I make seitan deli meat loaves in two flavors: Turkey and ham. This is the ham variety. Sliced thin, and lightly toasted in a pan with a dash of oil. Let the edges get crispy, pile it up, and slap a piece of fake cheese on it. Cover the pan and let melt.
In a different pan, sauté some diced onion in olive oil until slightly carmelized. Turn off heat, add horseradish mustard, mix.
Toast ciabatta bun, spread the onion/mustard mix on, top with the meat/cheese pile, load up some pickles and go crazy.
I have a pic of the inside after I took a bite which better shows the texture of the “ham”, but I have no idea how to add it.
This looks absolutely incredible, thanks for sharing!
It really was. I’ve been making seitan a lot lately. I’m trying to get a better grasp on what makes it good. If you google recipes for seitan you will end up with 100 different ingredient lists, and 100 different cooking methods.
This recipe for deli meat style is really my most successful, but each time I make it I tweak it a bit. I think lightly frying the slices firms them up and gives the seitan a more rich, fatty flavor.
I think I’ll try smoking my next batch to see if I can get it to recreate a more bacon/spam like product.
A while ago there used to be a poster who went by potato who was the seitan master and even owned a whole deli slicer to make sandwiches with lol! I can’t remember their recipe now but I found their recipe box https://www.copymethat.com/recipebox/im-vegan/4507910/