HOW TO MAKE VEGAN CHICKEN (Chickeny Chickless Seitan) | Mary's Test Kitchen
Hi Friends! And not-yet-friends! I'm so excited to share this perfect plant-based stand-in for chicken to veganize your favourite chicken recipes. Use this shreddable seitan anywhere you want so toothsome high protein texture and savory flavour like in vegan chicken tacos, vegan chicken sandwiches, and vegan chicken soup!
Please subscribe if you haven't already and turn on notifications because this tutorial is just the start of my vegan chicken series! Get ready for 5 of your most requested vegan chicken recipes coming this month!
Plus, I may have room to squeek in one more. So make sure to leave your requests in the comments with #reciperequest to be sure I see it!
Love you so much!
-Mary
CHICKENY CHICKLESS SEITAN RECIPE: mtk.fyi/ChickenyChicklessSeit...
OYSTER MUSHROOM OVEN DRYING DIRECTIONS (temporarily here b/c my website is having issues atm)
The seitan recipe uses up the equivalent of 1/4 lb fresh oyster mushrooms but I recommend preparing at least 1 lb at a time to make the effort worth it! Plus, it makes a great gift for fellow home cooks!
1. Clean off any substrate clinging on to your fresh, plump oyster mushrooms. Discard any slimy, wilty or discolour mushrooms.
2. Arrange mushrooms on a couple of nonstick baking sheets.
3. Set to dry in your oven set to the lowest possible setting. Mine goes to 170°F. Bake the trays of mushrooms immediately; there's no need to preheat. I also crack the oven door open with a wooden spoon (careful not to touch the heating element!) because my oven is very well sealed and keeps moisture in. Especially with older ovens, you might not have to do that.
After one hour, check and see if they totally dried. If not, flip them and continue baking. Depending on how much moisture your mushrooms had, the humidity, etc the time needed can vary.
You may also find some pieces of mushroom crisp up faster (like the smaller thinner pieces). Just remove them as you go.
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I like how you explained why you put the beans, vinegar, n other ingredients in!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! I try to include those details as I just know people will eventually try substitutes and make the recipe their own. Which is totally cool but it really helps when you know the function of each ingredient first. Thanks so much for watching!
@TigerGreene
2 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen Very thoughtful and empathetic. Thank you for doing that!
MARY I LOVE YOU. This looks INCREDIBLE and also so much work ahhaha. You are truly one of the OGs, your recipe development skills and food science know-how is really limitless.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
love you too, Lisa ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I greatly appreciate all the hard work you go through to produce this high level content and save us a lot of time experimenting. Thank you so so much!
@anadd6195
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed!!! Me too!
Wouldn't be surprised if this one blows up like the fried chicken video did. This is gold. I never knew you could achieve texture like that with seitan
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It's really a must-try!
@kimikoazuma
2 жыл бұрын
Me neither!
Mary! I had a dream about you this morning: You were delightfully voicing over a new video, and I awoke hoping that you and yours were well and that you'd return to YT, because you are missed. So I was overjoyed to see this post in my subs! This recipe has my weekend cooking set! ThanksForPosting : )
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
awww
I love that there’s a good amount of coconut oil in this recipe! I’ve always wondered why other seitan recipes so rarely add fat, it’s one of the key components of the foods we’re trying to replicate!
Great to see you back Mary. I like the way you describe the reasons and mechanics of this, so we can adapt to what we have available, so helpful. Looks amazing!
I learned recently that resting the dough is essential, and using a mixer to knead makes so much better seitan. I just thought the mixer was more convenient. As a person who fears tough seitan I always add an acid like you do in pie crust. To help stop the bouncing mixer try sitting it on non skid shelf liner.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree on all points!!
Always love your videos, thanks for doing what you do for us Mary :)
this is IT!! I trust you so much as a chef that I genuinely believe this is the best seitan recipe ever developed. I can't wait to try it :)
I am amazed by how you reached such a result and even thought of it, just wow 😮 Impressive! And you share it with us for free, I can't thank you enough 🙏❤
This is the best seitan I’ve ever made. None of the wheaty taste that you often get.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
LOVE TO HEAR IT!
Wow! Amazing 🤩. It looks so beautiful and perfect. I will try to make it and hope it comes out the same way as yours. Thank you so much for sharing your cooking skills with us ❤️
You are a Michelin level chef because you really do an unbelievable job and of such quality 👏👏👏
Glad you're back Mary! You're one of my favorite youtubers and I'm always excited to see what you come up with. :)
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Alex!
It's fantastic to see another seitan chef with chronic pain issues, thank you so much for this recipe I can't wait to try it!
Mary - you are awesome!! Thank you for this great video - and oyster mushroom tip!!
Instant sub with measuring everything to the gram with the food scale
OMG you're so creative and amazing!!!!!! Thank you!!!
WOW...this is amazing. YOU, Mary, are amazing. Thank you for the research that you have done on this. Can't wait to try it!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Thank you for a beautifully detailed recipe.
Wow this looks incredible! I love your recipes & am so happy to see your videos again! 😊👍🤩
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🤗
This looks absolutely amazing! I've never put so much work into seitan but have been meaning to try making a "chicken" texture like this. Going to try this over the break when I have time!!
Looks amazing! Can't wait to try this recipe!
Wow, wow, and Wow!! That looks totally amazing!! I cannot wait to try this. Thanks SO much!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
That looks SOOO GOOOD!!!! I think it would be perfect for my mom’s chicken ala king that we all miss!! Or a really decadent chicken salad sandwich with grapes and herbs!! YUM!! Or maybe thinly sliced and seasoned up nicely on a sub sandwich! I’ve also been missing Mongolian beef, now I never had Mongolian chicken, but I know it exists, I would LOVE to see that recipe!! Or the beef!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I bet it would be great in those dishes!
Excellent video, Mary! Boy, that texture looks spot on! Can’t wait to give it a try!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to hear how you like it! 😊 Please enjoy
This looks delicious and I 💕 love LOVE the added nutritional value from the beans and the mushrooms ! Very nice indeed!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for making and showing this! This is what my family has been waiting for!
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. I hope you all enjoy it!
Thank you so much for the grams! I've not had much success with Seitan in the past using cups for the VWG, as the quantity can vary so much and I was never sure what was the "right" consistency. Happy days!
you are so amazing!!!! thank you for this recipe -- it looks AMAZING!!! - and your video tutorials are so great!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words! 🤗
Instead of MSG, I use Korean Mushroom Powder (the kind w/only mushrooms & salt). Amazing stuff.
@asht1261
Жыл бұрын
May I ask which brand? Love this rec!
@freek1112
Жыл бұрын
Which brand?
@53Aubergine
Жыл бұрын
I have some! it's so good!
@aditi1998
6 ай бұрын
Theres literally nothing wrong w msg though please spend a few minutes researching
Oh wow. This looks amazing. I am going to stick to my plan to make the sandwich seitan first. Once I find some good oyster mushrooms I will try this recipe and will let you know how it works out. Again thank you.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hope you have fun with your sandwich seitan too :-)
The way I have all these ingredients. Thank you Mary! ❤️
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Mary! I just read about why you are a vegan on your website. It was beautifully written and I am so proud of you for watching that movie and making a positive change, in spite of overwhelming odds that it might make a difference. Here you are, making a difference in your own life, leading by example, and sharing what you learned so others can also benefit in health-especially animals. You make me proud to be a human-we can change and we are worthy of eating like we care about ourselves, our animal companions, and the gorgeous Earth. We might even get to live longer and enjoy the best things in life, all the while making things better for future generations of humans and animals. Why not, what else are we here for if not to love better?
Mary! I’ve been looking for a recipe like this. Thank you!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You will love it! Please enjoy :-)
Absolutely a delicious recipe very well explianed
Oh Mary this is dreamy, thank you so much for your efforts! Last week I ate a reaaallly good seitan bourguignon at a small restaurant in Paris that I wish i could recreate, and your seitan looks like it could do the job! I can't wait to try it!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
I bet you're right! 💖
Mary, you're the best!
Ahhh it looks so good! Great video Mary!!!!! Can’t wait to make that seitan!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
It's so good! I think you're going to love it! :-)
Hurray! So thankful you are feeling strong enough to cook and film! I hope Caturday will also return! 🐱
I am so happy to see you back!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Gratitude 🙏🏾 been looking for ideas to use this oyster mushroom powder.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
I want to make chicken lemon rice soup and this recipe looks like it will work great!!! Thank you!
So glad to see you back! First off you've got so many new toys! The mixer is commercial grade very nice! I thought I couldn't cook seitan in the instantpot because it was supposed to be simmered at a low temp for a long time but you did it! I don't have a mixer at the moment so I can't make this as I get pain in my wrists. Love this evolving video style you've got going. Keep em coming!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's great to be back. But I guess so long you haven't seen these toys in a while. I've had the cosori for years now. And the stand mixer for I think two years. It's not commercial grade though it is a lift Bowl KitchenAid. And I have to say one of the best investments I've made. I use it all the time now!
You are one of the most creative food creators in KZread! Also your explanation is easy to understand for beginners like me :D
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
😊🙏
Fantastic recipe 👌 😋 👏. Will give 😋 it a try.
So, what I'm getting is that I need a stand-mixer in my life. XD ... Your chickenless seitan looks so perfect for soooo many things! The possibilities have made me hungry, lol. So nice to see you in my notices! Hope life has been well, and hope you had a wonderful weekend. Tyfs!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yah...kinda! I've had mine for a while now and only wish I had gotten it sooner! If you also like to bake, it's really really such a wonderful help Thanks so much for the kind words. I had a great weekend! Hope you did too!
Wow! Great recipe, thanks for all your work and for sharing!
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
What fabulous timing! I just learned of a simple tortilla soup recipe that calls for chicken, and I was about to go in search of a vegan alternative. This looks like it will be perfect! Thank you!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yay yes it will! Please enjoy 😊
Don't know if i'll ever find the time to try this whole process but this is the most detailed seitan-explanation i've ever watched. I've already tried a few seitan recipes but they came out bad to moderate. I never understood, what i did wrong. This video is really demystefying the concept of making seitan for me. Let's see, if i can do it better next time 😁
Love your recipes so much. The waiting is always worth it. #seitanqueen. 💕
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
Love your videos and recipes ❤️❤️
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
I swear, you single-handedly pushed the vegan youtube scene decades into the future with both your original vegan chicken recipe and now THIS.
The most genius vegan recipes right here. Amazing. ❤️
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
Mary welcome! This looks so. Good!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😋
Thank you Mary!
Wow that texture… can’t stop thinking about it!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
It's so good!
Made some mistakes on my first try but still the best texture of seitan I've ever made! Thank you Mary!
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
awesome!!! Love that for you!!!
I've been homing in on truly good seitan and this looks really promising, Mary. Thanks!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
Mary, you out did yourself again. Bravo.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you so much 🤗
An interesting thing to try is: Instead of going with Oister Mushroom powder, trying to powderise Chicken of the Woods. Alltho at this point one could just use straight up Chicken of the Woods instead. (It is a mushroom that tastes like chicken)
In case you are interested, Pistol River Mushrooms in Oregon sell dried Oyster mushrooms which makes life so much easier. I bought a pound of them after watching this. They last forever in the freezer and are so much cheaper in bulk from Pistol River! 1 pound for $30 which is easily 8 pounds of fresh. Oyster Mushrooms are not that easy to find in my stores so this is the next best thing. Or first best if you are lazy like me! 🙂
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
Wow that's amazing! I wish I had a source like that here in Alberta. Thanks for sharing - hopefully it will help someone out there 🤗
Wow Mary this is quite the revision/upgrade. I use Lacy’s recipe often so I’m really looking forward to trying this! Great post! What to do with it? Chicken tacos!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yum! Perfect!
Another great recipe 😍🤩❤ Mary, you are a treasure 💯❤‼️
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
And you are very kind! :-) Thank you so much for the encouraging comment
@virtuosa69
2 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen You're so welcome 💖💖💖
I can't wait to make this!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to hear how it goes!
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 I knew the trick to seitan was longer kneading. I learned cooking mine in instant pot 1hr eliminates the wheaty taste. I always use Anthony’s and love it. THANKS Mary!!!!!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome!
Great idea adding the beans! Has anyone tried kneading by hand or using the Vitamix to knead? I don't have a stand mixer.
I'm in awe 😮
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
😊
I have chronic pain too, but what I find works really well for me is putting the raw just formed dough (I just combine it with chopsticks) in the refrigerator overnight. The next day it is taffy like and I didn't need to knead a thing ! Then I stretch and knot it before cooking
@harmonicaveronica
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a great idea! Gluten formation is a factor of moisture, agitation, and time. If you don't want to knead, drastically increasing the time will do it for you
@Katya-zj7ni
22 күн бұрын
Just like the overnight bread recipes all over KZread . This sounds great to me as an alternative to burning out my elderly Kitchen Aid ❤
Love your videos!! And seriously, someone should hire you for reading audio books. Your voice is perfect for it.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe one day!
can't wait to try this! 😻
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to hear how it goes for you! 😊
Ooo, can't wait to try this out!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Have fun!
Mary I am going to try this for sure 😊
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Please do!
This looks so delicious! I'm crying in gluten intolerance right now 😭 vital wheat gluten seems like such a magic thing in vegan cuisine
Thank you for the recipe Mary!😍 I am going to try this soon.. We have a smoker so, I think I am going to try to smoke it.. maybe that will add some more flavor! That might be good with the sandwich or something... 🤔
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
wow NICE! I bet that would be SO GOOD 💖
YUM!! I loved your last chikwheat recipe, but this looks EPIC!!! Can I use asian mushroom seasoning, instead of MSG?? I just it all the time, and just love it ❤️Cheers!
Thanks for the oyster mushroom tip. I will do this next time I go to the Asian store. I buy them forget and they go bad. I will do this and can use them.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Good idea
Maryyyy!!!!🤗 great recipe as always,just better each time.With the 2nd batch I would use a meat slicer and make tons of cold cuts for sandwiches 🥪 😋 😀
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Ugh I want to get one for deli slices BUT I'm afraid I'm gonna damage my fingertips
@MsAure
2 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen oh ok, in that case we'll just skip the slicer!😅
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
@@MsAure lol
ha, well I went last week to Bulk Barn and asked for VWG and the young lady said no we don't have that. So I ordered it online instead. Just looked it up under gluten flour and yup my store has it. Good to know! Thanks Mary! Hugs from Ontario, Canada
@marystestkitchen
9 ай бұрын
Glad you found it! :-)
WOW!!!!!!! And thank you very much!👍👍👍👍👍
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome 😊
Loved your video! I am new to your channel and am excited to try your recipe here. My attempts at Seitan so far have been kind of "meh" for the amount of work. However due to mixed reviews of using gluten as opposed to the washing method, I have not tried that. YOU have convinced me! I am super excited, thank you very much!! 👍😉
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
In this case, the machines do the work and we just supervise ;-)
Yay!! A new video! This looks sooo good. Definitely going to try. Do you think I could use dried porcini or shiitake mushrooms instead?
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Not shiitake; much too strong a flavour. Tbh I haven't had porcini in so long, Im not sure 🤷♀️ Hope you enjoy!
Yum 💕
Oh, beans. That's what i mixed mine with years ago and it worked out well.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Beans are just great :-)
Thank You Mary for this recipe, video and all Your work! I could not get my dough to be as shiny and stretchy as Yours, but I think it worked just as well and the seitan came out just as good. However, I have to tell you that if You have any joint's pain, then gluten-free diet would probably be very beneficial to You.
@marystestkitchen
6 ай бұрын
Ah I posted this years ago. Back then, I suffered from chronic tendonitis. These days, I maintain a plant-based keto diet which has eliminated all symptoms. And I still have gluten frequently in my diet 😊
This looks truly amazing. Your videos are the best! I’m super nervous to try it though as I’ve had horrible luck with seitan. It always turns out with this gooey texture for me even when I follow all the instructions to the letter. Hopefully I’ll have better luck with this. Even if I don’t, kudos to you for coming up with this!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Gooey often means it's not thoroughly cooked. So with this method of using a pressure cooker, you're almost guaranteed that cannot happen 😁
@davidcolin6544
2 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen good to know, I hope it works! I just picked up a cheap pressure cooker on marketplace, just to try this out. See how you’re altering the course of peoples lives?? LOL
I would love to see a vegan chicken salad recipe with this wonderful creation of yours! I looked at your past videos and noted the jack fruit one but think this would amp that up but would be curious if you have revisited that concept since. There was a deli in Monterey California that had the best Turkey salad sandwiches on Monterey Baking company Sour Dough bread. This was before I was a vegan but the flavors were to die for and I have yet to find a vegan or non-vegan version that stands up to it in nearly 40 years.
The foil is not disintegrating due to heat, this happens when two dissimilar metals are in contact through food or water. Most commonly happens with lasagna, it's known as a lasagna battery IIRC and there's some aluminum salts that come out of the reaction that I am pretty sure it's not harmful but it can have a taste if there's a lot of it.
@marystestkitchen
6 күн бұрын
This makes a lot more sense 🤣
New to the channel I enjoy your videos thanks
man this all looks amazing!! i wanna taste yours!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
This looks really cool. I just saw a review of the one commercial seitan product my grocery store caries and yours looks really superior. It has layers, it shreds. The commercial stuff looked really dense and grainy, without any layers or texture other than...grainy dense rubber. Sadly I'm unlikely to be up for making this. I'll have to try your tofu "chicken" instead some day.
Dried puff balls have the most amazing umame flavor
i really want to try this in a "egg" noodle, pea, butter recipe my mom used to make. I haven't had it in 10 years probably.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
sounds good! And high time to recreate it!
i love your videos ! 👍
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@user-gy3pz9xj7l
Жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen omg !
Love this recipe (but without the MSG). I'm not very good at planning ahead with so much advance so I wish I could purchase it somewhere.
Gotta try this! 👍
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You sure do, Gary 😁❤️🙏
I didn’t do the final kneading and tightly rolling nearly enough but I promise to next time! Your flavour enhancers are superior to any other seitan recipe!!!!
@marystestkitchen
11 ай бұрын
Sounds like it still tasted good and that's what counts! :-)
This looks amaaaaazingg !!! 😍😍😍 do you think it could be frozen ? That would be the dream, this way I could make a big batch and eat it slowly ! Thankssss
I love seeing you bust out the stand mixer, bc I remember all those videos where you would complain about your hands. This looks amazing!! And looks really fun poke. 😂
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
OMG yes the stand mixer has been a life saver! And it IS fun to make. The texture is hilarious.