The Best Vegan Beef (Seitan Recipe)

Name: The Best Vegan Beef (Seitan Recipe)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ¾ cup vital wheat gluten (210g - spooned into the cup and leveled); ¼ cup brown rice flour (30g - or sub ¼ cup whole wheat flour (see notes)); 2 tsp garlic powder (5g); 2 tbsp nutritional yeast (10g); ½ tsp smoked paprika (1g); ½ tsp onion powder (1g); ¼ tsp ground mustard (1g- optional); ¼ tsp black pepper; ⅓ cup drained canned chickpeas (60g ); ¼ cup minced yellow onion (40g ); 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce (38g - or sub. more vegetable broth); 1 tsp yellow mustard (5g ); 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (8g ); 1 tbsp vegan Worcestershire sauce (8g ); 2 tsp unsulphured molasses (10g - or sub. more Worcestershire); ¾ cup + 1-2 tbsp vegetable stock (divided - or sub. water for lower sodium); 1 tbsp vegan Worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp unsulphured molasses; 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tbsp brown sugar