VEGAN SHAWARMA WITH SEITAN STRIPS AND TZATZIKI

Ingredients

• Seitan

  Cubed - WestSoy

  ¹⁄₁₆ cup or 23g

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  ⅓ cup or 80g

• Yeast

  Leavening agents, baker's, active dry

  2 tbsp or 24g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Onion powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ⅛ tsp, ground or 0.4g

• Coriander leaf

  Spices, dried

  ⅛ tsp or 0.07g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, ground or 0.5g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  1 tbsp or 18g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  ¼ cup or 66g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ⅛ tsp or 0.3g

• Swanson Broth, Certified Organic Vegetable Broth

  ⅓ cup or 78g

• Dijon mustard

  Grey poupon

  1 tsp or 5g

• Smoked turkey

  Light or dark meat, cooked, with skin, bone removed

  13g

• Vital wheat gluten

  8 oz or 227g

• Marinade

  Fajita - Wegmans

  100g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  2 tbsp or 36g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Maple syrups

  2 tbsp or 40g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Pita bread

  White, enriched

  600g

• Lettuce

  Red leaf, raw

  100g

• Tomatoes

  Green, raw

  1 medium or 123g

• Cucumber

  Peeled, raw

  1 medium or 201g

• Hummus

  Home prepared

  50g

• Tzatziki

  Oasis

  100g

Directions

1. (source: https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-shawarma/) Add the chickpeas, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, coriander powder, oregano, soy sauce, tomato paste, paprika, black pepper, vegetable stock, dijon mustard and liquid smoke to the food processor and process until well mixed. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the vital wheat gluten. Stir in briefly and then get in there with your hands, kneading it a few times in your hands until it goes from soft and sticky until it’s just starting to get firm. Flatten it on a work surface and pat it down into the shape of a large steak. Wrap it in tinfoil (not too tight as it needs room to expand) and place into a steamer basket over a pot of boiling water (or in any kind of steamer that you have) to steam for 20 minutes. While the seitan is steaming, make up your hummus and tzatziki. After steaming, remove from the tinfoil (be careful not to burn yourself) and then cut it into strips and place into a frying pan. Mix up the soy sauce, paprika, maple syrup, tomato paste and olive oil for your marinade and pour it over the seitan strips. Fry the seitan in the marinade, turning over regularly, until all the pieces are nicely charred and crispy on the outside. Spread some spicy hummus (recipe linked above) to a pita bread or wrap. Add shredded lettuce and sliced cucumber and tomato into a wrap, top with a few seitan strips and finish with a dollop of vegan tzatziki (recipe linked above). Repeat for the rest of the shawarmas and serve!

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