LuAnn's Family Favorites Recipes
Breaded and fried "choplets" (homemade seitan chops) have been a favorite main dish for our vegetarian family for over 40 years! Although sometimes seitan (pronounced "SAY-TAN") is sometimes called "wheat meat," we don’t think of choplets as replacing meat, but as uniquely delicious in their own right. We particularly enjoy them breaded and fried (see Notes). They can also be chopped or ground, cubed, or cut into thin strips and used to replace meat in many recipes.
Gluten Dough
Simmering Broth
To make the Gluten Dough
To make the Simmering Broth
To boil the choplets
Gluten choplets require several ingredients which may be unfamiliar to some: Vital Wheat Gluten, Rich Brown G. Washington Seasoning and Marmite or Vegemite which can be found in some larger supermarkets, whole and health food stores and online at retailers such as Amazon. In a pinch, G. Washington seasoning and Marmite or Vegemite can be replaced with vegetarian beef-style seasonings such as McKay’s, Better Than Bouillon base etc., Braggs Liquid Aminos or soy sauce.
The recipe is very versatile. Just remember that the base formula for the gluten dough is approximately one part vital wheat gluten and one part wet ingredients. Have fun experimenting! For starters, other possible additions to the dough are 1/4 cup ground nuts (walnuts or pecans), 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes which will boost nutrition and/or 2 tablespoons Minute Tapioca which alters the texture somewhat, making the choplets more porous. Seasonings for both the dough and the simmering broth can also be adjusted to taste.
Recipe by LuAnn Bermeo, author of Amazing Meals I and II, a two-volume collection of family-approved, plant-based recipes; based on ideas from my mother Effie R. and friends Gloria A. and Jeannette F.
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