Tonight I created chicken. Into the oven it went, and out popped a chicken. Okay, so I didn't exactly make a REAL chicken. But I attempted and succeeded at making chicken seitan. While it was a verrrrry long process, it wasn't overly difficult, and I'd totally do it again given how good it tastes.
The first thing I did was to mix together wheat gluten flour, garbanzo flour, nutritional yeast, and sea salt. In the food processor I added tamari, canola oil, a can of cannellini beans that I drained and rinsed, and a mixture of onions and garlic that I sauteed and cooled. I blended them all together and added some water. I poured the puree into a bowl and whisked in more water before adding the whole thing to the flour mixture. It all came together into a wet, sticky dough which I poured into a greased and parchment paper lined 8 x 8 baking dish. I placed that dish inside a roasting pan and created a bain marie (I think that's the snooty term for it) before putting it into the oven to bake for 2 hours. The whole thing was so heavy that I was nervous about dropping it, but thankfully I managed to avert disaster.
Right now I'm waiting for it to cool. The texture is nice, and considering how much salt I originally thought I put in there, it's not overly salty. I'm happy with the end result, which is four pounds of chicken! But I have a plan to use it all. I'm going to use three pounds for Tyler's chicken enchiladas and one pound for fajitas. Perfect! :-)
I have to say, it's nice having a kitchen all to myself to make messes in and create things. I'm such a dork, but I really do love cooking and baking.
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