Vegetarian Star

Daniel Negreanu is making veggie converts with his barbecue seitan.

On Twitter, the champion poker player bragged that even a meat loving Texan gave the wheat meat the thumbs up.

“Earlier @texdolly tasted a piece of my Seitan. You know it’s gotta be alright when a BBQ eatin’ Texan says he likes it. Kudos @dnassistant.”

This led to a response from someone who Tweeted, “@realkidpoker stop trying to convert people!” to which Negreanu replied, “@RaSZi ya cause Doyle is totally going Vegan now, right.”

One highly tasty and addictive way to barbecue seitan is to use Dr. Pepper or other similar cola in the sauce (e.g. non high fructose corn syrup soda like Hansen’s). This recipe for Dr. Pepper Barbecue Seitan has you creating seitan from scratch using vital wheat gluten flour, ketchup, hot sauce and soda for the sauce and a spoonful of peanut butter.

Don’t ask why the PB is there, just taste the results and appreciate its place!

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A couple of days ago, we introduced you to Kevin Nealon’s Chickpea Tacos. Turns out, after examining that website more closely, there are several other celebrity favorite recipes that also looked tasty. So we decided to bring them all to you in case you were too hungry to bother clicking more to go to the site. Enjoy!

Emily Deschanel’s Seitan Piccata from The Millennium Cookbook – Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine,by Eric Tucker and John Westerdahl, Dessert Recipes by Sascha Weiss.

Serves 6

HERB CRUST:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
1/3 cup polenta
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper 
1 cup soy milk
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
6 servings (1 1/2 pounds) marinated seitan, cut into medallions
1/4 cup canola oil

PICCATA SAUCE:
2 teaspoons minced garlic
6 paper-thin lemon slices
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 cups dry white wine (you can use non-alcoholic wine)
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon capers, drained
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon cornstarch or arrowroot, dissolved in 3 tablespoons cold water
Thin lemon slices and minced fresh parsley or chives for garnish

DIRECTIONS:
In a shallow bowl, combine all the ingredients for the herb crust. In another shallow bowl, combine the soy milk and mustard. Dredge the seitan with the crust mixture, dip in the soy milk mixture, then dredge again in the crust mixture. Cook the seitan in a dry nonstick pan over medium-high heat until lightly brown, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Keep warm in low oven.

To make the sauce: Wipe out the pan and place it over medium heat. Add the garlic and toast until lightly browned. Add the lemon slices, the remaining sauce ingredients. Boil until the volume is reduced by almost half. Stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened. Serve the hot sauce over seitan. Garnish with more lemon slices and parsley.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:324 Calories (11% from fat), 34 g Protein,  38 g Carbohydrate, 4 gFat, 0 mg Cholesterol, 781 mg Sodium, 3 g fiber

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