Lemon Dijon Seitan

Seared seitan medallions in a silky lemon-Dijon cashew sauce with green beans and smashed potatoes.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 38g

Seitan (31g)
Cashews (4g)
Potatoes + green beans (3g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

✓ Vital wheat gluten, 3/4 cup
✓ Nutritional yeast, 2 tbsp
✓ Onion powder + thyme, 1 tsp each
✓ Low-sodium vegetable broth, 2/3 cup + more for simmering
✓ Cashews, 1/4 cup, soaked
✓ Dijon mustard, 1.5 tbsp
✓ Lemon, 1 (zest + juice)
✓ Garlic, 2 cloves
✓ Baby potatoes, 1.5 cups
✓ Green beans, 2 cups
✓ Olive oil, 2 tsp

How to Prep

1Knead gluten, nutritional yeast, onion powder, and thyme with broth; rest, shape into medallions, and simmer in broth 25 minutes.
2Boil potatoes until tender; smash flat and crisp them in olive oil.
3Blend cashews, Dijon, lemon juice and zest, garlic, and 1/2 cup broth until completely smooth.
4Sear the medallions hard, pour in the sauce, and simmer 3 minutes until it clings.
5Plate with blistered green beans and the crispy potatoes.

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