Definition of "seitan" []

• A chewy, protein-rich food made from wheat gluten and used as a meat substitute. (noun)

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• "It's unclear whether the lawmaker was referring to "seitan" -- the vegan-friendly meat-substitute -- or to Hell's landlord."
• "After the seitan is heated through and the mushrooms are softened add the red wine sauce and the vegetables from that sauce."
• "The next big thing - which got its big 20th-century boost from the macrobiotic movement, whose pioneer George Ohsawa gave this ancient food a new Japanese name meaning "protein-made" - is called seitan, pronounced not "Satan" but "say-tahn.""