Seitan in the Crockpot + French Onion Soup (Vegan)

Seitan can be simmered on the stove for about 1 hour. When I cook it on the stove, I use a large pot and no onions. 

In the slow cooker, it is a tight fit and the onions help keep the seitan from burning on the bottom of the pot.

Some people like soy sauce in their seitan, but I don't like it very much which means I don't like the store bought seitan much. Seitan freezes well.

Seitan:

1 10 oz box of Vital Wheat Gluten. I used Arrowhead Mills.

1/8 cup or so of nutritional yeast

2 cups water

Or less water, and add some soy sauce (1-2 tablespoon).

2 tablespoons olive oil + 1 more tablespoon of olive oil

1 bouillon cube or vegetable broth

Water to fill the crockpot

2-3 onions sliced.

Soup: Tamari sauce (or soy sauce) to taste. Or, vegan worcestershire sauce.

Add toast rounds or vegan cheese if desired. We use a brand of  vegan cheese call Daiya. Or, make a different type of soup with the onion base.

Mix the wheat gluten with the nutritional yeast. Add about 2 cups of water, and 2 tablespoons olive oil.  Kneed about 5 mins until elastic.  I finish mine by making a mound. Wipe the olive oil on the mound.

Slice the onions. Wipe the inside of the crock-pot with olive oil. Add the sliced onions to the bottom of the crock-pot. Place the mound on top. 

I usually heat water in a kettle, then mix a little water with the bouillon cube. Then add it to the crock-pot.  Lastly, I fill the crock-pot within an inch of the top of the crock-pot with the rest of the hot water.

Cook for about 4 hours on low.

Take out the seitan. Add tamari, soy, or vegan worcestershire sauce to the broth for French onion soup.