The difference between washed flour seitan chicken and seitan chicken made from vital wheat gluten is a night and day difference
I made two batches of seitan chicken, one with vital wheat gluten and another from washed flour so I could see the side by side comparison.
The lighter, juicer looking seitan on the right is from washed flour. The denser and darker seitan is on the left.
(In the fridge it’s the washed flour on the left, vwg on the right)
Flavor wise and texture wise I prefer washed flour. It’s so much better.
But.
The vital wheat gluten seitan took me less than half the time to make. It still tastes good, and has a decent texture.
Both of the seitans simmered on low for two hours in the same broth.
Both were flavored with vegan chicken bullion, only the vwg version was made with hummus- so it had more flavor and oil in it.
Even with the extra oil and flavoring from the hummus in the vital wheat gluten one- I still thought the washed flour seitan had a better flavor.
I thought you might appreciate the side by side because I thought my new easy seitan chicken recipe would be just as good as my washed flour seitan. But nope, while it’s still good, nothing can beat washed flour