Crockpot Seitan

This is one my family's all time favorite foods. You can do lots with the seitan once it's cooked. One of our favorites is to cut it up, put it in a pan and let it get a little crispy on the edges, and then pour gravy over it and serve it up with some potatoes, broccoli, and corn.  You could also use it on sandwiches, in stir-fry, etc.

First mix the dry ingredients

Then add your wet ingredients. You will end up needing to knead it with your hands.

Kneed it into a nice ball, then let it sit while you mix up the broth to cook it in.

Cut the dough into chunks to put into the crockpot.

Place the seitan into the crockpot full of broth. Set it on high and let it cook for 4 hrs.

After 4 hours you have several nice chunks of seitan that you can use. You can freeze some for a later date.
Save the broth to make a nice gravy, that recipe to come later.

Ingredients 

Seitan dough

2 cups vital wheat gluten

1 tsp onion powder/granules 

1 tsp garlic powder/granules

1 tsp oregano 

1 tsp basil

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp mixed spice (I get mine from Costco and it has no salt added. If you don't have this you can make your other spices a little heavier.)

1 tsp rosemary

1/2 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp black pepper

3 tbs liquid amino acid (or soy sauce)

1 1/2 cup liquid veggie broth (low sodium)

Broth
2 cups liquid veggie broth

4 cups water

2 tbs veggie broth powder (or extra spices)

5 tbs liquid amino acid (or soy sauce)

1 tbs vegan worcestershire sauce

Gravy
a few tbs cornstarch to achieve desired thickness
a few cups of plain nondairy milk of your choice to taste

Directions

Seitan

• Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. 
• In a separate bowl or measuring glass, mix the wet ingredients together then add these to the dry ingredients. 
• Stir and knead a few times until it is all combined. 
• Mix all the broth ingredients in your crockpot.
• Cut your ball of dough into several pieces, then place them in your crockpot of broth and cover. 
• Set the crockpot to high and let it cook for 4 hours.
• Once it is done you can remove your seitan and prepare it how you like for whatever you like.
• Save the cooked broth. You'll use it to make an awesome fat-free gravy that goes well with the seitan.

Gravy

• Mix the broth of the seitan with a few tbs cornstarch and a few cups of plain non-dairy milk of your choice. 
• Pour all the ingredients into a pan and place it on the stove on medium heat. 
• Stir constantly until the gravy thickens.

Some ideas for using your seitan:

I like to make a big batch of seitan and then save it in the fridge along with its broth or gravy. Then I can use it for several different things before needing a new batch.

One of our family's favorite meals is gravy and seitan over mashed potatoes with broccoli and corn. To prepare the seitan for this I cut it into small bite-sized chunks, then just heat it up in a dry pan which tends to brown-crisp the edges. Just be careful not to burn it.

You might also slice up the seitan for use on sandwiches, something like a cold-cut or a meatloaf might be used. 

You can bake the seitan into any kind of savory dish like a casserole, or chunk it up with a savory sauce (like its own gravy, above) over pasta.