Makes 4 Sausages
Time: 50 minutes || Active time: 10 minutes

Vegan Sausages

I realized I don’t have a super basic sausage recipe on the site and so here it is! The now classic, always magical, seitan and bean steamed-in-tinfoil sausage. Perfect for grilling, sauteeing or tossing into stews.

In case this is your first time making a vegan sausage, here’s what’s going down: You’re going to mash some beans in a mixing bowl and then throw in the other ingredients and mix. Then you’re going to roll ’em in tinfoil like a Tootsie Roll, and steam them. And then, like magic, you will have vegan sausages. Easiest thing in the world! A few versions of these sausages appear in Vegan Brunch.

Simple Italian Sausages

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Servings 4 sausages

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup cooked white beans (great northern or navy) rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil OR 1 tbsp tomato paste (tomato paste is a great fat replacement)
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 1/4 cups vital wheat gluten
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic OR 2 cloves fresh garlic finely grated
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed OR 1 tsp ground fennel seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • Several dashes fresh black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Before mixing your ingredients, get the steaming apparatus ready, bringing water to a full boil. The rest of the recipe comes together very quickly.
  • Have ready 4 square sheets of tin foil. In a large bowl, mash the beans until no whole ones are left. Throw all the other ingredients together in the order listed and mix with a fork. Divide dough into 4 even parts (an easy way to do this: split the dough in half and then into quarters). Place one part of dough into tin foil and mold into about a 5 inch log. Wrap dough in tin foil, like a tootsie roll. Don’t worry too much about shaping it, it will snap into shape while it’s steaming because this recipe is awesome.
  • Place wrapped sausages in steamer and steam for 40 minutes. That’s it! You can unwrap and enjoy immediately or refrigerate until ready to use.
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