I usually make Chinese food at least once a week; be it Indo-Chinese, American Chinese or even Pavani Chinese (this is where I get extremely creative and add soy sauce and sesame oil in almost everything to make it Chinese). But I wanted to make something authentic Chinese for A.W.E.D-Chinese event (brain child of DK @ Culinary Buzaar)
So I searched online for General Tso’s Chicken (Seitan) recipe and found them here and here. I adapted both the recipes to make my own General Pav’s Seitan. I have to say it didn’t taste bad at all and it also had the same glazed look that General Tso’s dish does. I’m going to make it again.
Ingredients
- 2 Peppers (I used one green, one red pepper)
- 2 Carrots – medium, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch Chinese Broccoli – chopped
- 1 bunch Green Onions – chopped
- ½ Ginger ”
- 2 cloves Garlic – crushed
- 2 tbsps All-purpose flour
- ½ tsp Cayenne Pepper (or to taste)
- ½ tsp Garlic powder (or to taste)
- ½ tsp Red Pepper flakes
- to taste Salt Pepper &
For the Sauce:
- 2 tbsps Sherry (or Rice Wine)
- 1½ tbsps Rice Wine vinegar
- 1½ tbsps Honey (or sugar)
- 2 tbsps Corn Starch
- 3 tbsps Soy Sauce
Instructions
- Whisk AP flour, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and salt in a bowl. Drop seitan and toss around to coat with the flour.
- Heat 1 tbsp peanut oil in a pan and sauté seitan on medium-high heat till lightly browned on all sides. Remove and keep aside.
- Rinse and wipe the same pan clean; add 1 tbsp peanut oil, sauté on medium-high heat green onions, carrots and peppers along with ginger, garlic and red pepper flakes till tender and browned around the edges, about 8-10 minutes. Keep stirring occasionally to avoid burning.
- Now add Chinese broccoli, cover and let the leaves wilt.
- In the mean time mix all the ingredients for the sauce to make smooth slurry. Add some water to help mixing.
- Slowly stir in the sauce and sautéed seitan into the veggies and cook on medium flame until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve over brown rice or noodles.
Notes
D
Seitan is something which I love to incorporate in my meals more often than not – thanks to it being powerhouse of nutrition. This dish looks amazing and bookmarked to try 🙂 Lets see Chef Pav’s version 😉 Thanks for sending it over to AWED
DK
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mrkk08
I never thought of making this at home. Great Entry.
delhibelle
You are right, it does have the same sheen like General tso’s chicken.
General Pav’s Seitan looks really Good!Would love to try this one
KALVA
Lovely new to me dear
Vanamala Hebbar
different nice one….
Bhawana
Pavani seitan this word is new to me. dont know what is that. but dish looking awesome :). nice entry for the event.
meeso
Looks yummy!