl add 1/4 cup water, tomato sauce, maple syrup, ketchup, salt, oil. Mix well.
To the slow cooker add vegetable broth and 1 cup water. Cover and turn on low.
Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour in the tomato sauce wet mixture. Stir. This comes together quickly.
Start to knead in the bowl. It is a wet mixture but will start to become elastic. Knead about 3 to 4 minutes for a softer and tender breakfast link.
Pinch off small chunks and then roll between the palms of your hands, quickly back and forth. You really can’t form a pretty link but it works. To make these small links you'll have 16. If you're fine with larger links then you can make 8. The small ones will be about 3" to 4" long.
Drop the links into the crock pot liquid.
Cover and cook for 7 to 8 hours. They will plump up and become larger in size.
Remove from the slow cooker and continue with the sandwich preparation.
To Make The Sandwiches:
Heat the oil in a skillet.
Add onions and bell peppers and saute for about 15 minutes or until the onion is lightly golden.
Remove the vegetables from the pan and set aside.
Add the butter (oil) to the pan and heat.
Add snausage links to the pan and brown on all sides. If you made the larger size of links then slice lengthwise through the center and fry that way. The snausages are already cooked all the way through and can be eaten cold but this makes the sandwich nicer.
Spread bread with favored condiments, layer onion mixture, seitan and then avocado.
& a lil Vegan humor for your day!
Yes, I have some solar for the crockpot & make this boondocking.
