The seitan with cherry tomatoes and basil is a vegan main course, easy, quick, and tasty to prepare. A great alternative to meat, seitan is gluten-based but rich in protein, and in this recipe, it is inviting and fragrant. In the recipe, after preparing a base of sautéed onion, cherry tomatoes and seitan cut into cubes or strips are added and flavored with fresh basil leaves.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 1 Person
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cherry tomatoes
- 2.6 oz seitan
- 1 yellow onion
- to taste basil
- to taste extra-virgin olive oil
- to taste fine salt
- to taste black pepper
Tools
- Kitchen scale
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Pan
- Lid
- Wooden spoon
Steps
To prepare the seitan with cherry tomatoes and basil…
Take the onion, peel it, and slice it thinly, then place it in a pan with the extra-virgin olive oil and let it sauté.
While the onion is cooking, wash and halve the cherry tomatoes, then add them to the pan with the onion, add a little water, and cover with the lid. Cook them until they become soft; it doesn’t matter if they break apart.
After that, cut the seitan into cubes, add it to the cherry tomatoes, and cook it, letting the water formed during cooking evaporate and removing the lid.
Season with basil, salt, and pepper. Serve the seitan with cherry tomatoes and basil hot.
