hello friends and not yet friends welcome to a special sunday edition here on mary's test kitchen
brought to you by Buydeem more on them later but on this what i eat in a day vlog well the
first thing i consumed was sunshine afterwards you better believe i'm ready for some meaty
plant-based protein and today with you all in mind i'm sharing my easiest vegan chicken yet but first
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them out on another tab while we get into how to make the easiest vegan chicken cutlet style seitan
yet first start with tofu i try to make it easy by choosing the tofu that is sold quite consistently
everywhere instead of my tendency to make you search high and low for medium firm you're welcome
so today we're using soft and if silken tofu is all you can find that's okay too for our purposes
they're basically interchangeable pop 150 grams or 5.3 ounces directly into your food processor
then since we are making seitan i always add some acidity to cut through that wheaty wheat taste of
gluten that's one tablespoon of ordinary white vinegar follow that with a vegan chicken broth
cube generally that means a teaspoon if you're using powder or paste plus one teaspoon of sugar
or sweetener i am using golden erythritol and monk fruit blend and don't worry your vegan chicken
will not taste sweet it just helps to balance the flavor speaking of taste add a teaspoon
each of onion powder and garlic powder i tend to be generous with the onion powder but a bit more
stingy with the garlic add a half teaspoon of salt and a more controversial ingredient
a quarter teaspoon of msg i think most people know by now that it's quite fine to use in moderation
like salt but if you do prefer to leave it out it's up to you remember these will be your vegan
chicken cutlets and there are no rules except you should really include an eighth teaspoon
each of white pepper and ginger powder trust me on that one time to blend check that it's smooth
and i will need a little more pulsing action there we go you could taste it
at this point and it will be very chickeny tasting savory and on the strong and salty
side which is good because we're going to add 1 cup which is 120 grams of vital wheat gluten
add about a third of it at a time processing it each time to fully incorporate i'm just
showing you the texture you should be looking at a little more goes in and we'll process that as well
and you can see it's almost turning into a dough ball not quite yet though
let's put in the last of it finally we have a dough ball forming right away
but i'm actually going to keep it running for about one minute in total i'm going to use
pulses because this mini processor does not have a motor for endurance so just pay attention to
what kind of machine you have and if it's going to die on you because dough can be a bit tricky
in a processor keep in mind we are not going for the taffy texture like in my shreddable chicken
chickle seitan but something a bit softer and easier to form into patties but still we do want
to develop the gluten a little bit here we go i have some of these little bits that haven't
fully incorporated so i'm going to knead them in and that's why you're seeing this as a bit sticky
if you happen to have a very sticky dough though you can add like a little maybe a teaspoon more of
vital wheat gluten kind of use your judgment but you don't need a lot divide this evenly into four
then form them into balls don't worry if they don't become smooth because we are not making
bread after all to form a chicken cutlet kind of shape i will roll out the ball then fold it in on
itself and kind of taper it as i'm rolling like this before i flatten it now this dough springs
back a bit so i find it helpful to lay a bit of parchment paper on top and then go over with a
rolling pin you can roll it a lot bigger than you actually want it to be because it will spring back
and you can do other shapes too like a flat burger round or schnitzel depends on what you have in
mind for later tell me about your ideas in the comments below maybe i'll cook your version next
time speaking of cooking you can steam these in whatever apparatus you're used to steaming but i
am loving Buydeem's all-in-one intelligent food steamer it's so convenient and easy to
use fill it up and use the little window here to get the right level place the steam ring
and this tray traps any drips on goes the steamer tray and place the raw cutlets directly on top
it's okay if they touch or even overlap a bit and you don't have to oil it or grease it or anything
like that then you can place the lid with the tempered glass window so we can see your progress
turn this little knob to select the time 30 minutes and hit start then i can just take off
and let it do its own thing i have plenty of water in there so i know i'll have enough but if it ever
does get too low it will shut off automatically and never boil dry and in the case that you do
need to add any water you can do so on the side here ain't that handy this steamer also comes with
a ceramic plate for if you're steaming something that has sauce and it even comes with a couple
of stew pots this setup that you can mix stew or congee and it even has a yogurt making function
which i am very much looking forward to trying if you get the two-tier version you can pretty
much make a complete dinner in one go like maybe you could have taken these cutlets and
rubbed on some crushed garlic and olive oil and maybe some lemon zest if you're feeling fancy
and if you have some new potatoes to cut up well that would be great too you could stick
the second tier on over top of those cutlets add those potatoes add the lid and set the timer for
30 minutes press start and leave it alone and in the meantime you could
get a sauce together i'm thinking garlic aioli add lemon juice then some fresh dill
and some more lemon zest to really brighten things up stir and that is so delicious
ready to go for later now we have plenty of time to maybe prepare something green
or two green things you can really never go wrong with that
then we can put these in during the last 5 to 10 minutes just on top of the potatoes
the intelligent steamer automatically stops cooking after the time is up
so let's check it out look how perfect that asparagus and broccoli look
i'll just take those to the side and our potatoes look perfectly cooked too but we'll see for sure
in a bit with my expensive vegan butter i'm adding onion powder basil salt and pepper
and the fork slides right in and before i get carried away eating potatoes better plate up
our lemon dill vegan chicken cutlets and add our aioli from earlier then our vegetables
and finally the potatoes all that cooked in just 30 minutes i don't think i could do any
better on the stovetop although with a little extra time and effort and a bit more attention
of course you can make this exact same thing this was just easier but how does it taste i am happy
to report the seitan is perfectly cooked tender but with a meaty bite to it the broccoli is tender
too but crisp same with the asparagus a touch a touch more tender though as it should be my
friends i am simply loving this style of cooking fast nutritious and delicious as for the other
cutlets you saw me make earlier well i actually made a few batches one because i really wanted to
try slightly different variations and the second reason is well i wanted to have these for the week
sorry chester not for you later for dinner well earlier actually i had bought these
buns as a treat fluffy ciabatta buns oh yes this is the Buydeem four slice toaster in cozy green
my favorite shade of green which happens to match my tongs and measuring things need i say more
and look at that it toasts because it is a toaster
and as promised toasty on the inside less so on the outside because of that function
let's add mustard some thinly sliced cabbage and some of that lemon dill garlic aioli
leftover lemon garlic vegan chicken cutlet on top and that my friends is a darn good sandwich
and that was my food day how was yours let me know in the comments below and let me know what you
would make with these vegan chicken cutlets thank you so much for watching my friends please give
this video a like if you liked it and subscribe for more easy vegan staples and thanks again to
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