This easy Seitan Curry is a protein-packed, one-pot dinner with seitan chicken, veggies, and coconut curry sauce. It's a quick, weeknight-friendly meal.
Just me here, singing the praises of curry again!
I find myself returning to curry over and over because of how incredible it is. You can load it with veggies. It's quick and easy to make. It makes tons of leftovers. And, especially with this seitan curry, it's loaded with protein!
It makes a great, well-rounded, weeknight meal!
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What is seitan?
Seitan is a meat substitute made from vital wheat gluten. Various seitan recipes can be made from vital wheat gluten by varying the spices and cooking method.
Vital wheat gluten basically a flour like substance that is primarily protein. This is what makes the chicken so high in protein!
Why You'll Love This Seitan Curry
- Dietary needs - this recipe is dairy-free, plant-based, oil-free, and refined sugar-free
- Quick and easy - this curry comes together in about 30 minutes, perfect for weeknight dinner
- High-protein - seitan chicken and chickpeas pack a punch of protein. Over 30 grams per serving of this recipe
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Yellow Onion: you can also use a white or red onion if you want
- Garlic
- Sweet Potato: I used sweet potato in this curry, but I have tons of curry recipes without potatoes. Feel free to omit the potatoes or use gold potatoes instead.
- Vegetable Broth: I like to use stock instead of water to create a more flavorful curry. If you don't have vegetable broth or stock, you can use water.
- Coconut Milk: This is the canned coconut milk, not the stuff you buy from a carton. The canned milk is much thicker and creamier. This is the key ingredient for the deliciously rich flavor of this curry.
- Spices: curry powder, salt, pepper
- Seitan: I used my Vegan Seitan Chicken. If you want more of a beef curry, feel free to use my ground beef crumbles or seitan beef instead.
- Vegetables: I recommend broccoli or kale. I used both! Fresh or frozen veggies work here.
- Chickpeas: I love adding chickpeas to curry. Feel free to omit if you don't want the beans.
- To serve: pita, rice, lime wedges, cilantro
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1. Cook the seitan chicken.
Step 2. Sauté the onion in a very large skillet or pot over medium-high heat.
Step 3. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds.
Step 4. Add the sweet potato, vegetable broth, coconut milk, curry powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are just tender.
Step 5. Add the chicken, broccoli and/or kale, and chickpeas. Cook another 3-5 minutes to blanch the veggies and warm the chickpeas.
Step 6. Serve with a garnish of cilantro and lime juice, alongside rice and/or pita.
FAQ & Expert Tips
Yes! It tastes even better the next day as the flavors deepen.
Seitan is quite absorbent though, so you may need to add some more broth the longer you let it sit.
Store this dish in the fridge. It will last up to a week.
If you want, use a store-bought gf protein like Abbot's. Or use one of my many other curry recipes that don't use seitan.
Recipe Prayer
Thank you God for delicious meals that are quick and easy to make. Let us enjoy the amazing flavors of the food you give us. Amen.
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📖 Recipe
Seitan Curry
Ingredients
- 1 Large Yellow Onion diced
- 4 Cloves Garlic minced
- 1 Large Sweet Potato peeled and diced
- 4 Cups Vegetable Broth
- 1 13.5 Ounce Can Unsweetened Coconut Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Curry Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Pepper
- 1 Recipe Vegan Seitan Chicken
- ½ Pound Broccoli Florets or 1 Head Kale chopped (or both!)
- 1 15 Ounce Can Chickpeas
- To serve: pita, rice, lime wedges, cilantro
Instructions
- Cook the seitan chicken.
- Sauté the onion in a very large skillet or pot over medium-high heat.
- Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds.
- Add the sweet potato, vegetable broth, coconut milk, curry powder, salt, and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are just tender.
- Add the chicken, broccoli and/or kale, and chickpeas. Cook another 3-5 minutes to blanch the veggies and warm the chickpeas.
- Serve with a garnish of cilantro and lime juice, alongside rice and/or pita.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
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