Today I decided to share my recipe for seitan BBQ ribs made from wheat. Seitan is really easy to prepare and is an excellent alternative to meat. The more you knead the seitan dough, the harder it is and the softer its texture.

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

In a bowl, combine all rib ingredients except water.

Add water and knead to form an elastic ball.

Spread with the flat of the hand to form a rectangle 1.5 cm thick.

Brown in the oven for 15 minutes, no more. The idea is to fix the shape of the seitan before boiling it for a long time. Not enough seized, the seitan disintegrates, too much, it bakes like a cake.

Boil the seitan in a casserole dish for 1 hour and a half.

Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for the marinade.

Drain the seitan.

Shorten the chopsticks, keeping 5 cm more than the width of your seitan rectangle.

Stick the chopsticks in the seitan.

Coat the seitan with the marinade.

Grill on the barbecue (or in the oven) until the marinade caramelizes.

The ingredients

For the ribs:

130 g of preparation for seitan (also called gluten flour)

80 g chickpea flour

2 tbsp malted yeast

1 tbsp paprika

1 tbsp garlic powder

2 tbsp liquid smoke (optional, but adds a really nice taste)

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 cube of miso

1 tbsp oregano

190 ml water

For the marinade:

50 g ketchup

1 tbsp mustard

3 tbsp soy sauce

2 tablespoons of liquid smoke

1 tbsp oregano

1 tbsp paprika

50 g teriyaki sauce

50 g barbecue sauce

Specific equipment :

6 pairs of 1st prize bamboo chopsticks (unpainted, unvarnished, linked by the top)