Seitan and Pasta in Spicy Peanut Sauce

Seitan and Pasta in Spicy Peanut Sauce is a vegan creamy, protein rich and hot enough to set your taste buds on fire if you are someone who loves spicy food. I adapted the recipe of Spicy Peanut Sauce from my earlier blog post Tofu Coins in Spicy Peanut Sauce. If you have noticed my posts recently, I am exploring a lot with different peppers and spices. I have been enjoying creating recipes with a variety of peppers and chilies. They are super versatile and if used correctly, flavor the dishes magnificently without using too many ingredients. However, initially it takes  couple of practices to come to the right level of spice and once you find your desired spice level, the saying comes true “sky is the limit”.

In Spicy Peanut Sauce my main ingredient is dry red chili which I grounded with rest of the ingredients. The aroma and the texture along with its consistency were superb. Spicy Peanut Sauce is super versatile.  Just blend the sauce and use it with any protein or as a curry.

I made Spicy Peanut Sauce  with raw peanuts. If you have leftover peanuts and want to explore more, try out my other recipes:

Coconut Sriracha Long Beans
Asian Style Long Beans and Quinoa
Barley Pilaf

I was working with seitan for the first time. I used store bought seitan strips but feel free to use homemade seitan in this recipe. Seitan is protein rich and a great substitute for meat. Since I changed into vegan diet I have been constantly calculating my protein intake and my find for seitan fulfilled all my protein requirements. I never knew Seitan was so delicious and super versatile. I was totally blown out in my first bite.

Once, I knew I wanted spicy peanut sauce, seitan and of course my favorite pasta the recipe came into its form immediately. Ready in only 20 minutes and hardly much cooking required we devoured Seitan and Pasta in Spicy Peanut Sauce on a week night. Also this dinner is a make ahead recipe and stays good for  3-4 days in the refrigerator. It’s a great dinner that I will include in my forthcoming meal plan. That means don’t be overwhelmed if I bombard you with more seitan recipes because I found my new love in this protein rich vegan protein.

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Seitan and Pasta in Spicy Peanut Sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Serves 3

Per Serving 352 calories

Fat 10 g

Carbs 39 g

Protein 30 g

3

Ingredients

For the peanut sauce

• ¼ cup raw peanuts (with skin)
• 3 dry red chilies
• 1 tsp dried garlic
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp white sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp. vinegar
• ¼ cup soy sauce (low sodium)
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• 1 cup water

For the pasta

• 1 8 oz. pack seitan (original strip)
• 2 cups cooked pasta (ancient grain)
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tbsp. crushed peanuts (for garnishing)

Instructions

1. Heat a frying pan and dry roast the ¼ cup of peanuts for 1 minute stirring once at 30 seconds. Turn off the flame. Cover and let it cool in the pan.
2. When cooled Take out the peanuts on a kitchen towel and rub them so the skin of the peanuts comes out.
3. In a blender combine all the ingredients of the sauce and blend smooth.
4. Heat the same frying pan again and grease it with cooking spray.
5. Saute seitan strips until golden brown at a medium flame.
6. Pour the peanut sauce over seitan. Cover and cook for couple of minutes or until couple of boils on a medium flame.
7. Stir it gently and reduce the flame. Toss in pasta. Mix and add ¼ cup water.
8. Cook again for 1 minute. Turn off the flame.
9. Garnish with crushed peanuts and serve warm.

Notes

This is a spicy recipe so if desired reduce the dry red chili to 2 instead of 3.

I used store bought precooked seitan for this recipe. Feel free to use homemade seitan as well for this recipe.

I used raw peanuts with skin for the peanut sauce. Feel free to use roasted peanuts without skin (unsalted).

For us the salt was perfect so there was no need to add more salt. However, feel free to adjust salt as per your taste preference.