Homemade Gluten

 

As some of you know, I was in California with my family in this last week.  This side of my family is Seventh-day Adventist.  There are a large amount of the congregation that is vegitarian.  Obviously, I'm not but I try to incorporate some of the sort of vegetarian meals at least once a week.  One dish that I have always hated was glutton.  For those who do not know what glutton, it is an vegetrian subsitute for meat.  I have known the can version which I hated.  This time The Mother showed me how to make homemade version.  There isn't an exact recipe but ratios of the amount. 

Gluten

(From The Mother)

Ingredients

1 1/2 Part of Water

1 Part of Instant Gluten Flour

Broth

Ingredient

Water *Enough to make a stock

Onion *probably 1 medium onion but The Mother didn't tell me

1 Bay Leaf

Ginger *I'm guessing a Tao blespoon

Soy Sauce to taste

Directions

1. 
   
   Pour the water into a bowl 
2. 
   
   Slowly add the gluten flour until it is well incorporated.  It will turn sponge-like.  
3. 
   
   Prepare the broth by just adding all the ingredients and bring into a boil.
4. 
   
   Once the broth is at a boil, add the gluten by cutting it into pieces and dropping into the broth.
5. 
   
   Cook for an hour.

The Mother just used a knife to divide it

The Mother used the cook gluten to make a filipino vegetarian beef steak.  She took the gluten and grilled them in a skillet and than added onions.  It wasn't too bad but you do have to get over the texture.  It was like a mix between tofu and a sponge but the gluten took the taste of anything it was cooked in.