Simple Seitan & Bean Italian Sausages
Easy homemade vegan Italian sausages with seitan and beans. Mash, mix, roll in foil, and steam. Perfect for grilling, pasta, subs, and stews.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cooked white beans (great northern or navy) rinsed and drained
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon olive oil OR 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 and parchment paper.
- 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 lined with parchment 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. Trim the edges of the parchment if needed.
- Place wrapped sausages in steamer and steam for 40 minutes. Let cool before using. See serving suggestions above.
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