My husband and I had snagged some of the buffalo wings when they were available at Iggi's and they were heaven. They were also soaked in grease and too expensive to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner, waa. So being as resourceful as I like to think I am, I made my own at home! They were cheap, way healthier and my husband even says they were better than Iggi's :)
Vegan Buffalo Wings
"Wings"
1 cup of wheat gluten
1 cup of water (or vegetable broth)
Cooking Broth
2 cups of water
.25 cup of nutritional yeast
1 tsp better than bouillon no chicken base
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
.5 tsp dried thyme
.5 tsp white pepper
Stir together wheat gluten and water/broth and knead for 5 minutes. Pull pieces of seitan off and create whatever sizes and shapes you want although keep in mind they will expand and won't hold complicated shapes well. Bring broth to a boil in a huge pot. Place little seitan pieces in bottom of pot being sure they don't overlap. Cover and simmer for about an hour, stirring every 5 minutes, until broth cooks down. You can stop here and have naked wings for the healthiest option. Otherwise pan fry or bake with this coating:
.5 cup flour
.5 tsp paprika
.25 tsp cayenne pepper
.5 tsp salt (or nusalt)
.5 tsp black pepper
.5 cup soy milk
Place soy milk in small bowl and dry ingredients in another. Dip naked wings in dry ingredients, then soymilk, then dry again. If you are baking you can combine all of this together and coat once. Once they are finished cooking they need to be coated in the sauciest of wing sauces, mmmm.
Wing Sauce
3 tbsps Earth Balance
.5 tbsp apple cider vinegar
pinch cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp liquid aminos
1 tbsp lousiana hot sauce
3 tbsps Sriracha
Whip all these ingredients together and dip the wings in while they're still hot. If you aren't serving right away give them another dip before serving. Now just so you don't miss out on anything you gotta make some ranch dip right? Right. Or maybe, if you want this for bfast, lunch and dinner you might have stopped a paragraph or two ago..
Vegan Ranch Dip
.5 cup nayonaise
.5 tsp garlic powder
.5 tsp onion powder
.25 tsp white pepper
2 tsp dried thyme
.5 cup soymilk (use the rest of your dipping soymilk)
Stir it all together and invite a meat eater to share with you cause they will be amazed and you won't be able to devour this alone!
Vegan Buffalo Wings
"Wings"
1 cup of wheat gluten
1 cup of water (or vegetable broth)
Cooking Broth
2 cups of water
.25 cup of nutritional yeast
1 tsp better than bouillon no chicken base
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
.5 tsp dried thyme
.5 tsp white pepper
Stir together wheat gluten and water/broth and knead for 5 minutes. Pull pieces of seitan off and create whatever sizes and shapes you want although keep in mind they will expand and won't hold complicated shapes well. Bring broth to a boil in a huge pot. Place little seitan pieces in bottom of pot being sure they don't overlap. Cover and simmer for about an hour, stirring every 5 minutes, until broth cooks down. You can stop here and have naked wings for the healthiest option. Otherwise pan fry or bake with this coating:
.5 cup flour
.5 tsp paprika
.25 tsp cayenne pepper
.5 tsp salt (or nusalt)
.5 tsp black pepper
.5 cup soy milk
Place soy milk in small bowl and dry ingredients in another. Dip naked wings in dry ingredients, then soymilk, then dry again. If you are baking you can combine all of this together and coat once. Once they are finished cooking they need to be coated in the sauciest of wing sauces, mmmm.
Wing Sauce
3 tbsps Earth Balance
.5 tbsp apple cider vinegar
pinch cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp liquid aminos
1 tbsp lousiana hot sauce
3 tbsps Sriracha
Whip all these ingredients together and dip the wings in while they're still hot. If you aren't serving right away give them another dip before serving. Now just so you don't miss out on anything you gotta make some ranch dip right? Right. Or maybe, if you want this for bfast, lunch and dinner you might have stopped a paragraph or two ago..
Vegan Ranch Dip
.5 cup nayonaise
.5 tsp garlic powder
.5 tsp onion powder
.25 tsp white pepper
2 tsp dried thyme
.5 cup soymilk (use the rest of your dipping soymilk)
Stir it all together and invite a meat eater to share with you cause they will be amazed and you won't be able to devour this alone!
I wish they would add them to the menu they are so good!
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